TacosaurusRex said:Rapier108 said:TacosaurusRex said:Rapier108 said:Muy said:
Are we also seeing the first generation of kids whose parents put them on ADD and ADHD meds when they were 4 and 5 years old start to show signs of struggling in life?
That would be one of the reasons for sure.
Except this isn't the first generation of children to grow up on those medications? So, throw that theory out.
You guys realize Adderall is over 30 years old at this point? Teachers have been pushing those meds on kids way before this current generation reached young adulthood. I know because they tried to do it to me in the 90's before second grade. I'm so lucky to have had active parents in my education, I wasn't just drugged and sat in a corner.
Now, if we want to start a theory and test some hypothesis where we look at SSRI's and the adaptation of modern life with social media, I'm in.
Oh I know, believe me. My parents put me on that **** and it screwed me up. Thankfully I was okay once I got off of it, but only God knows what kind of permanent damage it would have caused if I had been on it for years instead of a few months.
Factor, not reason is probably a better description.
I'm not sure the factor would be measurable. Ritalin has been around since the 40's and we have a mountain of data on it. Am I arguing that adding chemicals to the body during massive transition phases like puberty is a good idea?Absolutely not.
I do think that SSRI's is where the intense scrutiny should be applied, with a cognizant idea of ADHD meds. Another factor not being talked about nearly enough is the codependency young people are developing with their therapist, instead of learning life skills to operate without their therapist.
The belt is my kids therapist.
Wonder how Comanches ran 275,000 square miles of this country without therapist.