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I'm responding to the claim that it's easy for doctors to falsify a false claim of ADHD from somebody who's drug seeking and has been coached online to say the
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
I'm responding to the claim that it's easy for doctors to falsify a false claim of ADHD from somebody who's drug seeking and has been coached online to say the right things to the doctor. This doesn't seem to be the case.
ADHD may be real, but doctors seem to have a hard time distinguishing people who actually have it from people who just want the drugs and know what to tell the doctor because they watched a bunch of instructional videos about this sort of deception on tiktok.
The 'test' for ADHD boils down to "evaluat[ing] traits, strengths, and difficulties, and to what extent they impact functioning as a person in society. Basically, are they "well-adjusted"?" It's not as though the evaluation is some chemical analysis in a lab, anybody so inclined can be coached to pass this evaluation by telling their doctor the right things.
- falcolas 4y agoAgain, this is not unique to ADHD. None of those other things I mentioned can be detected by a chemical analysis either. And morphine is as big - if not bigger - problem than amphetamines.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoNobody claims this is unique to ADHD.
- sizzle 4y agoAnd without any data on drug seeking behavior it’s a moot point, could be such a small percent of people who make it past detection, have no criminal records, pass 6 month urine screen that MUST show negative to a panel of illicit drugs + positive for amphetamine markers. Doctors are afraid of losing their licenses for prescribing controlled substances without covering their ass (e.g. illicit drug panel screen) and err on the side of caution. It’s hard to make it past these hurdles and aren’t on other controlled substances, you are still rolling the dice of getting blacklisted in their systems if you ever get caught selling or testing positive for weed or opioids, etc.