Skint Britain - Fiends without Benefits

[chesters1]

Everyone has to have a "condition" nowadays it gives excuses to bad parents its a medical problem and its not their fault

Edited February 26, 2019 by chesters1

[corydoras]

Everyone has to have a "condition" nowadays it gives excuses to bad parents its a medical problem and its not their fault

And the evidence to support your assertion is what?

[chesters1]

And the evidence to support your assertion is what?

The exact same evidence the condition exists ,none!

 

Its like trying to diagnose fibromyalgia ,any symptom on earth could be used ,i get tired have i got it?

 

Johny keeps shouting ,he must be ill its not just parents not telling him not to surely!

People need excuses today so a condition is found to explain bad parenting in a great many cases

Edited February 26, 2019 by chesters1

[corydoras]

The exact same evidence the condition exists ,none!

 

Its like trying to diagnose fibromyalgia ,any symptom on earth could be used ,i get tired have i got it?

 

Johny keeps shouting ,he must be ill its not just parents not telling him not to surely!

People need excuses today so a condition is found to explain bad parenting in a great many cases

Opinions that are formed from gazing out your kitchen window are just that, opinions.

[chesters1]

Opinions that are formed from gazing out your kitchen window are just that, opinions.

As are diagnoses of many "conditions"

Look at the symptoms of adhd

 

In reality its

 

Being a kid

Or being a naughty kid

 

If a kid gets bored his minds wanders ,if he gets really bored he makes sure everyone knows it!

Not a disease just a kid!

Going by half of the "symptoms" half the fricking world could have it !

 

Parent ,johny wont do his home work! He also wont wash his neck

AHH he must have adhd all the symptons add up

 

In reality parents cannot be bothered to be parents and need an excuse

 

Our sons second to last child lives in the land of the fairies and could in some circumstances be "special" but strangely most of the symptoms disapear when the parents leave her here ,she does though still live with the fairies lol she does have a weird outlook on normality but the playing up and generall naughtiness disapear

Perhaps like the majority of bad dogs its the owners that are the problem ,perhaps johny would act differently if the parents had better training in parenting?

Edited February 26, 2019 by chesters1

[John S]

A friend of mine who used to be a teacher used to call it GAD - Galloping Alphabet Disorder

[Steve Walker]

For some reason, having a diagnosis (even if it's just a label for a cluster of symptoms) seems to make people feel better.

 

An old school friend of my partner is in a bad way. She's been having weird symptoms for a long time, and has spent a lot of time with alternative "medicine" practitioners. She's now got a clinical diagnosis, and it's not good. She's got MS and it's quite advanced. But she's a lot better in herself for having a label to hang on it.

[Phone]

Cory,

 

There must be "evidence" - otherwise why:

 

• Percent of persons using at least one prescription drug in the past 30 days: 48.9% (2011-2014)
• Percent of persons using three or more prescription drugs in the past 30 days: 23.1% (2011-2014)
• Percent of persons using five or more prescription drugs in the past 30 days: 11.9% (2011-2014)

• Number of drugs ordered or provided: 3.7 billion
• Percent of visits involving drug therapy: 76.2%
• Most frequently prescribed therapeutic classes:
  • Analgesics
  • Antihyperlipidemic agents
  • Antidepressants
• Percent of increase 2014 - 2017 68%

Phone

[Steve Walker]

Ageing population?

 

Similar stats for the UK;

 

• In 2015/16 48% of adults had taken at least one prescribed medicine (not including contraception or nicotine replacement therapy) in the last week. This increased with age from 19% of young adults aged 16 to 24 to more than 90% of those aged 75 and over. The proportion of adults taking one or more prescribed medicines was similar to 2012/13.

• In 2015/16, 24% of adults were taking three or more medicines.

• The prevalence of prescribed medicine use was higher in more deprived areas: 54% of adults in the most deprived fifth of areas took at least one medicine, compared with 45% in the least deprived areas.

• Prescribed medicine use was much higher than average among those with self-reported bad or very bad general health (85%), a limiting or non-limiting longstanding condition (76% and 71% respectively), or probable mental ill health (63%).

• The most commonly used prescribed medicines were antihypertensives (by 15% of adults) and lipid-lowering medicines (14%); followed by proton-pump inhibitors for reducing acid in the stomach (11%); analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (11%); and antidepressants (10%).

So basically blood pressure tablets, statins (we give those out like sweeties to older people), omeprazole and similar, possibly aspirin and paracetamol though those are available over the counter and cheaper than via the NHS for those who pay for their prescriptions, SSRIs.