Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a diagnosis

Re:Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a ... by PaulHoule on Thursday January 23, 2025 @07:09PM (#42809339)

(1) A condition like that will impair your ability to self-care

(2) I don't think ADHD meds are good for you, for instance they raise your blood pressure

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8188377/

rot out your teeth

https://www.stlawrencedentistry.com/blog/oral-health/oral-ef...

(a friend of mine was an early adopter of ADHD meds, in his mid 40's he had his last teeth pulled)

and cause osteoporosis

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-19894-x

not to mention these drugs are addictive

https://www.hanleycenter.org/is-ritalin-addictive/

And no, a doctor writing a script for these doesn't transform a dangerous medicine into something safe the way a priest transforms bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.

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Re:Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a ... by NX9mqsSv8 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @09:28PM (#42809991)

Is it the ADHD or the treatment for ADHD that correlates with shorter life?

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Re:Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a ... by PaulHoule on Friday January 24, 2025 @07:46AM (#42812582)

It's not clear from what they say as I see it.

My guess is that they get you coming or going; medication may help with the behavioral toxicity, but has negative side effects. That "early adopter" I mention says that he needs his Dexedrine (his monthly dose comes in a pill bottle which is approaching the size of a small trash can) to do anything, but he doesn't do very much and has a serious hoarding problem.

My take is that for kids it is not a matter of what is good for the kid but what is good for the school. Much of "neurodivergence awareness" is not an increased acceptance of people's diversity but a reduced tolerance where a kid can't just be "weird" or "out of sync" but has to have a diagnosis.

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