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Adderall, Stimulants & Modafinil for ADHD: Short- & Long-Term Effects
Huberman Lab
The Importance of Early Treatment With Drugs for ADHD
A lot of people have wondered and worried about whether or not treatment with these drugs early in life will set up a predisposition for illicit drug abuse or craving an addictive potential later. It is very clear from the studies that have emerged over the last really 15 years but mainly within the last 5 years that's when most of the data have arrived. Kids with ADHD who are not treated correctly both with drugs and behavioral treatments have a much higher tendency towards illicit drug use and addictive drug potential in their adulthood so there is a real danger to not treating ADHD during childhood. The reverse is also true which is that children with ADHD who take prescription drugs that are sympathomimetics - speed amphetamine is speed
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