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Ritalin, Adderall and the others mess with a person's mind. Nobody needs studies to figure that one out.

I've seen so many cases where elementary students, mostly boys, are given this crap. What they really need is recess!

It’s not ADD or ADDHD. It’s really BAD (Bad Attitude Disorder) in most kids and parents. The drugs are a way of making them into zombies so they don’t have to be parented and the schools don’t have to manage them. Personal responsibility then is off parents, the kids and the schools. What a terrible joke.

PET scans (positron emission tomography) of the brain show that there are real differences in functionality between normal people and those who have various types of ADD and ADHD. There are different types of ADD and ADHD, and it's now becoming clear that we can identify the different types, and the best treatment protocols for each, by this type of imaging.

These deficits are not cured by giving kids more recess. It's not something that can be fixed by more discipline. The behavior problems that may or may not be associated with these processing deficits are just a symptom; they're not the whole issue, and even if you use some form of discipline to get the child or adult to sit down and shut up for a few minutes, that doesn't fix what's wrong with his brain.

And yes, this is my area of professional knowledge. I have multi-generational family experience with it as well as clinical experience, back in the day.