Is ADD a real disorder?

Question

Just wondering what YOU think.

Somehow I don't think it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy79C0v8elE&mode=related&search=
http://www.adhdfraud.org/

"They made a list of the most common symptoms of emotional discomfiture of children; those which bother teachers and parents most, and in a stroke that could not be more devoid of science or Hippocratic motive--termed them a 'disease.' Twenty five years of research, not deserving of the term 'research.,' has failed to validate ADD/ADHD as a disease. Tragically--the "epidemic" having grown from 500 thousand in 1985 to between 5 and 7 million today--this remains the state of the 'science' of ADHD."

Answer 1

Yes, it is a real disorder. There have been brain imaging studies that show how a person with ADD's brain functions differently than "normal". There is decreased blood flow to the prefrontal cortex (the front of the brain that controls things like planning, etc.)

The disorder might be overdiagnosed, but it is still a real disorder.

Answer 2

Nope, a concocted creation designed to take responsibility off of lazy parents.

Children are diagnosed with ADD so that they can be drugged up, a substitute for hard parenting and discipline.