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my beef with adhd kids
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:36 am
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:36 am
When I was a kid, I was "diagnosed" with ADHD. I was force fed Ritalin starting in the third grade.
I'm impulsive, always have been. The medicine was supposed to help with that.... what it really did was ruin my appetite and make my heart beat irregularly.
Sure, I'd sit still, sure, I'd interrupt less..... but while the medicine was active it took my personality away. It made me not act like myself.
I hated it. Fast forward 20 years. I have a son with an almost identical personality, and the school is now recommending the "ADHD zombie patch".
Hah, I doubt it. What happened before all of the technology of the past 100 years to kids like this? Let's explore that...
There weren't TVs, video games. An extremely active kid would have probably spent a lot of time outside playing. During this time, they learn how to do things. As they grow into adults, these kids were the active ones. They probably weren't afraid to work hard or try new ideas. I'd be willing to bet these kids grew into very productive citizens.
Nowadays, this lazy, cookie cutter culture wants to label these kids as different and bad, and medicates their personalities away.
Parents, the next time some teacher or doctor tries to tell you that you should give your kids a zombie pill, refuse. Fight for your kids when they are too young to do it themselves.
There is nothing wrong with active, impulsive, intelligent children. Stop letting the schools tell you different.
/rant
I'm impulsive, always have been. The medicine was supposed to help with that.... what it really did was ruin my appetite and make my heart beat irregularly.
Sure, I'd sit still, sure, I'd interrupt less..... but while the medicine was active it took my personality away. It made me not act like myself.
I hated it. Fast forward 20 years. I have a son with an almost identical personality, and the school is now recommending the "ADHD zombie patch".
Hah, I doubt it. What happened before all of the technology of the past 100 years to kids like this? Let's explore that...
There weren't TVs, video games. An extremely active kid would have probably spent a lot of time outside playing. During this time, they learn how to do things. As they grow into adults, these kids were the active ones. They probably weren't afraid to work hard or try new ideas. I'd be willing to bet these kids grew into very productive citizens.
Nowadays, this lazy, cookie cutter culture wants to label these kids as different and bad, and medicates their personalities away.
Parents, the next time some teacher or doctor tries to tell you that you should give your kids a zombie pill, refuse. Fight for your kids when they are too young to do it themselves.
There is nothing wrong with active, impulsive, intelligent children. Stop letting the schools tell you different.
/rant
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:38 am to BigEdLSU
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:38 am to BigEdLSU
More posters on here push those meds than any teacher/school I know.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:39 am to BigEdLSU
Sounds like the meds work keep taking them
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:39 am to BigEdLSU
I blame Obama
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:39 am to BigEdLSU
Anyone who deals with your kid will have to be on medication. No one wants an annoying kid around them anymore.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:41 am to BigEdLSU
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my beef with adhd kids
their parents' parenting skills
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:46 am to BigEdLSU
I lived in Europe for 17 years, moved back to La 5 years ago. ADHD diagnosis is practically non-existent, in Europe. Drs treat these lapse of concentration with nutritious diets and counseling more often than not. This of course takes a significant time investment and let's face it, we Americans are just so darn busy. In the US it seems that we always look for a quick fix and pharmaceutical companies gotta eat too so...
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 7:48 am
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:48 am to BigEdLSU
It's all gravy until 3rd grade when grades start following you and they suffer bc of impulse.
It's tough. Let them be or (if they have the potential) get better grades.
It's tough. Let them be or (if they have the potential) get better grades.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:50 am to Motorboat
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Anyone who deals with your kid will have to be on medication. No one wants an annoying kid around them anymore.
Bingo.
Home school your kid or pay for a special teacher. Don't expect the school to have to ruin educating the rest of the kids because yours is a pain in the arse.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:50 am to Motorboat
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Anyone who deals with your kid will have to be on medication. No one wants an annoying kid around them anymore.
If the teachers would just whip his arse a few times, he would learn to control that shite when it mattered.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:53 am to BigEdLSU
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I'd be willing to bet these kids grew into very productive citizens.
I was diagnosed with it around 30 and I told the Dr I had been fine this far in my life and his response was "I wonder how much further you would have gone had this been caught when you were younger"
It made me question some things no doubt and he recommended I try Vyvanse for a while so I did. I hated it so I got off of them and have continued the same as before. I still wonder if things had been different had I been diagnosed as a teen or child. I doubt it but it's too let to know now.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:54 am to BigEdLSU
Back in my day, they were called hyperactive kids. Usually the teacher would just paddle them and that would settle them down a bit.
See, Cades knows what I'm talking about.
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If the teachers would just whip his arse a few times, he would learn to control that shite when it mattered.
See, Cades knows what I'm talking about.
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 7:56 am
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:55 am to BigEdLSU
You hit the nail on the head with the "lazy" description. I graduated HS 23 years ago and no one + or - 5 years of my age took any meds like this because parenting was the medication. Parents are too lazy to parent and just slam some meds down their childs throat. It calms them down and makes for less time for them to parent and rear their children. It's how things have evolved over the years and it's sad to see these kids loose their identities because of the zombie meds.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:58 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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their parents' parenting skills
I'm guessing OP will not see the irony in his own thread...
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:58 am to BigEdLSU
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Hah, I doubt it. What happened before all of the technology of the past 100 years to kids like this? Let's explore that...
What happened? Kids used to get spanked with a big arse paddles by the football coach when they acted up. Now you little obnoxious shits can't even be spoken to in a negative manner without having the teacher suspended.
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I'm guessing OP will not see the irony in his own thread...
LOLOL
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 8:02 am
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:58 am to BigEdLSU
I had a parent that did not believe in Ritalin, so she gave her child Mountain Dew and No Doze.
Yes lady, that's SO much better.
Yes lady, that's SO much better.
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 7:59 am
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:59 am to Cdawg
back in the day I only knew one kid that was in real need of medication. He would literally climb the walls in sunday school - class was in the locker room - and he would climb the lockers. the teacher couldnt do anything with him soooo the rest of the class would sit him down between us and punch him anytime he moved. He learned not to move. (punch in the arm type). he lived thru it.... probably dead or in jail now tho.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:59 am to Cdawg
Not only would the teachers whip them, their parents and peers would whip their asses too.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:59 am to BigEdLSU
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Parents, the next time some teacher or doctor tries to tell you that you should give your kids a zombie pill, refuse. Fight for your kids when they are too young to do it themselves.
Based on my 19 month old son's personality, I fully expect him to be this way. If any teacher or administrator ever tells me to turn him into a zombie im going to laugh at them. I refuse to medicate my child for some made up disease because shitty teachers cant deal with energetic kids.
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