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Originally Posted by Emily Fox Seaton
I will say that everyone I know who has gone to the doctor for ADHD has then be diagnosed with it.
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What makes you say this? I have not experienced doctors blanket labeling people with adhd.
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IMHO medical professionals don't have anything but drugs for you and I am not sure the side effects of the drugs are worth it, not to mention the addictive properties.
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I am sorry that you feel this way about doctors. IME there are a lot of people who desperately need meds for adhd but cant get them due to the fact that doctors are afraid of controlled substances. Side effects can happen with any drugs not just the ones for adhd. And it has been proven that untreated adhd can make people with addictions worse off. I forget the percentage but people with adhd are a certain percent more likely to have drug and alcohol problems when untreated. I tend to get bothered by people saying that adhd is so easy to get diagnosed with and prescribed treatment for it. Its almost like its ok for people to put down adhd and its treatment because people do not always value the impairments of adhd as much as the impairments of other mental health issues.