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There are quite a few doctors out there who do nothing but write rx's for stimulants, all day long, and make a killing doing it. A semi-annual blood pressure c
by bbarn 11y ago
There are quite a few doctors out there who do nothing but write rx's for stimulants, all day long, and make a killing doing it. A semi-annual blood pressure check and once over to make sure the person doesn't look strung out seems to be all that really needs to be done.
Problem is, the diagnostic criteria are things that everyone has in some degree, and that frankly, for most people stimulants improve function - whether that function was a baseline negative or zero before.
- vxNsr 11y agoA quick data point I have a close relative who is a primary care doctor and they've said that many many patients come in to the office and claim to have adhd sometimes they're regular patients other times they're first timers. At first the doctor would spend an hour explaining why they didn't really have adhd and they'd be okay - that never worked the patient would never return, they'd just find another doctor who was a little less tightfisted. So this doctor has given they just prescribe whenever the patient asks for it. Why should they lose a patient?