Stigmatism Case

There is no doubt that there is a stigmatism of people diagnosed with add/adhd, but there are also many who are diagnosed with it who don't even suffer from it. Doctors need to research more on this disorder before they jump to a diagnosis. There is no doubt that people who actually have this disorder have a certain stigma put upon them, but this sadly comes with the territory. The bottom line is, is that this disorder is unknown so many fear it and people who have it. While at the same time, doctors are over diagnosing these kids with it and putting them in a pool they don't belong in, thus causing a stigma of their own if you will.

"Kids will be kids" is the saying many identify when children are hyper and mischievous, they are just being the little deviant kids they are meant to be. So why plug those children who are just being children, because parents don't want to deal with their child. So now these kids are medicated and basically snails and now the parents can deal and rationalize to others why there child behaved that way. Whether we like it or not, we stigmatize our children for not being perfect little angels and never misbehaving or talking back and when we can't deal with it, we try and find the easy way out. These kids who are medicated also use this disorder as a crutch and later on in their life say; oh I grew out of it. The thing is, people who really have add/adhd don't grow out of it, they are stuck with it for the rest of their lives.

Now along with the over diagnosed children, there are some who actually have the disorder and have to work twice as hard to achieve the same about of work others do. People who actually have add/adhd have physical anatomical abnormalities along with imbalances of neurotransmitters that cause this disease, not just being hyper and not paying attention due to it. There are numerous tests that can differentiate from kids being kids to a real learning disability. The bad thing is, when diagnosed with something many don't really understand; they often stigmatize these people and put them in a class of their own.