ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes

Post by chipsrafferty » Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 4:45 AM UTC

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The DEA put Adderall on its list of the most abused medication, and limits production of it and investigates doctors who prescribe too much of it. This is a response to the problems with the abuse of legal opiates a decade ago- the DEA now takes potential abuse of legal drugs much more seriously and adderall (an amphetamine- it's a cousin of meth) is at a high risk of abuse. Your psychiatrist is trying to deal with t…

You're right, and the situation is a harm to those who need adderall. Besides, adderall is not nearly as dangerous as Opiods. Whoopty-doo if it's diet Coke. This is why, even though I don't like Adderall's side effects for my ADHD and don't use it often, I keep the prescription, because fuck the government trying to squeeze pharmacists and doctors.

Post by skeezyboy » Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 10:08 AM UTC

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Obviously it's characterized as a disorder, but I really think that perspective should be challenged. Like autism, the diagnostic criteria are almost exclusively framed in how other people are impacted or inconvenienced by it. Very little attention is paid to the experience of the person actually living with it. I see it as a difference, but not necessarily a disorder. As someone with "severe" ADHD there are tons of…

Do you have ADHD? Because as someone that has it, it's definitely very much something that heavily impacts the individual with it, and not just society. It's hard to consistent do things, form habits, maintain attention. You have almost a lack of object permanence, a hard time remembering long-term memories, etc. There are so many problems it causes that aren't even occupational related but lead to negative outcomes…

Post by skeezyboy » Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 10:14 AM UTC

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Needing to fix ADHD is itself a cultural thing. Back 100 years ago, you didn’t need an 8 hour attention span to sit at a desk staring at a monitor while the AC dries your eyeballs until they feel like foil scratching on a blackboard

There are ways in which ADHD is a societal issue rather than an individual one, sure. But they're not the whole of ADHD. If I habitually lose track of time, get wrapped up in the game that I'm playing, and forget to meet up with my friends when we've agreed to because of it, I'm going to lose friends. That's not a societal problem, that's just how relationships work. If I absentmindedly leave a half-eaten yogurt out…

Post by skeezyboy » Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 10:18 AM UTC

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Physical pain is subjective too. What isn't? It also appears all the qualifiers are removed, for example * Often appears not to be listening when spoken to * Frequently loses items required for tasks and activities * Is frequently easily distracted by extraneous stimuli * Often forgets daily activities * Is frequently reluctant to engage in tasks which require sustained attention and so on. Everyone forgets a name or…

Post by skeezyboy » Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 3:16 PM UTC

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Are you really here trying to claim that ADHD is not a real developmental disorder? To a bunch of people who have lived all their lives with ADHD? Yes, the symptoms of ADHD are mostly things that most people experience sometimes in their lives. The reason it's a disorder is because they occur commonly enough to affect our lives. This is not that dissimilar from many other neurodivergencies and mental health issues: M…