The article I chose to read “Overdiagnosis
In America” was written by Ted Gup, Special to the New York Times. Over
diagnosing from doctors is becoming a more common thing as society evolves.
Bipolar, ADHA, depression, ADD, are only the beginning of the most common
diagnosis thrown at patients. This article describes how a man lost his child
and feels it is because he gave in and allowed his child to take pills for ADHA.
At the age of 21 Teds son died in his dorm from an over dose of Adderall, heroin,
and alcohol. He states that 6.4 million kids in the United Stated are diagnosed
with ADHA and are taking medication.
This is a good subject because I also
believe that too many kids are taking medication for ADHA at a young age. My
son is 9 years old and started taking Adderall 1 year ago because he was
getting in trouble at school. While he was taking the medication he received better
grades, and no longer got into trouble. The down side to giving kids medication
like in the article is that they can become dependent on the medication. Using
medication at a young age may influence teens to try different drugs. I think
Ted has a point with over diagnosing patients, but I can also see where he is
grieving. This discussion can go many directions with different people but
overall I think doctors are throwing pills at people
This is a really good subject. I work in a pharmacy and there are so many people on medication for adhd. I think that it has been a rise in the last couple of years. It scares me to as well, but there are some people that do actually need it. In my health class we had an awesome video that we watched about adhd. They were young childern diagnosed with adhd or anxiety under the age of 4. Not only does it cause problems with overdosing, but it can cause problems in the longer run. I wish I had the link still to the video. Very sad, but does show what medication can do with its strength/weakness.
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