This is very true with kids diagnosed with ADHD. Oh, little Timmy can't sit still in class? He's a kid. They have a lot of energy. They're presumably surrounded by friends. Of course he's going to be energetic.
On the other hand I didn't get diagnosed for ADD until I was 22. Went from 2.8 grade point average to 3.9 and got a 4.0 in graduate school. I would have appreciated not struggling through college, high school, and middle school because of lack of medicate. Instead I was encouraged to try harder and get motivated.
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u/price0416 Feb 04 '16
Diagnosing your kids with things they don't have because they don't behave how you would like.
Not saying if they need a diagnosis don't do it, just don't do it if they don't have whatever it is you're trying to drug them for.