curious about the breakdown between introverts and extroverts who swim, and what they swim. are distance folks more inclined to be introverted, and sprinters, the opposite?
Originally posted by Allen Stark
While my question about ADHD may have seemed flip it wasn't. I am a psychiatrist and ADHD is one of my interests.I say it is the most over diagnosed and at the same time underdiagnosed psychiatric problem. That is because the main way kids are referred is because they are causing problems in school. There are lots of causes for that with ADHD being far down on the list. Way too many of these kids get wrongly medicated. The inattentive kids don't cause problems and get referred late if at all.What is the matter with being deamy? In our current school system it means you get C's instead of A's. Then everyone tells you "You are smart you just need to try harder" Then since they are trying they either get depressed or oppositional or both.
When I said underdiagnosed, I was speaking about the inattentive. If a child does not cause problems, they melt into the background.
Parent/teacher conferences are always, we love your daughter, she is a wonderful child, full of compassion for others, polite, well behaved, very quiet, but she can do so much better on her work.
She works very, very hard, but when the material is dry, she goes away, when the material interest her, she is there and enthusiastic and scores high.
It is a rollercoaster, and I can see how these kids get depressed and oppositional. In the fall I was very, very worried. Things have improved considerably since then, partly do to extensive testing and just understanding what is going on, which is the first step to helping her.
She has one big thing going for her. She is very talented in art, and is getting recognized for that. That helps her confidence a lot.
Matt, I think it is easy to blame bad parenting, and some of that is there. But I have learned not to judge, because the minute you do, your child does something that makes you look like a bad parent!
Originally posted by Allen Stark
While my question about ADHD may have seemed flip it wasn't. I am a psychiatrist and ADHD is one of my interests.I say it is the most over diagnosed and at the same time underdiagnosed psychiatric problem. That is because the main way kids are referred is because they are causing problems in school. There are lots of causes for that with ADHD being far down on the list. Way too many of these kids get wrongly medicated. The inattentive kids don't cause problems and get referred late if at all.What is the matter with being deamy? In our current school system it means you get C's instead of A's. Then everyone tells you "You are smart you just need to try harder" Then since they are trying they either get depressed or oppositional or both.
When I said underdiagnosed, I was speaking about the inattentive. If a child does not cause problems, they melt into the background.
Parent/teacher conferences are always, we love your daughter, she is a wonderful child, full of compassion for others, polite, well behaved, very quiet, but she can do so much better on her work.
She works very, very hard, but when the material is dry, she goes away, when the material interest her, she is there and enthusiastic and scores high.
It is a rollercoaster, and I can see how these kids get depressed and oppositional. In the fall I was very, very worried. Things have improved considerably since then, partly do to extensive testing and just understanding what is going on, which is the first step to helping her.
She has one big thing going for her. She is very talented in art, and is getting recognized for that. That helps her confidence a lot.
Matt, I think it is easy to blame bad parenting, and some of that is there. But I have learned not to judge, because the minute you do, your child does something that makes you look like a bad parent!
