http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/02/eliminate-diagnosis-adhd.html
http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/...n-4-adults-who-seek-treatment-dont-have-adhd/
The saddest thing about ADHD is that everyone, if asked the correct questions, can be diagnosed with it.
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Here's a list of symptoms from Wikipedia.
Be easily distracted, miss details, forget things, and frequently switch from one activity to another
Have difficulty maintaining focus on one task
Become bored with a task after only a few minutes, unless doing something enjoyable
Have difficulty focusing attention on organizing and completing a task or learning something new or trouble completing or turning in homework assignments, often losing things (e.g., pencils, toys, assignments) needed to complete tasks or activities
Not seem to listen when spoken to
Daydream, become easily confused, and move slowly
Have difficulty processing information as quickly and accurately as others
Struggle to follow instructions.
Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type symptoms may include
Fidget and squirm in their seats
Talk nonstop
Dash around, touching or playing with anything and everything in sight
Have trouble sitting still during dinner, school, and story time
Be constantly in motion
Have difficulty doing quiet tasks or activities
and also these manifestations primarily of impulsivity:
Be very impatient
Blurt out inappropriate comments, show their emotions without restraint, and act without regard for consequences
Have difficulty waiting for things they want or waiting their turns in games
When I was younger a lot of these applied to me - As they did to every child in my class.
Thankfully my parents, instead of taking me to the doctors so I can get doped up, let me get old and actually mature. And now, only a few things on this list applies to me.
Think about it - If I went to the doctors, I'd be diagnosed with ADHD. But now that I'm older, I wouldn't be. Ask yourselves this, with as many things that are considerer ADHD symptoms - How many immature children are being drugged up because their parents don't want to wait for their children to mature with age? And heres another thing - Even under these drugs the child would still mature and these symptoms wouldn't apply to them anymore. But they would still remain on the drugs because the parents and doctors would attribute their maturity to these drugs, instead of their age.
Edit - Semi-related. More attempts to turn aspects of our humanity into diseases.
http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.co...oses-on-the-horizon-from-the-dsm-5-committee/