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You are probably being downvoted because you are making the claim that ADHD is not a real disorder and that treatment for it is comparable to homeopathy.



This is not necessarily a crazy claim to make.

Mental differences are objective, but mental disorders are culturally relative.

This doesn't diminish the mental pain that such a difference can cause in a specific culture, but it's not absolute. It's more of a round peg / square hole kind of thing.


You are right, maybe i should have stated what i meant more clearly and in a different way, i'm not claiming that. See my other comment below.


I claim: ADHD is not a real disorder and that treatment for it is comparable to homeopathy.


The treatment for ADHD is Adderall. Regardless of if ADHD is real or not, Adderall is nothing like any Homeopathy treatment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall#Performance-enhancing_...




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