ADHD Does Not Exist
The truth about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
by Richard Saul · first published 2014
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In this groundbreaking and controversial book, behavioral neurologist Dr. Richard Saul draws on five decades of experience treating thousands of patients labeled with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder—one of the fastest growing and widely diagnosed conditions today—to argue that ADHD is actually a cluster of symptoms stemming from over 20 other conditions and disorders. According to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 6.4 million children between the ages of four and seventeen have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disor
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I highly recommend reading about the opinion of this doctor that ADD doesn't exist as a separate condition. It is, instead, a symptom of many other possible conditions. http://time.com/25370/doctor-adhd-does-not-exist/ This is consistent with my own experience with people who believe they have ADD. Many of them turned out to have untreated anxiety and depression. It's also interesting to note that there's a lot of…
on “What is ADD?” ↗…section, had two books stating unequivocally that ADHD was a made-up condition. These ones: Debunking ADHD: 10 Reasons to Stop Drugging Kids for Acting Like Kids - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1475827377/ ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth About Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder - https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-Does-Not-Exist-Hyperactivity/dp/... And I guess, now that I had a strong personal stake, I felt rather offended…
on “Book Banning in an Age of Amazon” ↗In the book "ADHD Does not Exist" Richard Saul describes Neurochemical Diststractibility/Impulsivity(what we call adhd) of two types : low serotoning group and high level epinephrine/norepinephrine group. "The two types described show…
on “ADHD Is Fuel for Adventure” ↗It was referenced in the book "ADHD does not exist" from Richard Saul M.D, I'll look for the book to find some links
on “Pathologies of the attention economy” ↗…Cruise is right. Psychiatry is largely nonsense and the DSM book is almost arbitrarily made up by a bunch of suits. In most of the higher quality studies, antidepressants are no better than placebo. And “ADHD Does Not Exist”, that’s book title by one of the foremost ADHD psychiatrists who helped popularize it but is now calling for a reversion. The symptoms exist, not ADHD is not a real disease.
on “Tom Cruise is dangerous and irresponsible (2005)” ↗…reaction to any of several kinds of virus. Hell, a crab or a tree is not one class of things, but many that converged on common solutions. There’s an ADHD specialist, a neurologist, who wrote a book called “ADHD Does Not Exist”. His core argument is that ADHD is not a single disorder but a collection of symptoms that cluster together from many different underlying causes. https://isbn.nu/9780062266743
on “Depression reduces capacity to learn to actively avoid aversive events” ↗