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Re:ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes by anonymars on Thursday August 21, 2025 @07:54AM (#44971622)
Does fibromyalgia exist? Tension headaches? What about chronic fatigue or irritable bowel syndrome? How are they diagnosed?
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Re:ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes by skeezyboy on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:13AM (#44973802)
Whats that got to do with clumsiness and forgetfulness being a disease?
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Re:ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes by anonymars on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:30AM (#44974038)
They are all subjective, arbitrary, "not observable", "in the mind", "not objective"
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Re:ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes by skeezyboy on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:13AM (#44973811)
Pain is a symptom of all those diseases, which is why is said "Pain is a symptom not a disease"
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Re:ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes by anonymars on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:30AM (#44974029)
Yet the threshold is vague and arbitrary
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