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To: paulsy

I respectfully suggest that it is you who needs to further educate yourself on this matter. ADD is an excuse for massively widespread child abuse, nothing more. Disorders that affect millions do not just appear out of thin air.

There are real disorders that affect children and are diagnosed as ADD, but I would estimate that those are less than 5% of all such cases.

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64 posted on 07/18/2004 1:07:31 PM PDT by thoughtomator (End the imperialist moo slime colonization of the West!)
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To: thoughtomator
"ADD is an excuse for massively widespread child abuse, nothing more."

Well in my case I'm an adult who is not really being abused by anyone. But I agree with your sentiment, though "nothing more" precludes ADD as a viable option in even one case.

There are real disorders that affect children and are diagnosed as ADD, but I would estimate that those are less than 5% of all such cases.

I actually agree with this statement. But is there a psychologist in our community who can step forward and say what they think? I get tired of "experts" who haven't been there acting like they know it all.

67 posted on 07/18/2004 1:12:07 PM PDT by paulsy
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