So, I'm sure that I'm one of thousands of young people diagnosed with Attention Defecit Hyperactive Disorder or ADHD. Along with those who have just plain ol' ADD. I was at my psychiatrists office and I was reading a article he had posted in his room. Having ADHD my mind and eyes often wander and my focus shifts from him to various things around his room. This article was talking about the recent rise in child psychological problems. More of them are being diagnosed than ever seen in children before.
I wonder why that is.
I often think that doctors are mis-diagnosing their patients. My nephew was diagnosed with having ADHD when he was four and four years later, after he showed no improvement with his medication, he was properly diagnosed with Autism and began to--behave. 
Teenage Depression is at a rise also. I know I have a few problems with it. I often feel stressed and I already have bad anxiety and I dwell upon things I shouldn't and get myself worked up and wind up in a deep hole. My ex-boyfriend had some serious issues with depression that continued to be overlooked and pinned on his ADD. I was more than positive he was Bi-Polar and tried telling his parents but... it wasn't that big of a deal. It took a hospital visit during one of his lows to open his parents eyes to see that it wasn't just depression as a result of his ADD. He had problems similar to what I had.
I look at generations before me and they didn't have problems like that when they were children. None of my grandparents had depression or attention span problems. It's like all of mine came out of nowhere. What's changed? I mean... why are more and more young people killing themselves and battling depression?
Can we stop it? Or create less stress or something to lessen the weight of everything.
My grandma suggested to me once that when she was a kid playing was all that mattered. Not going to the best college and thinking about how your first year of college was going to cost you 17,000 dollars you didn't have. She said that's what's wrong with the youth today, they don't get to be young.
is she right?
or are the doctors just prescribing something that seems effective and not dealing with the real issue?
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For the depression part, I think it is also the way people deal with their problems. I have definitely experienced problems with reallyyy low points in my life, yet I do not know if it would be considered depression. At times, everything was going wrong for me and I did not care about anything. But, eventually I got over that part of my life without medication. Sometimes I still feel that way, but I feel like I try to be happy with more effort and the way I deal with my problems is different.
I think the reason these problems start is because we have so much stress from everyone at this age to try to be the best we can. There is stress for getting a job, going to the right college, having a perfect body, and everything else. It all just adds up! And when a few of these things go wrong, it seems like there is no hope for anything else.
I am fascinated by psychology and I think more doctors should look deeper into a person instead of just making a quick fix because they don't know what else to do!
What you said about bipolar and ADD reminded me of a doctor I used to work with. He's actually doing research on that topic. He, too, thinks ADD and ADHD are overdiagnosed, or wrongly diagnosed, and thinks some kids with symptoms of those disorders may actually have bipolar disorder.
His research involves the medication for ADD and ADHD and how, when it is given to children wrongly diagnosed with the disorders, it can actually trigger the depression and other behavior problems seen in children with bipolar disorder. These things may not have ever become a problem if the "AD(H)D" had been treated with a method other than medication.
Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between one psychological/behavioral disorder and another. I think that's why it's important to try treating them with something other than medication to begin with. You don't ever want to treat the wrong thing.
I wish I knew more about his research. I guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open for any publications by a Dr. Benjamin. :-)
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I think young people had the same problems back in the day, they just got in trouble for them, instead of getting a diagnosis and a medication.
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I often think ADD is why I never knew I had math homework (elementary school) until I was getting a zero for not turning it in. I spent most of the math class (and probably others... like social studies) coloring in my book and/or my paper. Or I would just zone out.
It only adds to my theory when my little brother was diagnosed with ADHD and my sister has asperger's (with some OCD and ADD thrown in).
I've mostly grown out of it... or I've just learned to deal with it better. Sitting and studying is still hard, even (sometimes especially) in the library. I write most of my blogs in a notebook I carry with me everywhere... during homilies at church. Because I can rarely sit and listen to them. Maybe they're just boring.
So, yeah, I can agree that young people just got in trouble, rather than treated. I also think it's over/wrongly diagnosed, presently. I hve mixed feelings.
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