"It's Not Real?"

Dr. Laura Muggli, Dr. Lenard Adler & Dr. Margaret Weiss answer the question “Is ADHD Real?”

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Was ADHD invented by a drug company? [Dr. Laura Muggli] maybe… I’m just kidding. Dug companies do a lot of you know a lot of things but I don’t think they’re making this up.

[Patrick McKenna] so is it a disorder?

[Dr. Margaret Weiss] I don’t think there’s any doubt at this point that it’s real in fact I think the question is dated.

[Kate Kelly] it’s a neurobiological disorder it’s not the figment of someone’s imagination or something made up by the drug drug companies.

It’s about equivalent to saying is the world flat or if it round we’ve really moved quite

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beyond that.

What we know for sure is that it’s real.

[Dr. Lenard Adler] ADHD is a very real disorder.

[Dr. Jain] we know this is a real disorder.

[Patrick McKenna] hmm so I guess it’s still up for debate