Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have

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140. "ADHD" may be an actual disorder,but not at the rate that lazy parents and teachers have you believe

"Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

“Those are astronomical numbers. I’m floored,” said Dr. William Graf, a pediatric neurologist in New Haven and a professor at the Yale School of Medicine. He added, “Mild symptoms are being diagnosed so readily, which goes well beyond the disorder and beyond the zone of ambiguity to pure enhancement of children who are otherwise healthy.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/health/more-diagnoses-of-hyperactivity-causing-concern.html?_r=0



Keep buying it. Lazy parents, teachers, and doctors have succum to the sales reps of Big Pharma, as they have with Benzos and Opiates.

I don't care if an adult chooses to take these chemicals. But the forced ingestion on developing children is disgusting.


You can either believe that "ADD" was a miracle discovery that was prevalent in 10%+ of the population, or you can believe that parents and teachers have justified the administration of powerful psycho-stimulants in order to achieve temporary cognitive and behavioral improvements.