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In reply to the discussion: Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have [View all]liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)There was also talk of autism being over diagnosed, but those of us who have family with autism know it is not bad parenting and it is not over diagnosed. I do believe we need a more balanced approach to health in this country. We need to be eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. We need to exercise more. We need to find ways to deal with stress, but yes I too feel we have a knee jerk reaction to medical diagnoses and treatments. Part of the changing diagnoses could be greed, but part of it may also be new medical understanding. What we know now is different than what we knew decades ago. Just as what we know now is different than what we knew hundreds of years ago and just as what we know now will be different hundreds of years in the future.