sharp -“However, when it comes to ADHD, this is how I feel about them. I’ve heard many a patient get Ritalin for the asking. You don’t need med school for that. And many of these doctors who did take a couple minutes to “diagnose”, actually misdiagnosed.”
I don’t believe your stories, but even if true -then these guys are incompetent. Most Med Prof aren’t!
There are times (I posted about this before in the CR) that a Med Prof feels pressured by the parents to give Meds because they come begging to put the kids on Meds – otherwise the kid will be chucked from school. The Doc does it out of mercy, not out of incompetence.
“And these meds often don’t work well with the kids.”
Says who? You? Do you have any proof to back up your statement?
“Yes, I am aware of ADHD and the different treatment options. But this disease called ADHD is overly diagnosed and often treated with meds unnecessarily.”
Care to prove this?
“Many kids who are diagnosed with ADHD have many underlying problems that when treated, the ADHD symptoms miraculously disappears.
So is that ADHD?”
It’s a known fact that ADHD commonly coexists with other disorders, so it’s possible to have ADHD and something else. It’s also possible to just have the something else but it’s imitating the ADHD. The best ones to diagnose these cases are ones who are experts in child mental health or in ADHD.
If more than one diagnosis is present -the kid has to be treated for all his/hers disorders.