practice and prescribe for adults and children diagnosed with ADHD.
I must ask you sir, do you yourself treat or interact with any of these children? Have you read any of the NIMH studies of this condition either in children or adults? Are you familiar at all with the recent brain scan studies of brain structure differences and the effects of various drugs on their function?
Some of your argument resembles that from a few tracts the Church of Scientology likes to promote. If they do not indeed influence your reference reading I would like to suggest you read the latest from some well regarded experts on the subject of ADHD. Their information might enlighten your views of CNS function and integration. A User's Guide to the Brain by John J. Ratey, MD, would be a good place to start.
ADHD is real. There has been and remains significant debate about treatment and the dimensions of the condition, as has been the case for some time. That there is need for such treatment, and sympathetic support for those with the condition is not in doubt. Yes, the children you propose to protect and nurture need meaningful and thorough-going help, not a drug fix to relieve guilt-ridden adults. The point you miss is that some of the drugs do work effectively and reasonably well for some of the children, and by the way many adults with the condition.
We are indeed a long way from targeted ADHD medicines and the side effects for some of the drugs in use are certainly to be considered when treatment and application are decided. I don't love the extra sweating my meds induce but I sure get a lot more done when I can use them. Sometimes that is enough, sometimes it isn't. I'd rather have the choice than allow someone as ignorant as you appear to be slam the door on effective treatment options.
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