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[quote=Anonymous][quote]They are, in fact, addictive.  Coming off of them is HARD. Even when you have been diagnosed with ADHD: still addictive, still withdrawal.

Go ahead - ask me how I learned this. [/quote]

So, you felt a compulsion to take stimulant medication despite wanting to stop?  You were unable to stop taking stimulant medication because you had a compulsive need for it?  That would be addiction.

Or, did you have unpleasant physical symptoms that emerged when you stopped taking stimulant medication? That would be dependence.

I suspect you experienced dependence because I've never seen any literature or heard any anecdotes of people becoming addicted to stimulant medication.  Not saying it could never happen but if you were addicted you must be an exceedingly rare case.  I've never experienced addiction or dependence on stimulant medication so I guess our experiences negate each other.

There are a lot of different drugs that our bodies can develop a dependence upon.  I certainly felt withdrawal symptoms when I titrated off an SSRI I was taking for depression.  That doesn't mean people shouldn't take SSRIs, it just means they need to be monitored.  I've seen what happens when depression is left untreated and that dependence is a very small price to pay.

Oh, you do know it's easy to develop a dependence to caffeine, right?  Those withdrawal symptoms are very real and can be very visible to others.  [/quote]

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