The rise of ADHD on elite campuses

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Anonymous wrote:Our Culture has become very supportive of rampant drug use. Drugs for depression, drugs for anxiety, drugs for over eating, drugs for “ADD”. Vaping, alcohol, nicotine patches, edibles. I find it very concerning, and it’s probably terrible for our long-term psychological and physical health.

You’re putting vaping in the same category as prescriptions for anxiety? Wow.

Yes, because many people with ADHD often self-medicate by smoking or vaping.

Nicotine and attention in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
C K Conners 1, E D Levin, E Sparrow, S C Hinton, D Erhardt, W H Meck, J E Rose, J March
PMID: 8927677

Nicotine, like the psychostimulants methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine, acts as an indirect dopamine agonist and improves attention and arousal. Adults and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) smoke much more frequently than normal individuals or those with other psychiatric conditions, perhaps as a form of self-medication for ADHD symptoms. Nicotine might therefore have some value as a treatment for ADHD.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a common loophole. My kids actually had ADHD and anxiety but their immigrant mama didn't know about possible accommodations, unlike moms who went knew and manipulated the system. Fortunately mine did well on their own but had to work much harder and go through unnecessary stress, all their academic lives.

My daughter and son both have anxiety but not ADHD. The psychiatrist really pushed the adhd diagnosis on my daughter. She was the doctor so I took her advice and filled the prescription. Less than a week on the pills her agitation was off the chart. It’s like taking an adult who’s already wound up over something and he snorts a ton of coke at a party. Bad decision. I felt awful giving her something that made her feel worse. But at least ADHD was ruled out.

Some kids without anxiety can easily fool a doctor into getting stimulants and they like the way it makes them feel.

How do you “fool” a doctor on a neurophysiological exam? That is how my kids were diagnosed. It is days and hours of cognitive tests. I guess if you are getting a diagnosis from your family doctor from a checklist it might work, but will that even provide you with accomodations? My kids legitimately have ADHD and I wish they didn’t!! It is hard.

ADHD isn’t actually diagnosed by cognitive testing.