[Ammi]

…the last sentence of that article… So, the hope is that, in the not-too-distant future, there will be more ways to treat ADHD without medication. In the meantime, though, the challenge is getting through that “hump” of people waiting to be assessed – with the belief that, over time, the increase in diagnoses should lessen.

…from the other end of any experience that I’ve had in terms of children and any ADHD diagnosis…?…it’s also become very difficult to get any diagnosis for a child, not just for ADHD …and even for those who to get that diagnosis, it’s very difficult to get support for the child and family because over the years, resources have been cropped and cropped ….rolling back around 10 to 15 years ago…the ‘go to…’ medication for a very young child was Ritalin or similar, which was awful to see a child with such mind altering medication and obviously wasn’t the solution as much as emotional support and help in learning tactics to cope with their ADHD…anyway, as thankfully Ritalin stopped being prescribed, sadly diagnosis became more and more difficult and if that diagnosis doesn’t happen in childhood when/and if it’s identified…?…then it’ll inevitably carry forward into adulthood and the struggle for diagnosis continues because that person has never been helped with any coping skills etc…it’s a circle of under funding, sadly ….but for me, I would say that’s a huge contributory to any ‘rise in adults’…that diagnosis and any interventions aren’t happening in childhood when it’s first identified …I mean, it just makes sense in that if something isn’t identified in childhood and then carries into adulthood then there is going to be a rise in the need for adult diagnosis…is my thought….