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Unless the kids have a feeling they should go off meds to get taller (like you did), isn't it better for them to be on meds?

Average first time for sex with adhd girls is 13y vs 17y for non adhd or medicated.

Probability to be addicted to drugs or alcohol halves for when on meds vs without.

Same goes for obesity, etc.

I didn't get meds when I was younger. Now I have top 1% IQ (likely average here on hn), but work as a butcher at a slaughterhouse. My mom didn't want to stigmatise me with a diagnosis.

Don't have time to finish the post, and I don't believe I'm entitled to anything. But if I had less problems at school, I might've been doing sth more fun now and less demanding on the body.

parent wafflemaker 8 months ago

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