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Originally Posted by mog
ADD has got to be one of the most successful marketing ploys in history: make up some faux-disorder that gives parents an excuse for their child being lazy and unmotivated, and offer them a cure for a price.
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You're half right. There is definitely such a thing as ADHD but doctors too often go overboard to diagnose normal children as having ADHD.
There was a news article about this several months ago on Yahoo News but I can't find it now. Plenty of information on the Web about the trend to misdiagnose and over-prescribe.