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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 530384" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Thank you again for your input Giulia, but I want to point out few things because it seems to me you are not very educated about sport medicine and anti doping.</p><p></p><p>In anti-doping rules there is a clear principal that even for the medical reasons there may not be a exception for certain medication, if it does give an unfair advantages for the athlete. It depends on sport. They do not do that for example in swimming. A swimmer with the ADHD on stimulants is not on advantage to the swimmer, who doesn't have an ADHD and doesn't use stimulants. You have to also show that not having the medication would risk the health of an athlete. My son has stayed healthy over 18 years without stimulants. To get a clearance you also have to show you have exhausted all the other possible treatments (in my son's case meaning all kind of coaching, therapy, non-regulated medications used for ADHD etc.) My son, as any other athlete, would be free to use stimulants outside of competing season because they are only banned in competitions but there has never been even consideration to start him with them.</p><p></p><p>Stimulants are not any wonder cure. They are commonly abused (and my son has a history of the addictive behaviour) and they do not help many people using them and they do have many common side effects, some that could be difficult for my son. They for example often tend to make people loose their appetite and that could provide a big problem.</p><p></p><p>And my son is not diagnosed with the ADHD. He has been evaluated for it twice as a child (by the team of specialists) but his overall functioning was too high. If we lived in the USA or other place there diagnostic criteria is often applied more laxly, he would probably have a diagnosis, but not here.</p><p></p><p>I understand you may have found a lot of help for yourself from stimulants, but please do understand that they are not do all solution for everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 530384, member: 14557"] Thank you again for your input Giulia, but I want to point out few things because it seems to me you are not very educated about sport medicine and anti doping. In anti-doping rules there is a clear principal that even for the medical reasons there may not be a exception for certain medication, if it does give an unfair advantages for the athlete. It depends on sport. They do not do that for example in swimming. A swimmer with the ADHD on stimulants is not on advantage to the swimmer, who doesn't have an ADHD and doesn't use stimulants. You have to also show that not having the medication would risk the health of an athlete. My son has stayed healthy over 18 years without stimulants. To get a clearance you also have to show you have exhausted all the other possible treatments (in my son's case meaning all kind of coaching, therapy, non-regulated medications used for ADHD etc.) My son, as any other athlete, would be free to use stimulants outside of competing season because they are only banned in competitions but there has never been even consideration to start him with them. Stimulants are not any wonder cure. They are commonly abused (and my son has a history of the addictive behaviour) and they do not help many people using them and they do have many common side effects, some that could be difficult for my son. They for example often tend to make people loose their appetite and that could provide a big problem. And my son is not diagnosed with the ADHD. He has been evaluated for it twice as a child (by the team of specialists) but his overall functioning was too high. If we lived in the USA or other place there diagnostic criteria is often applied more laxly, he would probably have a diagnosis, but not here. I understand you may have found a lot of help for yourself from stimulants, but please do understand that they are not do all solution for everyone. [/QUOTE]
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