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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone is quick to diss the methylphenidate given out to the kids, but I was diagnosed at age 35 (I’m a woman) and taking methylphenidate was absolutely life changing for me. My anxiety disappeared, I could work harder and better than ever before, and I felt like I could finally be myself. 
Why wouldn’t we want to give this to our kids if needed? My daughter takes it now and she is also very happy to have it. It’s been tested for many years and is very safe for kids. [/quote]

Wait until you are on max dose due to tolerance.

But as your post illustrates very clearly, ADHD meds are clearly performance-enhancing drugs.  I just find it so hypocritical that the (often progressive) parents who get really offended when Asian parents send their kids to Kumon/AoPS to get ahead and place into G&T programs, wouldn’t hesitate to doctor shop and put their tweens on meth analogues to get some academic advantage.  You see it on FB groups all the time.   [/quote]

[b]Sorry, but you are taking a very small problem[/b] and using that argument to imply that many parents whose children need those medications are bad actors. We and many parents like us aren't giving our kids ADHD medication so they can get an academic advantage over their peers, it's so they can simply perform basic executive functioning skills their peers have no problem doing - like being able to focus for 20 minutes so they can complete their homework or make it out the freaking door each day without having to be told 10 times how to do everything step by step.  We aren't medicating our kids, which we do not take lightly and initially did not, to perform better than their peers. Acting like this is the equivalent of professional athletes doping is misguided.  What's next?  Given Larlo a wheelchair so they can move freely around the school like everyone else is giving Larlo a performance advantage?  Don't try to characterize the vast majority of parents whose families have legitimately struggled with ADHD with the very few who abuse it.[/quote]

Not a small problem.  ADHD meds are so heavily prescribed (and increasingly so!) that big pharma can't make them fast enough.  Our local pharmacy had wait lists of months this winter.  My teen is on them even though I know it's not a real condition.  The meds help by creating a socially desirable behavioral state.  That is not the same as treating an actual medical condition.[/quote]
So wait - you are saying that the drugs are a scam but you decided to have your daughter participate. Interesting choice.

Neurodiversity is a real thing, medically.  And our society (work, school, social interactions) is arranged for neurotypical people. My kid struggles. It has hit him in school, yes but also he is getting real anxiety and is aware he can’t do what others can do easily. He’s not on meds and we are about to consider it.

As a woman with other neurodivergent conditions, I can tell you this is real and meds do work to make someone more highly functioning in our society. [/quote]

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