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Which is a worse outcome? People with ADHD being denied medication to help something like extremely bad executive dysfunciton that drastically lowers quality o
by ParetoOptimal 3y ago
Which is a worse outcome?
People with ADHD being denied medication to help something like extremely bad executive dysfunciton that drastically lowers quality of life.
People being able to take advantage of the system to get medication that shouldn't get it.
Do we really believe the second group is larger than the first?
I'd also like to point out that if he talked to the NHS counselor about his project before-hand, that makes it a big confounding factor in the negative diagnosis.
On a more personal level if you're interested in knowing if you have ADHD or not, anectdotally it seems quite effective to see what your reaction to adderall is. I wonder if there is some way to judge your likelihood of ADHD by reaction to medication?
For me personally it's "Now I can 'just do the dishes'" or other obligations without 1000s of other thoughts raining down on me that make doing the dishes seem pointless before addressing the 1000s of other thoughts.
However there are other days where taking medication feels like literally nothing happened and I have what feels like the same amount of challenges.
- michaelt 3y ago> Which is a worse outcome? Well, it might be possible to reign in drug-seeking behaviour without denying medicine to people who need it. For example, with more rigorous oversight of healthcare providers, to make sure they're all providing an equally thorough diagnosis. There are risks to turning a blind eye to drug use. We turn a blind eye to bodybuilders and hollywood actors using steroids because it's their choice, and it means the non-steroid-users either have to start using, or get left behind. If we applied the same pressure to the nation's top scientists and mathematicians, or kids trying to get into the top colleges, and they all end up drugged to the gills like sam bankman-fried - we might not be doing the country a favour.
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago> Well, it might be possible to reign in drug-seeking behaviour without denying medicine to people who need it. It may be possible eventually, but in the meantime which side do you err towards? If you err towards denying adhd medication to people that may or may not have ADHD, you will almost certainly deny it to people who need it. That basically leaves that group of people out to dry.
- rozal 3y agoIt’s not medication, it’s a drug. You’re not curing anything. There are cures but nobody wants the hard path.
- annie_muss 3y ago"ADHD is not a disorder" in a nutshell. This is not backed up by science, not by experts in the field and neither by millions of people who suffer from it.