Micaela Kimball Adhd

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"They were telling me, 'Honey, there's something wrong with your brain and this little pill's going to fix everything,'" recalled Micaela Kimball, who had been diagnosed with ADHD in 1997 as a Freshman in high school. However, that doctor was wrong. The emotional and self-image effects that had taken place because of her diagnosis and treatment had prevented Kimball from over coming those issues for many years (Schwarz 9). Stories like Kimball's are common in todays treatment for ADHD. Millions of not only children, and adults as well are wrongly diagnosed with ADHD/ADD. Children and adults are being diagnosed at rapid rates in attempt to fix the problem as quickly as possible without actually fixing the problem. Thus, doctors are not actually

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