If someone has random thoughts of cutting down a tree but it doesn't interfere with their lives, yes, it would be very silly to receive a diagnosis. I doubt many doctors are stupid enough to give one in such cases. If someone has a problem that interferes with their life, causing them and their families distress, diagnosis can be helpful and useful. No distress, no problem.....but distress indicates a problem. Is it you who have been over diagnosed or are you making judgements towards people you know who you believe are being diagnosed for silly things? I would not personally minimize another persons struggle, nor am I a doctor with the ability and expertise to decide if a person has one. I do believe that medications might be over-prescribed but that is due to the fast paced society we live in. People need quick fixes to get back on the hamster wheel of life. In a perfect world we could put people in spas, with zero stress and lots of understanding and caring people around to nurture a person back to health. Sadly, this would not work and would be abused. Some people need meds for life but not everyone does and there seems to be many in the medical field who subscribe to the "forever for all" theory. I don't agree with it but I also don't have the answers on how to fix the issues permanently either. I guess I can see your points, agree in theory a bit and disagree in practice a lot. I see no solutions but I can clearly see the problems. Such is life I guess.