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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX
i believe in it 100%...i do also feel it is over-diagnosed in certain situations, just because you have a restless, bored 8 year old boy doesnt mean hes got ADD/ADHD...he may be smarter than everyone else and need more stimulation!
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Bingo! The over-diagnosis is why there is such a controversy. I mean growing up, seems like half the kids in my junior high were on ritalin.
Don't know what the previous diagnostic criteria were, but I know that now there is an increased pressure on having to make the diagnosis very early on, by the age of 6 IIRC...(I suppose in another 10 weeks, when I've finished my pediatrics clinical clerkship I'll know that cold) which should help separate out the children who really do have a problem and those who are just fidgety.