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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The condition doesn't go away, but some kids learn to compensate enough that they don't need the meds. It doesn't happen organically, but as a result of therapy and training. A lot of these kids have put hard work into things we generally take for granted, like making a plan for executing multiple time sensitive tasks. Ironically, every adult I know who has been diagnosed (typically parents of kids with ADHD) immediately asks for meds. [/quote]

I was diagnosed as an adult after my kid so I don't take the meds for grades.  And I had good grades when I was in school including an Ivy undergrad and top 10 law school.  I know other lawyers who were diagnosed as adults including a guy who was diagnosed during his federal clerkship who is now a law school dean at a top 25 law school.

I think adults with ADHD ask for and take meds because they know what it is like to live with untreated ADHD.[/quote]

And I know adults who have been diagnosed with ADHD and won't take the drugs because they don't like the side effects and don't feel they are actually effective.[/quote]

Yeah but it sounds like they at least try it before deciding that it doesn't work for them.

I have no side effects.  Not even weight loss/decreased appetite.  Oh well.[/quote]

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