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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn’t relevant for a 7 year old, but something to consider for the future: teens and adults who don’t get treatment for ADHD are at risk for self medicating with illegal drugs or alcohol because they have such a hard time functioning.

Our developmental pediatrician told us that children with ADHD who are medicated develop more neural connections than those who aren’t medicated. The medication doesn’t form the connections; it merely helps children maintain focus on non preferred subjects. That focus aids the learning process, which is what builds the neural connections. That clinched our decision to medicate.

Have your child’s prescriber talk to your spouse about their specific concerns.[/quote]

this is uneccesary fearmongering.

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DP.  No, it is not.  People with ADHD are at a significantly greater risk for substance use disorders.  Several studies have found that use of stimulant medication to treat ADHD is correlated with a lower rate of substance abuse, and that this effect is stronger the younger a child is when they start stimulant medication. [/quote]

Yes it absolutely is fearmongering to say “your kid will become an addict if you don’t medicate them now.” the support for that simply does not exist. there IS much more modest support for immediate impact on behavior. there is no need to exaggerate or engage in distorting the evidence. a parent who wishes to focus on time and behavioral support for a while is completely reasonable and responsible. [/quote]
Stop lying. No one said unmedicated people with ADHD will become addicts. What was said is that they are at risk for self medicating using other means, which is true. That shouldn’t be the deciding factor in whether to medicate for ADHD, but it is something parents should be aware of if their kids aren’t medicated. I’d rather have more information when making a decision, not less.[/quote]

that risk is far from well established. [/quote]

DP.  The correlation between ADHD and increase rates of substance abuse is well-documented.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414493/[/quote]

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