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All of my post is anecdotal, but it sucks that some people abuse the system just for drugs. With that disclaimer out of the way lets begin: From what I gather
by bsagdiyev 9y ago
All of my post is anecdotal, but it sucks that some people abuse the system just for drugs. With that disclaimer out of the way lets begin:
From what I gather it (Adult ADHD) is also very hard to distinguish from bipolar disorder. It took 18 months of moving around with anti-psychotics and other drugs to treat my "bipolar disorder" before my doctor realized that it was ADHD and we found almost immediate results from the treatment.
It sucks that the diagnosis seems to be so easy to get for some people and they're doing it for the adderall. In my case it helped me significantly, moving up in my career and ultimately bringing me out of an almost decade long depression with myself. I hope that people who actually need help get it, and to put it simply, screw the others who make it hard for people to be properly diagnosed. My diagnosis took so long because of the known abuse to get the drugs, from what I gathered in conversations with my doctor, and she was reluctant to consider that diagnosis until she was absolutely sure of it.
- Zigurd 9y agoI'm sure some people abuse prescription amphetamines to their detriment, but is damages the credibility of the definition of "abuse" to include all the people who game the system for the sake of performance enhancement.
- bsagdiyev 9y agoPersonally I disagree that it would discredit it. These people are, in effect, taking advantage of a system to use medication for personal gain and not towards treating an actual mental illness. I would think that is abuse. They're causing an already broken system to be further legislated and controlled for people who need it. I agree that it may be the wrong word to use but since it personally affected me my opinion will be skewed.
- dismantlethesun 9y agoI personally don't see the dangers of even mild recreational use, and performance enhancement is definitely not recreational as dosage has to be kept low, and strictly controlled. In medical terminology, substance abuse has a well known definition covering addiction, increasing use, and use to the detriment of mental, physical or social well being. Someone getting a performance benefit from a drug is not abusing it, whilst they are using it within the safe parameters defined by their doctor.
- Zigurd 9y agoThere are plenty of people in the pharma business creating medications for performance enhancement. It isn't exactly natural for 80 year olds to have 4 hour boners.