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Feed Your Head / Re: Overmedicating children - when?
« on: September 01, 2011, 10:28:28 AM »
I've always felt that kids were being over-medicated. In the 80's, it seemed a lot of kids were on Ritalin to keep them from being too hyper. Now it seems Adderall is the popular medicine to keep kids calm. Personally, I don't think all of these kids have ADD or ADHD. I think for the most part, they are kids being kids. Kids are supposed to be energetic and excited. I do realize that there are some kids that do need to be medicated and that the medication helps them concentrate in school but I definitely don't think this is the case for every child who is being medicated for ADD or ADHD.