X and Peter Hitchens. ‘ADHD’

Peter Hitchens (@ClarkeMicah) posted at 10:36 am on Tue, Sept 24, 2024:
If the drugging of children had existed in my boyhood would my teachers have forced me to take pills for ‘Oppositional Defiant Disorder’? (I still have it, by the way). 26,000 have now watched this amazing debate on ‘ADHD’   https://t.co/NRHGweMIlx via @YouTube


https://x.com/ClarkeMicah/status/1838512716119503089?t=Sm-Yhm64hrSJS4AE-rQGTg&s=03 

28,510 views Sep 22, 2024There has been a surge in ADHD diagnoses in the UK, and a record number of people in England are taking medication to treat the condition. ADHD is prolific online; billions of hits on TikTok, online tests, and easy-access diagnoses. But is all of this what it seems? Mary Wakefield, commissioning editor of The Spectator, is joined by columnist and author Peter Hitchens, and journalist and author of ‘It’s Not A Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult’, Kat Brown. They debate ADHD, its prevalence, and what’s behind its sudden surge in popularity.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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