The Pros And Cons Of ADHD Medications

Many children have been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), and the amount of those children being prescribed a medication for their disorder has grown largely in the last couple of years. This arose some concern in doctors; some of them went as far to say that most children diagnosed and treated for ADHD are really just immature and undisciplined (Newmark Koplewicz-Are ADHD Medications Overprescribed?). Even if this is untrue, they say that the children would do better if treated with alternative options. Children diagnosed with ADHD are in serious distress, but not because of bad teaching or parenting. It is because their brains work differently than other children, and they need to be treated properly. Doctors

My little brother was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago; he was prescribed Vyvanse. It’s like night and day with him; if he doesn’t take his medicine he is nearly bouncing off of the walls. When he does take his medicine, he is one of the most laid back people ever. At first, it was thought that he was just immature and misbehaved- none of the other methods have worked- but that was quickly proven wrong once he took a trial run of the medicine. The point of all this is most of the time, alternative methods of treatment are unsuccessful; because of this the parents and/or doctors might think that the child doesn’t actually have this disorder, instead they believe that the child is just badly behaved. This leaves many misdiagnosed children to struggle with their disorder on their own. Doctors should want to stop this from happening; to do that, children should be treated with medications to control a disorder that is very hard to compensate for on your

The worst that my little brother has seen is lack of appetite, and trouble falling asleep. As he has grown more, he has outgrown the side effects; even if he took his medication, he will still eat nearly anything set in front of him. He also falls asleep in the blink of an eye and sleeps until noon the next day. “These can be unpleasant, but they cause no lasting harm to a patient's health. And in the largest and longest investigation into stimulant medication for ADHD, 85% of respondents reported only mild or no side effects.” (Koplewicz-No:Drugs Work— And Safely). People use side effects as excuses to not provide the medication. They don’t want to deal