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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 262284" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>At the end of the day, these drugs are speed. They are abused by teenagers and my teen got addicted to them. I know CHADD gets upset with these sorts of posts, but they only work for some kids who really have ADHD. Otherwise, they act like speed and make kids worse. That's also why they are a controlled substance. My grown daughter, who once snorted these pills after crushing them, says Adderrall goes for $10/pill on the street. Concerta is harder to smash so it is less coveted, but it is still speed.</p><p></p><p>. In hindsight, I would not have put my son on ANY medications until he saw a neuropsychologist. Rather than just testing for ADHD, I would have wanted my son tested for EVERYTHING because ADHD has many mimickers and stims don't help them. Early onset bipolar and autistic spectrum disorder can both look like ADHD and, in fact, can co-exist with ADHD, however the ADHD then becomes the lesser problem and treating the big picture is more effective. I wish I had been slower to try my son on stimulants. He tried all of them and they all made him mean and aggressive and they didn't help him in school either. That is because he was actually on the spectrum and ADHD is part and parcel of the spectrum, but stims are often very bad for spectrum kids. I would do a full scale test before accepting medications. If I could have seen the future, I would have done that for my own son. in my opinion NeuroPsychs are the best, most thorough evaluators even of the very young. Good luck, whatever you decide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 262284, member: 1550"] At the end of the day, these drugs are speed. They are abused by teenagers and my teen got addicted to them. I know CHADD gets upset with these sorts of posts, but they only work for some kids who really have ADHD. Otherwise, they act like speed and make kids worse. That's also why they are a controlled substance. My grown daughter, who once snorted these pills after crushing them, says Adderrall goes for $10/pill on the street. Concerta is harder to smash so it is less coveted, but it is still speed. . In hindsight, I would not have put my son on ANY medications until he saw a neuropsychologist. Rather than just testing for ADHD, I would have wanted my son tested for EVERYTHING because ADHD has many mimickers and stims don't help them. Early onset bipolar and autistic spectrum disorder can both look like ADHD and, in fact, can co-exist with ADHD, however the ADHD then becomes the lesser problem and treating the big picture is more effective. I wish I had been slower to try my son on stimulants. He tried all of them and they all made him mean and aggressive and they didn't help him in school either. That is because he was actually on the spectrum and ADHD is part and parcel of the spectrum, but stims are often very bad for spectrum kids. I would do a full scale test before accepting medications. If I could have seen the future, I would have done that for my own son. in my opinion NeuroPsychs are the best, most thorough evaluators even of the very young. Good luck, whatever you decide. [/QUOTE]
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