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Somewhere between five to twelve percent of all teenagers throughout the world suffer from hyperactivity and attention deficit disorders. Some suffer from mild attention deficit disorders, while some have severe attention problems. Teenagers with ADD and ADHD have problems with impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattentiveness. There are many medications that can make those problems go away for a short time; however these medications come at a cost. These medications can cause many side effects,…

Picture someone you know winning an Olympic Gold Medal and a month later it being stripped from them for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Performance-enhancing drugs (PED’s) have been around for centuries and used by many different sports and athletes. As the incentives grow bigger, athletes turn to PED’s more for helping them strive to be the absolute best at their position. In recent years more athletes have been suspended for the use of PED’s; from college to the pros,…

placed on medication or not. Some people believe that the drugs are helpful in cases with ADHD. Others believe that the drug is pointless and that children should not be dependent upon medication. The most common medication from children with ADHD is Adderall. This drug helps inhibit the hyperactivity and allow the students to focus. Whether one believes the drug is affective or not it is a common treatment of the learning disability ADHD. To help children who suffer from ADHD in class there…

related to them will also have a variation of Bi-Polar. This article discusses co-occurring disorders and how difficult it makes diagnosing a child with pediatric Bi-Polar, because so many of the symptoms can overlap. However if you give a child Adderall and they do not need it you will know really quickly if they have ADHD or not. There hyper activity will be kicked into over drive. But children should not be treated and then sees what…

ADHD is short for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and is a mental disorder that affects 6.4 million children in America ("ADHD by the Numbers: Facts, Statistics, and You." Healthline. N.p., 4 Sept. 2014. Web. 10 May 2016.) ADHD Diagnosis has risen 42% in the past 8 years. ADHD does not only affect children, 4% of American adults over the age of 18 have ADHD (Holland, Kimberly, and Elsbeth Riley. "ADHD by the Numbers: Facts, Statistics, and You." Healthline. N.p., 4 Sept. 2014. Web. 10…

A condition represented by continued patterns of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Many are prescribed common medications like Adderall, Ritalin and Concerta. But they only last for 4-12 hours, giving a temporary reduction in symptoms, but not fully treating those prescribed. Therefore, ADHD patients must find other methods to cope with their disability. Many have chosen outlets…

Social anxiety or SA is strongly linked to depressive symptoms and is usually a preceding symptom of depression. It is assumed that not secure attachment makes people liable to Social Anxiety and this SA leads to depressive symptoms. A study has been done like this in 2001, but this study goes a step further with its findings while also confirming the results of the previous study. This study’s participants were given the Bielefeld Questionnaire of Client Expectations and the German version of…

Created in 1970 in the Controlled Substance Act, drug schedule was used to classify all drugs into specific categories. All drugs, as well as the chemical used to make the drugs, and drug substances are divided into 5 different categories. These categories are each distinguished based on the drug’s use medically, and the potential for abuse or dependency. However, according to the Office of Diversion Control and the Drug Enforcement Administration, “Since then, approximately 160 substances have…

Heroin Addiction: Is A Reality Over the past two decades, heroin use is increasing at an alarming rate in many parts of the United States (U.S.). As a serious problem, an Ohio mother illustrated this fact on Facebook. On September 14, 2015, Eva Holland posted a stirring photo of herself and her two small children, Lucas and Ava. They were smiling, posing with her deceased 26-year-old husband and the children’s father, Mike. He lays in his open casket because he died of a heroin overdose (…

” It is proven that often times when a person has anxiety or another disorder, it can cause them to also have depression because they do not feel good about themselves. I interviewed my friend Rylee, and she said that after she was prescribed to Adderall, she feels like she is not normal and often gets upset about not being able to focus. “I feel as if I have to rely on medicine and pills to be able to do what normal people can do like focus and get their work done.” Rylee stated. “ I feel like…