What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?
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Re: What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?
#2What if? Why, it would be akin to a social revolution. There would be literally millions of people who would not only have to deal with the original symptoms, but also the side-effects of withdrawal from a pharmaceutical addiction.
It can't happen, at least not overnight. It is going to take at least 2 or 3 generations before the dependency on industrialized-pharmaceuticals can be removed as an aspect of our western societies. Even if we have a solution to the dependency that pharmaceutical customers have, it is no small thing to come off the prescription.
So how far have we come as a species that we are having these 'generational approach' questions posed to us? Last centurys' Ritalin addict is this years flapper girl. All we do as cultures is propel the change of fashion forward. I feel nothing but pity for those who have a chemical dependence where the next patient bears no such duress, should they push pixels instead of pills. I would love to see it all change, such that none of us are dependent on industrialized pharmaceutical production - the penultimate of capital masters, but the closest analog to a solution in this regard, that I see, is the legalization of weed.
Legalize it, and a lot of these industrial problems have the potential to disappear...
Re: What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?
#3Neurofeedback seems to work very well and reliably with ADHD, but it is often not "enough"!
Re: What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?
#4What if? Why, it would be akin to a social revolution. There would be literally millions of people who would not only have to deal with the original symptoms, but also the side-effects of withdrawal from a pharmaceutical addiction. It can't happen, at least not overnight. It is going to take at least 2 or 3 generations before the dependency on industrialized-pharmaceuticals can be removed as an aspect of our western…
> western societies
Very US-centric. We don't prescribe amphetamines like candy in Europe.
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#5I've never met a person with adhd in my entire life. Why is it so widespread in the US?
Re: What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?
#6What if? Why, it would be akin to a social revolution. There would be literally millions of people who would not only have to deal with the original symptoms, but also the side-effects of withdrawal from a pharmaceutical addiction. It can't happen, at least not overnight. It is going to take at least 2 or 3 generations before the dependency on industrialized-pharmaceuticals can be removed as an aspect of our western…
Weed is not a treatment for ADHD, therapeutic doses of amphetamines generally don't cause dependency issues in the way you're thinking of.
Pharmaceuticals aren't the devil and god your writing style is off the charts pretentious.
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#7What if? Why, it would be akin to a social revolution. There would be literally millions of people who would not only have to deal with the original symptoms, but also the side-effects of withdrawal from a pharmaceutical addiction. It can't happen, at least not overnight. It is going to take at least 2 or 3 generations before the dependency on industrialized-pharmaceuticals can be removed as an aspect of our western…
Weed is not a treatment for ADHD, therapeutic doses of amphetamines generally don't cause dependency issues in the way you're thinking of. Pharmaceuticals aren't the devil and god your writing style is off the charts pretentious.
>Weed is not a treatment for ADHD
Not in your culture maybe, but beyond your borders it more than suffices.
>writing style is off the charts pretentious.
++good. Meds, rectify.
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#8I've never met a person with adhd in my entire life. Why is it so widespread in the US?
There are a number of theories, none of which have very strong support.
You probably have met someone with ADHD, you just probably judged them as lazy or immature. Some people very much do struggle with keeping certain topics on their minds.
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#9What if? Why, it would be akin to a social revolution. There would be literally millions of people who would not only have to deal with the original symptoms, but also the side-effects of withdrawal from a pharmaceutical addiction. It can't happen, at least not overnight. It is going to take at least 2 or 3 generations before the dependency on industrialized-pharmaceuticals can be removed as an aspect of our western…
> western societies Very US-centric. We don't prescribe amphetamines like candy in Europe.
True, and for that I am very, very grateful since I live in middle-Europe currently..
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