Is ADD frequently misdiagnosed? For what conditions?!
Question: Is ADD frequently misdiagnosed!? For what conditions!?
After a lifetime of wrong diagnoses for my ADD disorder (finally found a doctor that got it right!) I started wondering if this happens frequently !.!.!. if ADD is misdiagnosed!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Yes, most definitively - ADD is a disorder commonly associated with children, but many adults also have ADD and often go undiagnosed, or are misdiagnosed, because the focus of this disorder is mainly on children!. Also, there are several fairly common adult conditions that can mimic ADD such as depression, anxiety, hormonal imbalances hypothyroidism, manic depression or obsessive compulsive disorder!. Another factor is that adults with ADD have more sophisticated coping mechanisms than children!. Physicians must rule out these conditions before properly diagnosing adult ADD and perhaps all Doctors are not as diligent as they should be when diagnosing adult ADD!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Thyroid disease is UNDER-diagnosed to an epic degree!. Most doctors won't run a test for thyroid disease even when the symptoms are staring them in the face!. So they call it ADD or ADHD (in children) or bipolar (in adults)
Other things that are misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD are things like poor parenting, spoiled brat syndrome, annoying parent who won't go away unless their child gets a "label" syndrome, etc!.
So many cases of ADHD are not real!. Many cases of ADHD are real of course, but I would say only 50% are real!.
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Other things that are misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD are things like poor parenting, spoiled brat syndrome, annoying parent who won't go away unless their child gets a "label" syndrome, etc!.
So many cases of ADHD are not real!. Many cases of ADHD are real of course, but I would say only 50% are real!.
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I do believe there is such thing as ADD but I also believe it is over-diagnosed!. Just like many conditions!.!.!.!.Doc says you got "this" he/she give you some pills, the he/she gets kick backs from the profits the pharmaceutical company makes!.
I don't know of your condition but children naturally have lots of energy, now we have to have two parents working full time (with overtime) and they just can't deal with a child with all the energy to burn, while they are spent!. So Doc says "dope 'em up!" Www@Answer-Health@Com
I don't know of your condition but children naturally have lots of energy, now we have to have two parents working full time (with overtime) and they just can't deal with a child with all the energy to burn, while they are spent!. So Doc says "dope 'em up!" Www@Answer-Health@Com
There is no such thing as ADD!.
Umm, actually, I have been told that I have ADD my whole entire life, have been put on stupid pills that never work, until I figured it out: ADD isn't real, don't you realize that doctor's NEED to have a certain amount of prescriptions every year that they put out!? Think about it, what's an easy thing to diagnose!. "My kid is hyper sometimes", Oh ok, it's ADD, try this!.
So shut the **** up and don't tell me that I need to spend time in your shoes when clearly you are the one who is ignorant!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Umm, actually, I have been told that I have ADD my whole entire life, have been put on stupid pills that never work, until I figured it out: ADD isn't real, don't you realize that doctor's NEED to have a certain amount of prescriptions every year that they put out!? Think about it, what's an easy thing to diagnose!. "My kid is hyper sometimes", Oh ok, it's ADD, try this!.
So shut the **** up and don't tell me that I need to spend time in your shoes when clearly you are the one who is ignorant!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
What is ADD !? If it is the inability to concentrate on a subject, person or activity I'm inclined to believe it would involve social environment as well as physical causes!. I think Scottie is better equipped to answer this question and has to a degree!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm not sure if it is misdiagnosed, but it is definitely over-diagnosed!. I personally don't think ADD exists!. I think everyone's attention spans are very short and we all have selective hearing!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
yah ADD is oftenly misdiagnosedWww@Answer-Health@Com
Yes!.
In the USA it is often over diagnosed!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
In the USA it is often over diagnosed!.Www@Answer-Health@Com