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About me

I am a 30-something year old woman who was recently laid off. Being unemployed after 15 years of work has been interesting to say the least. I decided to try my hand at writing and have been enjoying tremendously.

My family includes a hubby, two boys and an extremely hyperactive, yet not-too-bright dog.

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Health & Fitness > Medicine Development Children and medication: Generation "Med"?: 2 of 34

Would Tom Sawyer have been medicated? Tom Sawyer was a very intelligent boy who also had a streak of orneriness, was inattentive at school and was prone to impulsive behaviors. We laugh while reading his antics, but in today's world, like approximately 25% of school-age white boys, he might have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and prescribed medication. Because most research suggests that ADD or ADHD is present in only 3-5% of the population, is it possible practitioners and parents are over-diagnosing and missing the true cause or issue (http://borntoexplore.org)? Although any child could be...
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