As someone who has been put in the reverse situation and had untreated ADHD drive me to severe depression I have to say that a lot of @clarityofchaosâs comments are, at best, woefully misinformed.
I agree medication isnât for everyone. I know certain medications arenât for me and did even make my symptoms worse. A good psychiatrist can and will use the way a patient reacts to a particular medication to inform them about how to proceed with treatment and what to try next. If reactions are too severe (and I have had severe reactions to a couple different medications) then any doctor worthy of the name will advise you to stop that medication.
But reacting poorly to one or two medications doesnât necessarily mean all medication will cause âhorrible side effectsâ. I have tried a couple other medications which worked well to manage my symptoms and caused no side effects apart from a dry mouth.
Here is an article that will help you understand that stimulants often are a part of helping treat depression in ADHD individuals. Depression and ADHD often go hand in hand. I know this well. There are tons more testimonies like the ones in this article because what the studies are actually finding is that medication helps ease depression. Since untreated ADHD symptoms often lead to or worsen depression in those with ADHD. ADHD meds wonât completely prevent depression, but they can address many of the common causes of depression in ADHDers and provide help with ADHD symptoms that cause people to feel worse about themselves in our society and in that way Iâve found the prospect of being properly medicated offers me hope for a happier more productive and fulfilling life.
Reducing sugar intake does not treat ADHD. A balanced diet will improve the health of a person with ADHD, just as it will improve the health of any other person, and when an ADHDer is unhealthy it can further aggravate their symptoms. So yeah, eating right is important. But ADHD is a nuero develpmental disorder, which means that the underlying cause of ADHD is the way the brain has developed, consuming less sugar will not directly alter the functioning of a persons brain the way that a drug will.
Choosing to live with the brain you are born with is a great thing and I fully support the right for ADHDers to make that choice for themselves, there is nothing wrong with being your default ADHD self. Quite the opposite. However with increasing demands from our school, work, and social lives throughout an ADHDerâs life many people may want some extra help and they donât deserve to be criticized for that. Nor do people offering ADHDers this treatment option.
Now exercise is a great way to create an outlet for hyperactivity and it even helps with focus. The truth is every person should exercise each day to stay healthy. It helps us all stay more alert, have more energy, be in a better mood. Exercise is a great part of ADHD management for all who are able, so that much is good.
Back to the inaccuracies. I donât know who told you âmedicated kids meet different criteria than other studentsâ but that is absolutely false anywhere within the United States of America. Public schools here follow a program know as No Child Left Behind. You may have heard of that. What it means is that all students are supposed to be at the same level, learning the same thing, reaching the same benchmarks statewide. Teachers are judged on how their students compare to these standards with no regard to whether or not their teaching an AP class or a special education class. In theory it was supposed to create equality in education, in reality it just means that diversity in learning is completely ignored and needs of individual students go unmet. But as long as it exists our children will be judged on the same criteria no matter what other factors are in play. But Iâm also confused as to why you think a student would be given more consideration for being on medication than they would for not taking medication if they have a documented learning difference. If the criteria actually were different based on the way the individual students learned than a diagnosed learning disorder would be sufficient regardless of if that student was treated or not, in fact a student that is considered successful treated may very well be considered to be able to succeed a little easier than an untreated student.
As far as just being able to âfile medical paperwork with the state seeking reimbursement for specialized services in assessmentâ I donât know what state you live in, but most schools are on tight budgets and worry about how to accommodate their students with learning differences. The state doesnât just give out money for every student on medication. And again if they did it would be for any student with a documented learning difference not just those being medicated anyway. The truth is schools pay for the psych testing out of pocket if there is reason to suspect a learning disability. They have to provide any accommodations in terms of assistive tech, they pay for teachers to teach in smaller classroom settings to remediate, and for aids to be in classrooms and provide accommodations like reading instructions aloud. No state just hands over a fat check for all of that. I wish.
I went to school in Jersey. Used to be that Jersey had a higher ASD population so they got more federal aid and they used that to create lots of programs for ASD students. People moved to Jersey for those programs. Then one day it was âNope, thatâs not equal. Forget the actual percentages of students with learning disorders everybody gets the same amount of federal aid.â Those programs all were cut back because the schools could no longer afford them. Most of the money spent on students with learning differences comes out of the district budget like anythings else. So schools often feel that they can only seek help and diagnosis for those that are having the most difficulty as judged by what they see in the classroom. Students with learning disabilities are a cost, not a source of money. Now parents in certain income brackets can get state or federal aid for costs associated with raising a disabled child, including ADHD of course. And thatâs great. But unfortunately it isnât really like that with schools. And students suffer for it. And teachers suffer for watching it and being powerless to stop it. So to say that teachers just want everyone on medication for money is wildly incorrect.
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