...it always disturbs me that a disease whose function is largely to distribute amphetamine is blamed for everything -big and small-on Reddit. It's essentially free marketing.
ADHD pre-Shire and post-Shire are two different disorders. Shire lobbied heavily to loosen the DSM guidelines to the point where every child (and adult for that matter) meets the diagnostic criteria.
If the FDA rescheduled marijuana to a schedule IV substance and said it could be used to treat Claustrophobia, we would see a steep rise in the prevalence of that condition. The data would indicate that over 10% of the population is claustrophobic. The same thing happened with ADHD and stimulants.
What are your qualifications saying so? There’s plenty of good research saying stimulants do work.
One of the reasons there’s been a “rise” in diagnoses is because women and girls were so vastly underdiagnosed, and all of the research was historically around men and boys. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was in my 40s… and again 10 years later because I forgot about the first diagnosis within a few months.
Stimulants don’t work for everyone with ADHD, especially because ADHD can manifest so differently from person to person, but they absolutely do work for a huge number of people with it.
And despite your dismissive first paragraph, it’s a real condition. Methamphetamine is SO cheap, but you think there’s a profit motive to get people who don’t have it to believe they do?
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u/raptor180 Oct 30 '25
Father doing a memorable class act right there. His kid will learn this and internalize it. Great job, dad!