ADHD what do you think?

Question

Do these kids really need to be on meds or do the school teachers now just want zombies in their classrooms?

They wanted to put my son on meds and I told them NO!!! My nephew was on them and it really screwed his life up.

Answer 1

Honestly, I think it's all crap. Come on, really, kids will be kids. I think that today's parents just can not deal with active children. Therefore, they medicate them and claim that their children have some sort of behavioral disability. My parents said years ago that you never heard of ADHD. You know what to do when your child misbehaves? Beat the crap out of them and show them who's boss. My parents spanked me and I turned out great. I have two college degrees (B.A., M.S).

Answer 2

I know from personal experience that ADD is real. I've got it. However, do I think it's a condition that needs to be medicated? Absolutely not! I think kids with ADD and ADHD, just have a different biology than so called "normal" kids. The system isn't set up to handle the teaching style of such kids, so instead of changing the system, they try to change the kids. The meds do work, and for those that choose to take it, that's fine. However, I personally, just barely graduated High school with a C average, and later in life I took an IQ test, and found out that I was in the highest 0.5% of the population! It's clear to me that it's the system that doesn't work, not the kids.

Answer 3

I don't believe in medication for ADHD. In my experience, it makes kids worse. Every teenager I know that took meds for ADHD is now addicted to some kind of illegal drug, so the long term effects looks pretty worrying. There's no way I'd let my kids take them (or any other behaviour-altering drug).

A friend of mine has a son with ADHD, and he is treated solely through diet, exercise, socialisation, relaxation exercises, music sport, church and so on. He is now going to a special high school for gifted children, and has a basketball scholarship. He is one of the most well-adjusted and charming teens I know.

Answer 4

My lil' bro (12) is diagnosed w/ ADHD. He was on med's 2 years ago for a few months, grades were better but attitude was very moody. Decided not to continue w/ med's. Lots of Love and Attention equals a happy kid who happens to have ADHD, doing fine, grades are average & attention problem improved overtime. ADHD med's = BS!!!! That's just my opinon...

Answer 5

im ADHD, and the meds i used to take calmed me down a little too much. so i stopped taking them. that wasnt smart. at first, it will seem like they are trying to make u into a robot, but then ur system will eventually get used to the meds, and you can be your normal self while still being able to focus. also try different meds, every medication has a different effect on different people.

Answer 6

If the school suggests it, I think parents should take their child to a pediatric neurologist to make sure it's really needed. I did, and my daughter did fine in school afterwards. She was always able to get by on a really low dose too. It didn't make her a zombie, but then all the noises in the classroom didn't drive her nuts.

Answer 7

they want zombies in their room, ritilin is speed and you get a kid addicted to speed, it is definately gonna have withdrawal problems. teachers now days are disinterested in teaching children, it's class envy and not class as in school, they see other people being compensated far better than they are for doing a lot less , they are not inspired to teach children, they are only inspired to show up every day for the paycheck, I'm not talking all teachers but a good portion of them. you hear people complaining about unions all the time but you never hear people complaining about tenure. having zombies and complaining about childrens inabilities to learn gives them an excuse for poor performance.

Answer 8

personally i think not but if you want a super talkative person by your side always doing something and very antsy then no i never liked my brother on it because he would get very moody like he would start crying if you told him to get of the computer in an hour he would start crying he never used to do that.
teachers just want kids on medications so they will be able to watch other students with out distractions. but also they can make sure their work gets done but believe it or not MOST teachers actually care about their students.

Answer 9

I did a research paper on these drugs and there's no way in hell I would ever put my child on them. I think it is just an easy way for the teachers to get children to pay attention and listen to something that they are really not that interested in. Hey, maybe I should be on drugs so I find my menial, boring job interesting!

Answer 10

It's a cop out for those parents and teachers that don't want to put in the effort for hard to handle kids.