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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I say hold off as long as you can. It is not the same as medical conditions that you will die if you don't take the meds (as some like to make analogies for). Also, treating side effects with more meds for a small child is terrible.

The new study on the effects on the heart disease risk: 
23% higher risk for heart disease for people who have used ADHD medication for more than five years compared with those who did not take medication [/quote]

But going the non-medication route isn’t some benign neutral. Untreated ADHD dramatically increases other (and often more immediate) risks — mental health problems, suicide, accidents, drug use, school failure, etc.

Make sure you’re weighing risks accurately and not based on some false ideal about what “should” be. [/quote]

+1 Mental health surely affects the body.  The brain is an organ in your body.  Depression, anxiety, ostracism, and living in poverty are all potential outcomes for untreated ADHD.  And they all increase your risks for adverse effects on the body.  I watched it all happen to my father and brother.  I wonder if this the poster one of those people against mental health parity as well?  There are plenty of valid pros and cons to medicating...saying that ADHD isn't a medical condition is an outdated one.[/quote]

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