So, I'm searching the web, looking to find an article on any major league baseball players with ADD. My son with ADD is struggling at the plate in little league now, and I was hoping to give him an example of a pro with ADD, to maybe remove some of his self-limiting beliefs.
Well, what do I find instead? Scores of articles on how after 2006, when MLB placed a ban on amphetamines, the number of baseball players that received a theraputic use exclusion for drugs like Ritalin or Adderal went up by a factor of 8! Essential, after the ban on amphetamines, pro players got doctors to diagnose them with ADD and prescribe stimulant drugs like Ritalin or Adderal. The percentage of MLB players "with" ADD is now at about 8 times the rate of the general population. So, they cheat, and trivialize ADD as a disorder at the same time.
Makes me sick, make me want to stick my head in a hole in the ground like an ostrich, and makes me want to never see another ball game again. ARRGG.