Comments on: Thoughts on ADHD, Diagnosis & Controversy http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/12/thoughts-on-adhd-diagnosis-controversy/ We explain complex medical stuff Mon, 21 May 2012 21:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/12/thoughts-on-adhd-diagnosis-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-3152 admin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:00:51 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=1293#comment-3152 northerner - you're absolutely right. The more I research ADHD, the more issues with this post I see. Will update it and get it up to par. Thanks for pointing that out. northerner – you’re absolutely right. The more I research ADHD, the more issues with this post I see. Will update it and get it up to par.

Thanks for pointing that out.

]]> By: northerner http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/12/thoughts-on-adhd-diagnosis-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-3147 northerner Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:02:27 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=1293#comment-3147 "While medications work most of the time, especially when combined with supportive therapy, it’s not clear what that means." What the heck is THAT statement supposed to mean?! This article is rife with subliminal attacks, like this, not only on the efficacy of medicating for ADHD, but also the need for medicating at all. PLUS, this article, in a slithery sort of way, implies that ADHD hasn't yet been proven to actually exist, to wit: "...there’s still no real test for ADHD like there is for Diabetes. There are diagnostic lists, but ultimately no black and white physical signs of the condition. Yet there is research being done into this, and the signs seem to be..." There's no "real test" for depression like there is for Diabetes either, and research is being done on depression also, so does that mean depression doesn't exist?? Off-hand attacks on ADHD like this article can't be disguised by simply providing an un-biased sounding title. “While medications work most of the time, especially when combined with supportive therapy, it’s not clear what that means.”

What the heck is THAT statement supposed to mean?! This article is rife with subliminal attacks, like this, not only on the efficacy of medicating for ADHD, but also the need for medicating at all.

PLUS, this article, in a slithery sort of way, implies that ADHD hasn’t yet been proven to actually exist, to wit: “…there’s still no real test for ADHD like there is for Diabetes. There are diagnostic lists, but ultimately no black and white physical signs of the condition. Yet there is research being done into this, and the signs seem to be…”

There’s no “real test” for depression like there is for Diabetes either, and research is being done on depression also, so does that mean depression doesn’t exist?? Off-hand attacks on ADHD like this article can’t be disguised by simply providing an un-biased sounding title.

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