Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has become an incredibly common diagnosis in American children. ADHD is characterized by a lack of ability to focus and concentrate, and most children diagnosed with the condition end up being prescribed a medication. A new study offers a warning to parents, however: one of the most popular ADHD meds, Methylphenidate (MPH), may be affecting the development of white matter in children’s brains. The drug does not appear to have the same neurological effects in adults.
According to the CDC, roughly 5.2% of all American children between the ages of 2 and 17 are currently taking ADHD medication. Many of those children will continue to take these medications, everyday, well into adulthood.
MPH is usually prescribed and sold under the names Ritalin or Concerta, and while it has been shown to be effective in treating ADHD, there hasn’t been enough research performed on how it influences the development of children’s brains.
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11 comments:
They do change the structure of the brain and everyone in Big Pharma knows it. That is how they work.
It turns many young users into Mass-Shooters!
It has been reported that many of these killers were on it or had used it.
duh ...big pharma kills more then any guns and most wackos shooters are on some big pharma drug.
Buuuut they already knew that.
Gee you think, you are making a false condition in to a real condition and use chemicals to alter something that is not broken... NO ONE HAS A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE and there are no objective scientific tests you can do to prove kids have chemical imbalances, then you used harmful chemicals to fix the fake problem...
If you can't see how fake and stupid this is, just look at history with slaves, They said the salves have a problem, a mental problem as the reason why slaves wanted to run away and not be salves, get that???? They called it drapetomania...
When your sick or have a flu or a broken bone or cancer you can take objective test to prove this right??? Why are there no objective test for ADHA??? only a physiologist can claim you have an imbalance problem... 95% of the listed mental health problems in that book of psychiatry are made up... Like spring fever...
No wonder all these millennials are "bat sh*t crazy"!
All it is is drugging children into submission and parents should be ashamed.
A friend of mine YEAR'S ago was told his child was too hard to handle in school. So they said put him on Ritalin to calm him down. NOW 20 years later he's having seizures. Can't drive. Hold a job. The doctor said it's was because of Ritalin.
It's a baby sitter for parents so Johnny will sit quietly in his chair and keep his ruffles straight. Makes it easy on the teachers too. A zombie sitting at his desk is so much nicer than a 10 year old boy acting like a 10 year old boy.
Although some parents use medication as a way to “babysit” their child’s poor behavior, even a smart kid will not do well in school if they can’t perform the basic task of sitting in seat, listening to instruction, and doing their schoolwork. There are non-stimulant alternatives to Ritalin. The basic goal is allow these kids to focus. The issue is that a large majority of these kids diagnosed with ADHD also have poor behavior that isn’t addressed appropriately by parents because it’s a lot of work to stay on top of it. Bottom line is that most of these kids do need some sort of medication to allow them to focus in school. But they also need a parent that is on top of them and keeps them in line from a behavior standpoint. If you don’t have both medication and strong parenting, the result will be the kid being put on a harsh medication to keep him a zombie. Lazy parenting is really the issue. But it takes an exhaustive amount of parenting to stay on top of these kids. Most parents just don’t have that kind of energy. Sad but true.
12:53 I agree. It may be over diagnosed, but ADHD is not a made up disease. If you've had a family member with it, then you know! Most diseases (think diabetes, many cancers, liver issues, thyroid issues, & the list goes on) didn't have a blood test to diagnose them until someone smart found a way to test for it.
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