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Antallet af personer i medicinsk behandling for ADHD er stukket helt af i de senere år, og i 2023 fik 1,8% af danskerne ADHD-medicin. Det er mere end en fordobling inden for de seneste 5 år. Ref.: Medstat
Psykolog Lars Rasborg har for nyligt skrevet om fænomenet i Børn og Unge, hvor han bemærker, at kommuner ofte kræver en psykiatrisk diagnose, før de vil yde støtte til børn med særlige behov. Men, som han påpeger, så er et krav om diagnose ulovligt. Kommunerne skal først og fremmest anvende deres egne børnefaglige undersøgelser. Det kræver også færre symptomer at få en ADHD-diagnose i dag end for 20 år siden, selvom diagnosekriterierne ikke har ændret sig i de seneste 30 år. Ref.: Børn og Unge 9-2024 side 9.
Hvis en psykiater først har stillet diagnosen, så vil han typisk prøve at pådutte en behandling med ADHD-medicin på trods af alvorlige bivirkninger, der bl.a. omfatter hyperaktivitet, uro og rastløshed. Det er ikke lige den type bivirkninger en hyperaktiv person har brug for. Læs mere om overdiagnosticering og bivirkninger ved ADHD-medicin i vores nyhedsbrev nr. 10-2024.
Ny forskning har påvist øget risiko for at udvikle psykoser, hvis man tager ADHD-medicin. Ref.: New Study Warns Of High Dose “ADHD” Drugs Inducing Psychosis
Der er meget, man kan gøre for at begrænse ADHD-symptomer uden medicin. For nyligt har Christina Simonia fra Esbjerg berettet til Jyske Vestkysten, hvordan hun mærkbart fik reduceret ADHD- og autisme-symptomer hos sin søn ved at få ham til at stoppe med at kigge i computer-skærme hele tiden. Ref.: JydskeVestkysten
Forskning har også dokumenteret, at mindre skærmtid reducerer ADHD-symptomer som beskrevet i vores nyhedsbrev nr. 7-2024.
Vi har i tidligere nyhedsbreve skrevet en del om andre muligheder for at dæmpe ADHD-symptomer, bl.a. i nr. 1-2023. Her i den mørke tid er det relevant at nævne vitamin D, der dannes i huden, når man er ude i sollys om sommeren. Men om vinteren er sollyset utilstrækkeligt til dannelse af D-vitamin, så et tilskud kan være nyttigt. Forskning har vist en klar sammenhæng mellem psykiske lidelser, herunder ADHD, og lavt niveau af D-vitamin. Ref.: Severe Vitamin D Deficiency – A Possible Cause of Resistance to Treatment in Psychiatric Pathology.
Newletter in English
The number of people being treatet with ADHD medication has severely escalated in later years and 1.8% of the Danish population received ADHD-medication in year 2023. The use of this medication has more than doubled over the past 5 years. Ref.: Medstat
Psychologist Lars Rasborg recently wrote about the phenomenon in the magazine Børn og Unge, where he comments, that municipalities often require a psychiatric diagnosis before giving aid to children with special needs. But, as he points out, a diagnosis requirement is illegal. The municipalities must first and foremost perform their own professional examinations. It also requires fewer symptoms to receive an ADHD diagnosis today than 20 years ago despite the fact that the diagnostic criteria did not change over the past 30 years. Ref.: Børn og Unge 9-2024 page 9.
If a psychiatrist has diagnosed a patient with ADHD, then he vill typically try to convince the patient to take ADHD medication in spite of the severe side effects, some of which are hyperactivity and restlessness. That is not the type of side effects, that a hyperactive person needs. You can read more about overdiagnosing and side effects from ADHD medication in our newsletter nr. 10-2024.
New research has shown increased risk of developing psychoses if one is taking ADHD medication. Ref.: New Study Warns Of High Dose “ADHD” Drugs Inducing Psychosis
There are many ways to reduce ADHD symptoms without medication. Recently Christina Simonia from Esbjerg in western Denmark has related how ADHD- and autism symptoms in her son were notably reduced by making him stop looking at computerscreens all the time. Ref.: JydskeVestkysten
Research has also documentet, that less screentime reduces ADHD symptoms as described in our newsletter nr. 7-2024.
We have in earlier newsletters written about other ways to reduce ADHD symptoms. One of them is nr. 1-2023. Here in dark time of the year it is relevant to mention vitamin D, that can be created in the skin, when you are outdoors in sunlight in the summer. In the winter time the sunlight is insufficient for creation of vitamin D, so a supplement may be beneficial. Research has shown a clear relation between mental sufferings such as ADHD and being low on vitamin D. Ref.: Severe Vitamin D Deficiency – A Possible Cause of Resistance to Treatment in Psychiatric Pathology.