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Re: Use of Adderall in pregnancy From: Meenan, Anna (annam@uic.edu) Wed Mar 28 20:55:38 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Rafael Haciski: "Re: Atypical" Previous message: OBGYN.net Communications Center: "OBGYN.net Update on Minimally Invasive Gynecology" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Use of Adderall in pregnancy" Next in thread: JSBowpat@aol.com: "Re: Use of Adderall in pregnancy" I'm with you, Joe. Unless an adult is going back to school or has a heck of a time holding a job, I have difficulty seeing the benefit of stimulants. Most of the "ADD' folks that I know have drifted into jobs where their tangential thinking is a plus and they have no use for stimulants. (Thomas Armstrong lists Familly Physician among the top jobs for folks with ADD in his book The Myth of the ADD Child--LOL). Anna L. Meenan, MD, FAAFP > >It is a given that people on Adderall or Ritalin or other forms of >amphetamine drugs will NOT like to get off of it, for the same >reason Cocaine addicts don't want to quit. You feel much better >(more powerful? more alive?) with the drug. > >I have to say that I think the Dx of ADHD, esp. in adults, is highly >overblown and simply gives patients license to enjoy "speed" and all >that means. > >Joe P. > Next message: Rafael Haciski: "Re: Atypical" Previous message: OBGYN.net Communications Center: "OBGYN.net Update on Minimally Invasive Gynecology" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Use of Adderall in pregnancy" Next in thread: JSBowpat@aol.com: "Re: Use of Adderall in pregnancy"

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