If I read the description of the wikipedia article, I could easily think that I suffer from ADHD. To me it feels a little bit like asperger syndrome where you can pick and choose related syndrome and believe you might suffer from it when you are just a little bit asocial. To exaggerate, it is like reading an horoscope and thinking that, woah, it is exactly how you are or how this person is.
Obviously there are trained doctors and psychiatrist and whoever who can judge whether or not a kid suffer from adhd but it seems that it will be way more than 7% of kid that could get bored by tasks they are being test for and that is why adhd seen from outside the usa feels too often diagnosed.
Others have said how the drug would have helped themselves or is helping themselves but has it been shown that the drug would not help everyone who takes it to focus and perform better at test and studying or working.
Since I live in the USA, I have asked the questions to college student and it seems a fairly common thing to take a pill before exam to get that extra edge for focus (granted you don't start cleaning your apartment and become very thorough while doing it).
Even if the drug could help some people, it is not unreasonable to consider whether introducing the drug to society has an overall benefit and not just a benefit to the company selling it. France has already a problem with to many prescriptions of anti depressor drugs so maybe it is not a good idea to jump on adhd pills.
Obviously there are trained doctors and psychiatrist and whoever who can judge whether or not a kid suffer from adhd but it seems that it will be way more than 7% of kid that could get bored by tasks they are being test for and that is why adhd seen from outside the usa feels too often diagnosed.
Others have said how the drug would have helped themselves or is helping themselves but has it been shown that the drug would not help everyone who takes it to focus and perform better at test and studying or working. Since I live in the USA, I have asked the questions to college student and it seems a fairly common thing to take a pill before exam to get that extra edge for focus (granted you don't start cleaning your apartment and become very thorough while doing it).
Even if the drug could help some people, it is not unreasonable to consider whether introducing the drug to society has an overall benefit and not just a benefit to the company selling it. France has already a problem with to many prescriptions of anti depressor drugs so maybe it is not a good idea to jump on adhd pills.