Is ADHD just a label thats put on children.

I've spoken to teachers about this and they generally say that getting a diagnosis of anything takes a good while and aren't handed out as lightly as people make it out to be.
But if a diagnoses is made and they can extra resources to help the child it generally does help.
I've seen kids being written off by teachers as bold children but when somebody came along and helped them they generally settled down. They might be the odd wobble.

It's not just a label. It's also a really great song by Kendrick Lamar.

Eight doobies to the face, F**k that

Everything from too much TV - too much sugar has been attached .


Diagnosing ADHD in children depends on a set of strict criteria. To be diagnosed with ADHD, your child must have six or more symptoms of inattentiveness, or six or more symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsiveness. See ADHD - Symptoms for examples of such symptoms.

The type of ADHD your child will be diagnosed with will depend on the number of symptoms they have from each group. For example, if they have eight symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsiveness and only three symptoms of inattentiveness, they will be diagnosed with ADHD mainly hyperactive-impulsive.

To be diagnosed with ADHD, your child must also have:

been displaying symptoms continuously for at least six months
started to show symptoms before the age of seven - although in some cases a diagnosis can still be made if symptoms do not start until after this age
been showing symptoms in at least two different settings - for example, at home and at school, to rule out the possibility that the behaviour is just a reaction to certain teachers or to parental control
symptoms that make their lives considerably more difficult, on a social, academic or occupational level
symptoms that are not just part of a developmental disorder or difficult phase, and are not better accounted for by another condition

nice_guy80 wrote: »

its usually the parents who push for a diagnosis

it absolves them of any blame.
they can go on not parenting or putting manners on their child

Load of bollox.

I dunno lads, A lot of modern day mammys & daddys just want to have the kids to show how great they can breed and make little babies to show the rest of the tribe/community/family.

But then the babies grow up, start talking back, generating actual work and the added actual responsibility.

Then - "ME CHILD HAS GOT THE ADHD!!!"

Just remember without these "abnormal" kids we would have no internet no art no engineering no science

A very grey world without them

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Just remember without these "abnormal" kids we would have no internet no art no engineering no science

A very grey world without them

Name one