Also, I would like to point out that studies cannot force the patients to take medication. If the people taking the medication are terminating their own treatment, don't you think that's a little bit of a warning sign? I've seen recordings of interviews with kids where they talk about how much they hate their adhd meds, and how the meds affect their personalities. In contrast, adults don't seem to have the same pattern of disliking the effects. To the best of my knowledge, no one's figured that one out yet.
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> Also, I would like to point out that studies cannot force the patients to take medication.
plus: "it was a well-controlled study"
= dishonest.
If they don't know for sure, then why are they reporting it as fact? Some people, as many have already said, are misdiagnosed with A.D.D., so it is no surprise that many people would stop medication as it would have not had a benefit to them.
> don't you think that's a little bit of a warning sign?
No. A lot of the time when that happens, in my experience, it has been due to other's opinion on the effect or usefulness of the medication. (i.e. you).
"Medication use decreased by 62% after the 14-month controlled trial"
8 years later there was no controlled study and 62% of the subjects stopped medication at 14 months! Doesn't the article sound extremely dishonest now?