Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

[BlackAndAmberGambler]

Here's one for ya.
In 1997 there were 92,000 kids taking meds for ADHD by 2012 that number had increased to 786,000.
Attention deficit hyperactiveity disorder
So were there loads suffering but not diagnosed in 1997.
Or are we giving kids meds who don't really need them.
Or are the number of cases then and now right and something is giving/making the kids have ADHD

Simple explanation for this is that the affected children sleep in homes where the parents are smoking all sorts of **** on an evening. The poor kids are subjected to inhaling this crap as they innocently sleep and wake up half stoned and then are sent to school. Most of these kids are as high as a kite on arrival in the classroom.

 

[Asterix]

There's something going on for sure.
When i was at school, there would be the odd one or two per year who clearly had some condition. But that was it.
Now in some schools half or more of the kids have some sort of 'SEN'/condition.
Almost certainly not just one answer as to why, but something is happening.
And similar with health issues ..... asthma, diabetes, allergies, obesity, ....

I wonder if this is anything to do with preservatives put in food these days. Milk and other dairy products, cheese, keep in the fridge seemingly forever. Bread used to go stale and mouldy within days, now lasts a week. E numbers? Hyper does not even begin to describe the human whirlwind that one young lad I knew who certainly had an allergy (medically diagnosed, before I am pulled up on speculation) to E Numbers.

 

[steverico]

I don’t recall this condition when I was at school in the 60’s, we had kids that were twats, are they the ones that have a label now?
Mind we didn’t eat **** all day long like they do now, no takeaways, proper dinners and teas, makes you think.

 

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[Heimdallr]

I have quite severe ADHD which can be a blessing (mostly) and a real curse. I wont go into the pros and cons however my case boils down to a dopamine deficiency. Smart phones actually help me, as the usage of the device releases dopamine which then means my ADHD brain stops looking for it. Really strong coffee and aggressive high energy music do the same thing for me. I have to exercise. Can’t go a couple of days without it. Can't speak for others.

Good to read a comment from someone with direct experience.

 

[dennisboothstash]

Simple explanation for this is that the affected children sleep in homes where the parents are smoking all sorts of **** on an evening. The poor kids are subjected to inhaling this crap as they innocently sleep and wake up half stoned and then are sent to school. Most of these kids are as high as a kite on arrival in the classroom.

Whilst suggesting children shouldn’t be subjected to smoke, particularly cannabis smoke, is sensible the rest of your post suggesting that most children affected by ADHD are because of that is spectacular bollocks.

 

[dennisboothstash]

I have quite severe ADHD which can be a blessing (mostly) and a real curse. I wont go into the pros and cons however my case boils down to a dopamine deficiency. Smart phones actually help me, as the usage of the device releases dopamine which then means my ADHD brain stops looking for it. Really strong coffee and aggressive high energy music do the same thing for me. I have to exercise. Can’t go a couple of days without it. Can't speak for others.

Grandson needs iPad or similar for very similar reasons.
self regulates really

 

[Charon]

I don’t recall this condition when I was at school in the 60’s, we had kids that were twats, are they the ones that have a label now?
Mind we didn’t eat **** all day long like they do now, no takeaways, proper dinners and teas, makes you think.

when I was at school back then we'd be playing football, tag, British bulldogs etc - ie we'd be doing exercise - nowadays they seem to be stuck to their phone, stuck in their bedroom on their fat arses doing **** all - go figure what the problem is

 

[Paul Jewitt]

Woo hoo, the posters on Hull City Not606 have found the cause and cure for ADHD, shall we move onto cancer next?

 

[Cityzen]

when I was at school back then we'd be playing football, tag, British bulldogs etc - ie we'd be doing exercise - nowadays they seem to be stuck to their phone, stuck in their bedroom on their fat arses doing **** all - go figure what the problem is

You also had a father who took no nonsense. And not as many single mothers sat about all day. Of course being able to claim benefits for a child with ADHD has absolutely nothing to do with it…

 

[Heimdallr]

when I was at school back then we'd be playing football, tag, British bulldogs etc - ie we'd be doing exercise - nowadays they seem to be stuck to their phone, stuck in their bedroom on their fat arses doing **** all - go figure what the problem is

You would be doing that, Charon, and the kids suffering from undiagnosed conditions would be removed from their families and put in borstal or being beaten up and raped by adults in children's homes (hence the scandals and prosecutions ongoing regarding the 1950s to 1990s in thousands of childrens homes across the uk).

Medication and the right treatment allows them to have some semblance of a normal family life and future.

Some of the responses aren't thought through well.

 

[BlackAndAmberGambler]

Whilst suggesting children shouldn’t be subjected to smoke, particularly cannabis smoke, is sensible the rest of your post suggesting that most children affected by ADHD are because of that is spectacular bollocks.

Anecdotal evidence from an experienced SENCO.

 

[dennisboothstash]

Anecdotal evidence from an experienced SENCO.

Bollocks
And anecdotes aren’t evidence

 

[dennisboothstash]

You also had a father who took no nonsense. And not as many single mothers sat about all day. Of course being able to claim benefits for a child with ADHD has absolutely nothing to do with it…

Only 6.7% of the number quoted claim any benefits

 

[BlackAndAmberGambler]

It’s all I have I’m afraid.

 

[originallambrettaman]

Only 6.7% of the number quoted claim any benefits

Probably because you need very severe ADHD to get any benefits, a child actually has to be registered disabled to qualify.

 

[dennisboothstash]

Probably because you need very severe ADHD to get any benefits, a child actually has to be registered disabled to qualify.

I know
I was just pointing out the suggestion that there are more diagnosed because it’s a ticket to benefits is ridiculous

 

[Asterix]

You would be doing that, Charon, and the kids suffering from undiagnosed conditions would be removed from their families and put in borstal or being beaten up and raped by adults in children's homes (hence the scandals and prosecutions ongoing regarding the 1950s to 1990s in thousands of childrens homes across the uk).

Medication and the right treatment allows them to have some semblance of a normal family life and future.

Some of the responses aren't thought through well.

An older relative was shipped off to a "special school" 1950's. As an adult he learnt he was dyslexic. And has never ever talked about his schooldays.

 

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