> It irks me that you can find just a handful of conference proceedings on a condition which affects tens of millions of people in the U.S and that both ADHD an

> It irks me that you can find just a handful of conference proceedings on a condition which affects tens of millions of people in the U.S and that both ADHD and Autism have boomed in popularity because they both are associated with expensive or addictive treatments. Because they are associated with expensive or addictive treatments? That is quite a claim in its own right; I’d argue that ADHD boomed in the US because we now understand how it affects people throughout their lives and it is no longer a ‘little boy’s’ disease. One implication of your statement is that many (some significant portion) people diagnosed with ADHD shouldn’t have been, and that the reason for this over-diagnosis is drug seeking or pushing behavior. Because of this implication, groups like the DEA make the manufacturing and distribution of these medically useful medications difficult and paradoxical to what they intend to treat. In some states, the patient with ADHD has to call monthly to get a refill because their provider isn’t allowed to prescribe more than one fill at a time, nor could the provider automatically send out a refill without contact with a patient. It is quite inconvenient for a patient who suffers from what is effectively time blindness. This also maintains the narrative that the patients are seeking drugs for some form of abuse or diversion, causing the patients to feel like criminals. This is absurd. So please, stop with this implication.