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<blockquote data-quote="Giulia" data-source="post: 530553" data-attributes="member: 14306"><p>Well, contrary to what you think, people self medicates their symptoms more often than not. So turns themselves to drug abuse. </p><p>Treating a condition with the appropriate medicine, whatever it is, helps with the addiction problem (whatever is a stimulant or not). </p><p>It does not do the job alone, but it heps. </p><p>And even if an ADHD person is a bit less likely protected by stimulant, it worthes the effort. And studies who suggest that are a bit less likely are, as far as I know, from small samples and with limited data. Combined with information about addiction and therapy, of course. The medicine alone is not doing the whole job, it's a synergy. </p><p>On the other hand, denying a person a treatment because "I know other people who abused it" is considering that this person is like the folks you know. The persons you know and have abused the treatment are not your son : your son is your son and those folks are those folks. </p><p></p><p>And my father refused to medicate his ADHD, he preferred and still prefers to turn to substance abuse. And its devastating consequences, that fall in my hands to manage. So yes, I am merciless with people who consider that treatment opens the substance abuse, because it is the contrary, it has been known for now decades and I saw it on my child's eyes and now my adult's eyes. It is my choice to be as merciless, and no, I saw too much the disasters to wish to change my mind, so be merciful with those. </p><p>If you want to manage my father and the disastrous consequences of his drunk driving among other disasters, take my place, it will allow me to leave for a month on a desert island in the mean time. (I sent my father in medical exam for driving license for his drug driving, and I still have to manage his victimization)</p><p>In the mean time, you can also manage my fight to make a law change, with its success and its exhaustion it carries on. </p><p>You won't have time to get bored, and I'll have time to take some well deserved rest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Giulia, post: 530553, member: 14306"] Well, contrary to what you think, people self medicates their symptoms more often than not. So turns themselves to drug abuse. Treating a condition with the appropriate medicine, whatever it is, helps with the addiction problem (whatever is a stimulant or not). It does not do the job alone, but it heps. And even if an ADHD person is a bit less likely protected by stimulant, it worthes the effort. And studies who suggest that are a bit less likely are, as far as I know, from small samples and with limited data. Combined with information about addiction and therapy, of course. The medicine alone is not doing the whole job, it's a synergy. On the other hand, denying a person a treatment because "I know other people who abused it" is considering that this person is like the folks you know. The persons you know and have abused the treatment are not your son : your son is your son and those folks are those folks. And my father refused to medicate his ADHD, he preferred and still prefers to turn to substance abuse. And its devastating consequences, that fall in my hands to manage. So yes, I am merciless with people who consider that treatment opens the substance abuse, because it is the contrary, it has been known for now decades and I saw it on my child's eyes and now my adult's eyes. It is my choice to be as merciless, and no, I saw too much the disasters to wish to change my mind, so be merciful with those. If you want to manage my father and the disastrous consequences of his drunk driving among other disasters, take my place, it will allow me to leave for a month on a desert island in the mean time. (I sent my father in medical exam for driving license for his drug driving, and I still have to manage his victimization) In the mean time, you can also manage my fight to make a law change, with its success and its exhaustion it carries on. You won't have time to get bored, and I'll have time to take some well deserved rest. [/QUOTE]
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