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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magazine/adhd-medication-treatment-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4._-ll.0ATwbKIyWMWk&smid=url-share

Lots of doxy questioned here.  It makes sense to me though I don't question the necessity of meds, which we started this year is response to middle schooler's extreme distress about schoolwork and homework.[/quote]

[b]I think if you read the article carefully it substantiates the notion that ADHD meds can have short-term benefit in changing the emotional reactions to a challenging context.[/b] So what you say you are seeing doesn’t go against anything that was written. What the article does say that is outside of the convention wisdom about ADHD meds (often present here in DCUM) is that the meds are not a panacea and are not actually going to improve learning or mastery. But that doesn’t mean they don’t help in the short term. To the contrary nobody disputes that stimulants have an immediate impact on behavior.

I have pretty severe anxiety and I think of it like benzos - I know I can take an Ativan and it will immediately remove my anxiety. But it does nothing to change my underlying behavior and the events that created the anxiety, which will be back (possibly worse) after the Ativan wears off. [/quote]

I relate to this as someone who experienced a few episodes of depression in my 20s and benefited from immediate anti-depressants to lift myself out of the funk and start doing the longer-term work. I went off the meds within a few months each time.[/quote]

PP here. Yep, I also take the SSRIs to get out of anxiety spirals but only for a few months due to side effects. What is sometimes upsetting for me to read here is parents who seem to be subjecting their kids to really unpleasant ADHD med side effects. [/quote]

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