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submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 12 points 8 months ago

They’re being downvoted because their statement is provably false.

…people with ADHD who take these medications as prescribed are lesslikely than their untreated counterparts to drink or abuse drugs.

https://www.additudemag.com/the-truth-about-adhd-and-addiction/

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Maybe its just me but i see no conflict on how both cant be true. “Less likely” == “not”

I’ve known more then a few people with adhd who snorted their prescription ritalin and abused multiple other drugs on top of it.

I hated what it did to me to much to get addicted, my experience was definitely that they made me go insane, quit cold turkey the day after my last exam, it took a long time and alot of therapy to feel somewhat like myself again.

That doesn’t take away that some people are absolutely helped by such medicine and do not experience the same side effects.

Everyone is different and the same counts for how we respond to any given drug.

[-] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh yeah, to be clear not everyone with ADHD responds well to every stimulant, or stimulants in general. It’s even more complicated if you have a co-morbid condition such as bipolar type II. They can make bipolar symptoms worse, and trigger a manic episodes.

[-] nickwitha_k 1 points 8 months ago

Maybe its just me but i see no conflict on how both cant be true. “Less likely” == “not”

Something that is important to keep in mind for such statements is that scientific research rarely speaks in absolute terms. It takes a lot for something to get to the point of scientific law. Gravity, for example, is still in scientific theory territory. In order for the scientific community to make the statement "people with ADHD cannot become addicted to stimulants", neurobiology and neurochemistry would need to be better understood than the force that has been officially described in scientific literature for 350 years. If any possible avenue exists to cause addiction, the absolute statement would not be scientifically accurate.