In America, there are 6.4 million children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD. ADHD is a mental disorder that most often occurs in children. Symptoms of ADHD include trouble concentrating, paying attention, staying organized, and remembering details. Nearly 6.1 percent of these children are being treated for this disorder with some sort of medicine (Holland, 2014). The medicine is proven to alter the state of mind causing children to act like a “zombie” and struggle to express personality while taking the antibiotics. The association between ADHD medicine and the zombie phenomenon stems from the concern from parents that this medicine is controlling their children’s minds and is much more of a problem
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The teacher watched in horror as one by one his previously boisterous boys lost what he describes as their ' 'life spark ' ' (Corderoy, 2013). The compelling story of the life’s being sucked out of these boys compelled the teacher to devote his life to be an activist against ADHD medicine. These risks can easily be looked over and don’t fully register until being put in a real life situation as to how much damage the drugs can really do. Thousands of cases have been investigated through out the world to detect why the drug is causing these problems, and if there is away to continue the medication without these side affects occurring. The only real answer to this though is that the medication affects everyone differently, and not two people are going to have the same treatment or dosage to help deal with their …show more content…
Doctor Shannon Sniff explains that when parents come to her asking about the medicine and the concern that it will turn their child into a zombie, she says that all diseases and treatments are different. The challenge in the matter is finding the right balance between the two, and overall trying to the help the children with a better state of mind (Sniff, 2013). In Ron Auty’s article about ADHD and the zombie phenomenon, he discusses that the two main drugs responsible for the zombie effect which are Ritalin and Adderall. However, there are ways to prevent the zombification like switching up the dosage and what prescription the child is taking. (Auty, 2014). As long as the patient is showing improvement in their disease and is benefitting from the antibiotics, then the child should stay on the drug. However, there is empathy with those who have shown signs of the “zombie effect” and should either go off the drug, or figure out a right type of treatment so that the disease is
The teacher watched in horror as one by one his previously boisterous boys lost what he describes as their ' 'life spark ' ' (Corderoy, 2013). The compelling story of the life’s being sucked out of these boys compelled the teacher to devote his life to be an activist against ADHD medicine. These risks can easily be looked over and don’t fully register until being put in a real life situation as to how much damage the drugs can really do. Thousands of cases have been investigated through out the world to detect why the drug is causing these problems, and if there is away to continue the medication without these side affects occurring. The only real answer to this though is that the medication affects everyone differently, and not two people are going to have the same treatment or dosage to help deal with their …show more content…
Doctor Shannon Sniff explains that when parents come to her asking about the medicine and the concern that it will turn their child into a zombie, she says that all diseases and treatments are different. The challenge in the matter is finding the right balance between the two, and overall trying to the help the children with a better state of mind (Sniff, 2013). In Ron Auty’s article about ADHD and the zombie phenomenon, he discusses that the two main drugs responsible for the zombie effect which are Ritalin and Adderall. However, there are ways to prevent the zombification like switching up the dosage and what prescription the child is taking. (Auty, 2014). As long as the patient is showing improvement in their disease and is benefitting from the antibiotics, then the child should stay on the drug. However, there is empathy with those who have shown signs of the “zombie effect” and should either go off the drug, or figure out a right type of treatment so that the disease is