Steve Hinshaw: There's a 15 to 20% chance you're going to get addicted to those medications. He took Adderall for probably six or seven years and Vivance a couple times because he wanted to see if it would help him right. "I had such a striking experience because I felt this feeling course through my blood, like my... I could feel it on my fingers"
Ever since he was diagnosed as a kid, Adam has wondered if ADHD is a serious psychological condition, or a false diagnosis pushed by an overzealous industry. This week Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley is on the show to help answer these questions. You can check out his book The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance at factuallypod.com/books.
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