Skepticism | ADHD Information

Skepticism is good. It forces more study in an area when there are skeptics asking tough questions. There is valid skepticism; and there is are the falsehoods diseminated by a certain cult to discredit psychiatry (seen as the source of all evil by this group and thier spin offs); and the exagerations used to scare parents from effective treatment and into unproven things that someone wants to sell. Pick the source of information carefully.I feel that if more people would research ADHD and co- morbid disorders more in depth, instead of jumping to conclusions there would be less skeptism.How do you feel about some of the skepticism that surrounds ADHD?A lot of the skeptics have to do with treatments other than meds.  My son ped said meds is the only proven treatment.  I am not so sure about that.Right now multimodal treatment (meds plus a behavior plan) are considered the gold standard for treatment, based on large studies. Large, properly designed studies are how a method becomes "proven" and widely accepted in medical science. There are ongoing studies on "alterantives" which may or may not lead to them becoming mainstream, depending how the results come out.

I agree, skepticism is good.  It was our original skepticism regarding the possible diagnosis of apsergers that led us to the current diagnosis of ADHD - inattentive.

It's my Pediatricians skepticism about the ADHD diagnosis alone that has led us to seak out additional confirmation tests before medicating.

People just need to get more educated.  Unfortunately, there are lots of misdiagnosed kids out there.

 

 

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People just need to get more educated.  Unfortunately, there are lots of misdiagnosed kids out there.

 

 

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I agree.  Also, I don't think ADHD is caused by any ONE thing, some kids may be affected by diet, stress or it could be physical in the brain. This is probably why one thing works for one and not the other.