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A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD?
Jamie was one of several people who submitted links to a story proclaiming that as many as a
million kids were misdiagnosed with ADHD simply for being the youngest and therefore least mature in their classes. Worse still, I wonder how many of those kids are permanently put on drugs.
I started to read the article and found it... oh look shinny rocks...
>> Why let kids be kids when you can just have them pop a pill and turn into zombies?
There's also TV, or DVDs from Disney.
I did a lot of research, and found a nearly forgotten technique which has been recently discovered and shows a lot of promise: Disruptive Stimuli Refocussing Behavioural Therapy. Completely drug free, and a full course of treatment can be delivered in as little as one lesson.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
...that I didn't RTFA
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My dad used to stimulate me with a slap to the back of the head when I acted up. It worked well.
It makes you wonder how many American kids are mis-diagnosed as Obese just because they're even fatter than the rest of the kids in class!
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Absolutely. If you give dopaminergic stimulants to someone who's neurotypical, you'll watch them bounce off the ceiling.
They also get a movement speed boost and an increased fire rate.
So much for the FUD saying ADHD drugs cause kids to become "zombies". How dare you have happy, focused zombies.
> 3 years later I passed all the tests to join the Intelligence Core in the British Army
Spelling wasn't on the tests then...
CORPS - a body of men
CORE - the m
It makes you wonder how many American kids are mis-diagnosed as Obese just because they're even fatter than the rest of the kids in class!
put together?