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Originally Posted by JeanieK  Are you speaking of ME diagnosing it? Or a Dr? As for me, that would not be my call. As for a Dr. Dr's prescribe things all the time that are not in the patients best interest. Drug companies push to the Dr's and Dr's push to the patients. It's all about the money honey.
They need to do more testing and evaluating. And as someone else pointed out, the drug companines come up with symptoms, that can be cured by their drugs, then put them on TV with an Ask YOUR Dr. for this medication.
But the problem lies much deeper. We are a spoiled country, we expect to have the government solve all of our problems for us. We expect a pill to cure everything, we expect never to be disappointed or uncomfortable in any way shape or manner. Many people use bi polar as a c rutch to excuse everything they do or don't do.
I have a step Grandson, 19 years old, over 6 foot tall that has never worked a day in his life. He cannot read well enough to fill out a job application or take a drivers test.
All his life he and his mother have used ADHD as an excuse for him not to do his schoolwork or to behave. so this big tall strapping lad will never work a day in his life because he is on SS disability.
Life in the real world comes with hardships and discomforts. Sometimes we just need to suck it up and stop looking for excuses. |
I agree completely. My brother has had seizures throughout his life off and on, and his first was at 4. He was babied my whole life because of it, and of course, diagnosed ADD in school. Because of that, he got help with all of his work, never was held responsible for anything in his life, is now 25 and just got fired from his job at Taco Bell a few months ago, and has sat on unemployment since, because he "doesn't really like other jobs". He is very lazy. Its a sad truth, but almost every family that you ask (that believes that as many people as diagnosed really do have it) has at least one person in their family is either add, adhd, bi-polar, or autistic, many of them claim that their children are add/adhd/autistic, therefor THEY need drugs for depression because of it.
IMO many, if not most (not all...) kids diagnosed with add or adhd have had a severe lack in disapline. Not to mention the fact that society just cannot seem to accept that everyone is DIFFERENT. There are different learning styles, yet they want all kids to learn the same, and when they don't, they drug them instead of adjusting the way they teach. I have 6 kids, not one of them learns the same. My oldest could possibly be diagnosed dyslexic. My second has a genetic disorder and has already been labeled autistic. My third...good gravy, he could be the poster child for adhd, my 4th is just the perfect princess ideal student top in her class. My 5th and 6th are too young to tell for sure, but I am sure they will stand out as well. Its called being an individual, and I encourage it. All of my kids got the principal's award last year for their school, they have NEVER gone to the office, they get basically straight A's, and all of them are top in their class for reading. I could take any of my 3 boys to the doctor at any time and I am sure would get a prescription the same day instead of alternatives to actually help the issue. I am not saying that parents that choose to medicate are bad people or parents, I am just saying that the Pharm companies and doctors don't inform parents enough and maybe they themselves dont even know that there are better options out there.
I am not saying problems don't exsist, that would be rediculous. I am just saying that I don't agree with they way they are treated.
