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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have long thought exactly what is quoted in the report. That we are conducting a giant study using our children as subjects without really knowing anything. Except that no one seems to care. It’s usually full steam ahead. There’s no question that the stimulants address the short term issues (not to be underestimated) but what are the longterm consequences? To say that we know is just not true. But I guess a whole generation of people will find out soon enough. It’s very scary. [/quote]

They have been using Ritalin since the 1960's, so we already have a generation.[/quote]

Very few kids were put on Ritalin in the 60s and 70s so the sample size is small. There was more stigma even in the 80s so it is hard to follow these people.

Doctors will tell you kids with ADHD are at risk of getting into car accidents, being unemployed, suffering depression, etc without meds, but the old studies on ADHD were likely on severe cases. I suspect at least 25% of the cases of kids diagnosed today do not fit into that level of "at risk." We don't truly know the risk of medicating with those kids. Sure in the very high risk kids the risks of NOT medicating far outweight the risks of medicating, but we the scope of ADHD got broadened and we are experimenting on the kids who would not have been diagnosed years ago. In the short term I suspect most are better off with meds (higher grades, better self esteem, better athletic performance, feeling more in control), but we don't know enough about long term.[/quote]

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