Thursday, October 23, 2008
Why Now?!
I have recently been wondering why in the world are ADD, ADHD, depression, and anxiety problems (among others) becoming such a popular thing? Have we become that advanced in medicine in the recent years that NOW we can diagnose lots of children with these "diseases". I frequently hear "My child has ADD", "My child has depression and we started her on medicine", "My child is too hyper for class so he needs calming medication". I understand that there are some children out there with some real problems, but I have noticed this so much that I am wondering why are all of these things becoming so common? Why does every child have to be prescribed a medication for an "ailment"? Why are children on medication SO YOUNG?! I know growing up there were a few kids in the class that had some problems and needed medication, but I hear it so often now. WHY NOW?! Why are children being diagnosed with so many things that they need special help for? I feel like if a kid has a little struggle with anything then its diagnosed with some ailment and is started on medication immediately. I have seen this in my own cousins and I wonder why they need so much medication. Is our society doing something wrong? Are we too structured for children making it impossible to focus their attention? Or the opposite- are we not structured enough that children don't know how to focus? Do parents want their children to be so perfect that they keep them as "normal" as possible? Why are there so many anxiety issues? Why so much depression? They're just kids!! Well, I obviously don't have all the answers, but I would like to know why it is becoming such a popular thing now? Any suggestions?
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no kidding. it's almost annoying to me when everyone says o i have add. i feel like just saying to them.. uh no actually you don't you are just normal and can't focus for really long periods of time. i think the parents and doctors are quick to get their kid medicated becuase they are afraid that they won't make it in this world without help. Our world today is so competitive with school, and work that everyone thinks they have to be perfect.
also i think because medicine is more available and more acceptable than the olden days, people take advantage of it. frankley i think our world is highly over medicated and it needs to stop other wise it will just get worse. how sad.
I agree with what's already been said. At a young age i was on both anxiety and depression medications that I didn't need. I was stressed with homework and normal stuff, i saw a doctor for a physical and he asked if i was stressed about anything. i said "sure isnt everyone" and he asked if i wanted pills to calm me down. i told him i dont think i need them and he told me i should give them a try anyways. i think that doctors pushing pills is a huge money making scam. (granted, some people need them) the doctor didnt ask my parents or anything, just wrote the prescription. Another thing is that it does hook you, I was on it for years because I thought if I stopped, I would be way worse than I was before I was on the pills and it was a huge waste of time and money. I didnt notice a difference when I started taking them or when I stopped. It is a problem that needs to be taken care of
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