High school teacher (grade 9) one of my best students got diagnosed with "muh ADHD" this week. Here's what he told me.
The doctor (a GP) gave him a list of ten questions. It went something like this:
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Do you sometimes struggle to finish tasks?
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Do you sometimes have problems paying attention in class?
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Do you sometimes get bored?
Who the F is going to say no to any of this? Anyway, he got diagnosed with muh ADHD and now he's on pills, probably for life. The pills he gets are amphetamines by the way. Yes, really.
I'm a fucking teacher and I get bored by my class sometimes. Guess I need speed too.
This is 90%+ student by the way. Imagine diagnosing a complex mental condition (if it even exists) in five minutes, tops, and then being put on pills for life.
Absolutely disgusting.
They tried that shit on my nephew when he was in 1st grade I think. Luckily even though my brother and his wife drink too much of the kool aid, he's actually somewhat decent with the kids. He's closer to your age group now and yeah, he's distractable, but it's not some disorder. It's boredom. He actually has a spectacular attention span if it's something he's interested in. They just want any kid, especially the boys, brain dead and addicted.
I hate to see it, I get on really well with kids that young teen age. I want to think they aren't all that bad, but it seems like most would rather mutilate them or zombify them than something as abhorrent as talk, or maybe even more important, listen to them.