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I'll give my own anecdotal evidence and let folks do what they will with it. I will say I attempted to get back onto ADHD medicine as an adult and didn't like it, so I slough through life without it. Anyway.

I am adopted. My records indicate that my father was 6'1 or so, and my mother was 5'10, if I remember correctly. I was always the tallest kid in class when I was younger. My mom was a former teacher, she knew I was ADHD, but docs wouldn't prescribe me Ritalin because I made straight A's in elementary school. Finally my mom found a psychiatrist was like "Yeah, this kid is classic ADHD" and prescribed Ritalin to me when I was in the 5th grade. At the time, I was 5'10", and doctors had projected my growth in the 6'7" or 6'8" range. I took Ritalin through HS, and from 5th grade to puberty, I only grew 5 inches, and I'm now a hair shy of 6'3".

Now, that worked out for me, because man, 6'7" would not have been super cool, but 6'3" works out just fine, assuming Ritalin did stunt my growth. Not sure if my genes are of the 6'7" variety or not, but also anecdotally, my wife is 5'3" and our son is also generally the biggest kid in his grade thus far. He's 7, most folks assume he's like 9-10. We'll see how tall he ends up considering he's got his mom's 5'3" weighing him down. If he also ends up around my height, well, maybe I did have those 6'7" genes after all. 

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9 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

I have so many thoughts on this topic right now I wish I could organize them to try and explain to yall exactly what adhd is as a life long "sufferer(?)" but then again I don't really think it's going to do anything much productive in this conversation because people get really weird about meds for some reason (I get it i really do, i have never been on add meds and it took me to my mid 40s to consider amd start taking antidepressants) and they just shut down and refuse to listen to other people's experiences because some weird part of their identity needs to believe in the superpowers of the human whatever system but they will take their statins and boner pills and their milk thistle and say hey that works for me but I'm here to tell you what works for your and your kids

No need for personal attacks. That's my trifecta.

CHIEF

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13 hours ago, Herbie Hancock said:


Your ability to discriminate and discern what data is appropriate for digestion and what is not is fascinating. I could probably find you a half dozen articles on why you should only drink your own urine seeing as it’s been through the most advanced filtration system known to man.

Saw a comedian this past weekend. From that show I learned (sans research because) that synthetic urine is available at the bong stores. However, apparently, it can only be sold as a "kink" item and not a tool for overcoming drug test, allegedly. 

My point is, a question. Is synthetic urine an acceptable substitute for real urine as a viable option?

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I didn't take medication for my mental illnesses, and no I'm not making light of them at all. A psychologist deemed me to be ADHD, truth is there were real, harsh underlying issues. Mom did NOT put me on meds. 

But I'm going to start blaming my "altitude issues" on them. For those not fond of subtly, I'm short. 5'8"

This will help me get more women, I'm sure of it.

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2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'll give my own anecdotal evidence and let folks do what they will with it. I will say I attempted to get back onto ADHD medicine as an adult and didn't like it, so I slough through life without it. Anyway.

I am adopted. My records indicate that my father was 6'1 or so, and my mother was 5'10, if I remember correctly. I was always the tallest kid in class when I was younger. My mom was a former teacher, she knew I was ADHD, but docs wouldn't prescribe me Ritalin because I made straight A's in elementary school. Finally my mom found a psychiatrist was like "Yeah, this kid is classic ADHD" and prescribed Ritalin to me when I was in the 5th grade. At the time, I was 5'10", and doctors had projected my growth in the 6'7" or 6'8" range. I took Ritalin through HS, and from 5th grade to puberty, I only grew 5 inches, and I'm now a hair shy of 6'3".

Now, that worked out for me, because man, 6'7" would not have been super cool, but 6'3" works out just fine, assuming Ritalin did stunt my growth. Not sure if my genes are of the 6'7" variety or not, but also anecdotally, my wife is 5'3" and our son is also generally the biggest kid in his grade thus far. He's 7, most folks assume he's like 9-10. We'll see how tall he ends up considering he's got his mom's 5'3" weighing him down. If he also ends up around my height, well, maybe I did have those 6'7" genes after all. 

If you were 6'7" you would be JJ Watt's bigger brother, instead you're here with us. 

Thanks, ADHD meds.

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17 hours ago, Anastasis said:

What happens if you put in "biological markers of ADHD"?

 

For most mental health conditions what you will find is a list of putative biomarkers. None of which are at this point consistent and reliable to guide diagnosis of nor assess treatment outcomes for these conditions. Some of the challenges in identifying reliable biomarkers for these conditions are our fundamentally poor understand of the complex and heterogeneous underlying pathophysiology and neurochemistry involved and the many genetic and epigenetic influencing factors. Advances are being made, esp leveraging some of the new analytical tools, but it's totally absurd to point to the lack of well defined biomarkers as proof of anything for any of these conditions.  

 

But yeah sure, maybe I just need to google it more.  

 

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I had ADHD as a child. They called it hyperactive back then. My mom wouldn't let me have sugar, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and an whole other slew of foodstuffs. I don't think it really worked, but when all else failed, this got pulled out...

 

 

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2 hours ago, Deej said:

I had ADHD as a child. They called it hyperactive back then. My mom wouldn't let me have sugar, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and an whole other slew of foodstuffs. I don't think it really worked, but when all else failed, this got pulled out...

 

 

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The red dye shit is real. A girl that went to school with my son was on ADHD meds and all was well until she had red dye. Holy shit she became a coked out crackhead on meth when she had red dye. It happened around me once and then I never let them have red dye around me again.

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My 7 year old displays ADHD and hyperactivity symptoms constantly. We have a soft ban on red and blue dyes and it was a night and day difference. If he “accidentally” gets dye via postgame sports drink or birthday cupcake, his ADHD-ish behavior comes back in hours and takes a couple days to get out of his system. 

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11 hours ago, Deej said:

I had ADHD as a child. They called it hyperactive back then. My mom wouldn't let me have sugar, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and an whole other slew of foodstuffs. I don't think it really worked, but when all else failed, this got pulled out...

 

 

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The overprescription of mind-altering drugs in America is fucking absurd but as long as your kid is getting better grades then I guess it's okay. Because as we all know your 6th grade transcript is what ultimately determines your overall quality of life as a human being. 

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