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The wakefulness thing has been offered as a theory for the doubled rate of psychosis in ADHD children on Adderall compared to Ritalin. https://www.healthline.c
by capitainenemo 4y ago
The wakefulness thing has been offered as a theory for the doubled rate of psychosis in ADHD children on Adderall compared to Ritalin.
https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/adderall-psychosis https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/adderall-psychosis
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1813751 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1813751
"Studies of Adderall and similar stimulants, such as methylphenidate (Ritalin), estimate that psychosis occurs in about 0.10 percent of users. However, new research with over 300,000 adolescents with ADHD showed that the rates of psychosis in adolescents in the amphetamine group was as high as 0.21 percent. "