It is unfortunate that society is structured as such that a large people need to take medication to function in it. Having worked within the ADHD space for a drug manufacturer, my biggest take away was that ADHD is not people having an illness as much as there is just a large number of people with certain personality types that don't function well in the system of education/work that we primarily have in most countries. Not like I have a better solution, but it is unfortunate because the medication 100% does have physical ramifications. The physical effects are essentially the same as if someone was taking (safe?pure? legally manufactured?) cocaine but I feel like most people are not that informed on this. I come across way too many people who think they are just taking a doctor prescribed medication so there is no way there is anything too bad happening to them but that's not necessarily true. I'm not saying the medication isn't worth taking because in the experiences I am personally aware of, it certainly is. It's just that so many people I meet aren't even aware of the effects it has on your body that are exactly like taking other extreme stimulants. I can't emphasize how much I'm not shooting down the benefits of dextro/levoamphetamines, I just wish more people were aware of the negatives as well because it is essentially a legal and safer cocaine and based off of mental and physical side effects, that is not really an exaggeration.
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u/[deleted] May 30 '17 edited Sep 24 '19
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