[quote]If you or someone you know has a child that has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), chances are the child is actually just fine. At least this is what the "father" of ADHD, Leon Eisenberg, would presumably say if he were still alive. On his death bed, this psychiatrist and autism pioneer admitted that ADHD is essentially a "fictitious disease," which means that millions of young children today are being needlessly prescribed severe mind-altering drugs that will set them up for a life of drug addiction and failure.
As explained by The Sons of Liberty host Bradlee Dean, who also writes for The D.C. Clothesline, ADHD was merely a theory developed by Eisenberg. It was never actually proven to exist as a verifiable disease, despite the fact that Eisenberg and many others profited handsomely from its widespread diagnosis.
And modern psychiatry continues to profit as well, helping also to fill the coffers of the pharmaceutical industry by getting children addicted early to dangerous psychostimulant drugs like Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Adderall (amphetamine, dextroamphetamine mixed salts).
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[url]http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/06/before-his-death-father-of-adhd-admitted-it-was-a-fictitious-disease.html[/url]
[QUOTE]...which means that millions of young children today are being needlessly prescribed severe mind-altering drugs that will set them up for a life of drug addiction and failure.[/QUOTE]
well that seems a little bit extreme of a way to describe it
[quote]that will set them up for a life of drug addiction and failure.[/quote]
Uh, what
"Inventor of ADHD" makes him sound like a mad scientist that released attention deficits upon the world.
adhd kind of exists, but is overperscribed and covers an extremely large amount of potential things
Alright, I'm not one for ADHD thing either, I think it's bogus as well. But I think this article is inferring a lot about what this guy said on his death bed.
[quote] On his death bed, this psychiatrist and autism pioneer admitted that ADHD is essentially a "fictitious disease," which means that millions of young children today are being needlessly prescribed severe mind-altering drugs that will set them up for a life of drug addiction and failure.
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I'm sure he didn't say all that...
My kindergarten teacher told my mother I had ADHD despite the fact that almost all mentally stable 5 year old children have trouble sitting still for more than 2 minutes. It led me to taking what amounted to meth for 6 years. I wouldn't do that to anyone.
[QUOTE=Olas;41212368][URL="http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/adhd.asp"]Snopes[/URL][/QUOTE]
Damn, beat me to it.
Bu-
But I have ADHD.
Does this mean my life is a lie?
it was pretty obvious ADHD is just an excuse to procrastinate
Every ADHD kid I have ever known is just some spoilt brat with bad parents, I know this is anecdotal but I yet have to see any evidence to ADHD not just being bad parenting, I'd be happy to change my mind though.
I'm on the fence about ADHD I feel it does exist but alot of it comes from a need to diagnose the smallest problems in kids and that's it's more then a personality then a disorder.
This was debunked a long while ago when /pol/ was obsessing over it.
Leon Eiseberg was a liar and a man more obsessed with selling pills and drugging kids up than actually treating them, that what he is confessing to, not that ADHD does not exist. Leon Eisenberg made a luxurious living off of his “fictitious disease,” thanks to pharmaceutical sales.
So I investigated your source, OP.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3536420/Conspiracy.PNG[/img]
Something tells me its bullshit because this article blathers on about chemtrails
ADHD is when you have a shortage of dopamine in the brain
There is a physical flaw with people with ADHD
[QUOTE=meppers;41212438]ADHD is when you have a shortage of dopamine in the brain
There is a physical flaw with people with ADHD[/QUOTE]
That says nothing about the cause of that shortage.
Well, It technically is... ADHD is more a description of symtoms.
ADHD can be caused by a lot of different things and we haven't figured out what is causing it, and we are only treating the symtoms.(We know of a few causes of ADHD but mostly we don't know)
That is why the renamed adhd in the new DSM-V
Eisenburg breaking bad
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;41212430]I'm on the fence about ADHD I feel it does exist but alot of it comes from a need to diagnose the smallest problems in kids and that's it's more then a personality then a disorder.[/QUOTE]
Saying ADHD doesn't exist is like saying Autism doesn't exist, or Aspergers or Dyslexia.
[QUOTE=Vasili;41212487]Saying ADHD doesn't exist is like saying Autism doesn't exist, or Aspergers or Dyslexia.[/QUOTE]
I think the real problem is the over-diagnoses of it. Seems like anytime a kid is hyper or acting out they get labeled ADHD.
[QUOTE=Firo;41212544]I think the real problem is the over-diagnoses of it. Seems like anytime a kid is hyper or acting out they get labeled ADHD.[/QUOTE]
Thats exactly what he's saying, he was taken completely out of context;
[quote] In February, 2012, the German weekly publication Der Spiegel reported in its cover story that Eisenberg spoke of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in his final interview, seven months before his death, that ADHD as the prime example of a "fabricated disease". Eisenberg remarked that instead of prescribing a 'pill', psychiatrists should determine whether there are psychosocial reasons that could lead to behavioral problems.[B]It was later said by native German speakers referred to at the website Snopes.com that while Eisenberg claimed the prevalence of ADHD to be overrated, he did not mean to say the disorder itself was not real[/B][/quote]
He was talking about doctors who just profit off children by selling them ritalin, not that its not a real brain condition.
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