SUPER OT continued: As a shrink I often am presented with the request to diagnose a kid or young adult with ADD or ADHD. I believe it is a bit if a hype dianosing kids the last decade but there are also quite a few older individuals that have not been diagnosed and had a tough time in school. Ritalin (R) (which is actually low doses of Speed) or comparable meds not always work so taking them is not always the answer. Psychoeducation and practical guidelines for day to day living always are. There is a huge overlap with depressive symptoms, personality disorders and bad parenting (no consistent role models present, no clear boundaries, instant gratification behaviours).
Kids are being exposed to so much stuff these days, you cannot compare it to the time when this old geezer was a kid (38 going on 39). But this is also thing of all ages, where the old think the less of the young in some form. There are old Greek and Roman texts that report on the young just hanging around pointless, not showing the proper respect to adults, not putting enough time in their schooling bla bla. It's just for a large part the forever present generation-gap we are experiencing now. You can't help it, when you reach 30-something and above it just happens.

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