ADHD History Essay

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Being a student with ADHD, I found the history was very important and quite interesting. Personally, I feel as though people will sometimes discharge the history or this type of topic because they are afraid to talk about it and purposely try to avoid it. But why should we avoid talking about the history of something that has created a huge population for itself?
To me, the past and the history is just as important as the current updates, and it can be very interesting to some people. Although finding information on the past was more difficult, I started to realize the importance of the history. I would like to learn more about how it was created. I think knowing who found ADHD would be interesting information. I would also like to study how …show more content…

It was very reliable and easy to use and find new information. I went to the other sources and found that not all of them had as much information. The databases were also helpful because the compiled a lot of information about the history and the current time. I found out a lot of new information about the history that I had never known before. HealthLine made it easy to find information because, in a way, the website is set up like a timeline. The youtube video was also very reliable. There were many charts that made it easy for the brain to understand. The video was also long and had a lot of information to …show more content…

(Holl 2017)“The FDA approved the psychostimulant Ritalin (methylphenidate) in 1955. It became more popular as an ADHD treatment as the disorder became better understood and diagnoses increased. The medicine is still used to treat ADHD today.” (Holl 2017)“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Benzedrine as a medicine in 1936. Dr. Charles Bradley stumbled across some unexpected side effects of this medicine the next year. Young patients’ behavior and performance in school improved when he gave it to them.”(Holl 2017) In the 1900’s it was harder for doctors to diagnose people with ADHD and then later on give them the correct medication. But now doctors are able to diagnose more efficiently and give correct medication. (Holl

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