Interesting. Thank you. I would like to add that in my limited experiences with medical doctors that a medical test is often needed prior to treatment.
In the case of ADD or ADHD the claim is that a chemical imbalance in the brain is involved, yet no tests are performed to actually measure levels of substances in the brain, nor are there any recommended guidelines as to what the levels of these substances should be.
Seems to me that a doc that would quickly prescribe meds based solely on symptoms and not examining the root cause of the problem is not practicing medicine.
This isn't chemical imbalance but rather neurological damage to the Cerebellar-Vestibular System. This is the bodies major center for processing sight, sound, balance, and how the sensory input is translated and responses created. Much of it is more recent research although at least one man began making the connection as far back as the 1970's. This can be tested for by specialist who can not prescribe medications. Most things needed are low tech adaptions at little cost.
I personally believe this condition has always existed in mankind. However the triggers for it as such come from the technology revolution. The outbreak and increases of ADD ADHD diagnoses or symptoms seem to go hand in hand with that time frame. As a kid we had B&W TV in our home. Video games weren't around and very few classrooms had distractions like TV. Classrooms had desk lined up in order and not scattered tables around the room.
Today every place you go in public is sensory saturation. For example Walmart. Up till recently in my areas they used the store PA for everything from twice a minute announcements to employee pep rallies. You could see some customers becoming agitated but they likely didn't know why. It was breaking their concentration. Same thing with places like Home Depot and Lowes. My dad called them torture chambers. Again those sounds were not there. In homes video games were not there and color TV which flashes from scene to scene making the brain keep up.
I don't think it's been taken serious enough. Also I think Big Pharm stands to loose money as do schools for keeping the ADD/ADHD going.
Don't get me wrong. I do believe there really also exist ADD ADHD. IMO it is a low fraction of ones being misdiagnosed. A Shrink told me a trick he uses when parents bring in a suspected ADD ADHD child. He watches the kid and gives the kid a strong caffeine pill and watches for change in behavior. The ADD ADHD kids it will calm the others it will either make much worse or no change at all.
All this depends on where the damage lies at. Each person differs. In my case it also triggers upper Torso seizure activity which as I understand it isn't common. I had severe sinus allergies and still do. I take shots for that. That likely damaged my Inner Ears. But I had other sensory issues since birth such as one eye functional vision. I can use both eyes. Never at the same time LOL. That's how I passed two armed forces physicals.