Adderall Risks: Much More Than You Wanted to Know

Re:Adderall Risks: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by Yvain on Saturday December 30, 2017 @05:03PM (#16037893)

1. Are you finding "approximately 5th percentile in the population" somewhere in the DSM, or did you make it up?

2. This is no longer considered true; see any of the recent research on adult ADHD.

The last two are obviously good ideas, but they don't really winnow down the pool very much.

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Re:Adderall Risks: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by ma2rten on Sunday December 31, 2017 @09:06AM (#16040585)

I am not an expert, I just did some research on my own. If you know more than I do please share.

1. There are normed rating scales. I assume OP was also tested on one when s/he filled out those additional forms. If I recall correctly they use the 5th percentile.

2. DSM-5 still requires symptom onset before the age of 12. As far as I know some researchers advocate raising the age limit further into adolescence, but don't want to get rid of it.

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Re:Adderall Risks: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by ma2rten on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:32AM (#16045007)

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.20...

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