Posted by Christ_empowered on March 8, 2012, at 19:45:35
In reply to Pdoc visit, posted by Twinleaf on March 8, 2012, at 18:38:29
I'm obviously not a doctor. I think that, instead of asking "Is it possible for an adult to have ADD/ADHD?" the question should be: could this patient benefit from an amphetamine or ritalin? I mean, maybe its some kind of depression that causes cognitive problems. They sometimes use stimulants in schizophrenia with lots of negative symptoms. I don't know the research on this, but I find the whole focus on "diseases" rather disturbing. It seems that the best thing to do would be to match up each patient with effective treatment(s). Hopefully, a doctor can do that without routinely resorting to 4+ drug combos, but that won't always be the case.
I'd be kind of conerned if my doc was earning almost $400 per hour and pushing SSRIs on people, given how they can cause problems and often fail to beat placebo. It sounds like he's going into this trying to make his patients squeeze into his pre-determined treatment plans. I don't know that I'd want to pay for that nonsense.
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