> It uses statistical correlation to indicate causation.
Up front, it doesn't. It's a meta study, the authors actually go out of their way at one point to note it's not causative, this is unfair on your part.
>As a person with severe ADHD, who has never taken any medication, I find this study troubling. [...] People on ADHD medicine are also going through mental health treatments and get special care and privileges in society. At the same time, the effects of ADHD medication numb their responses and emotions to what seems outwardly stable and normal but deep inside it is an inhibitor of development.
You've never taken the medication but you're suddenly an expert on what it does and how it feels? Right. Why not be honest and just say you don't buy the conclusions of the study due to your emotional response to the topic?
Up front, it doesn't. It's a meta study, the authors actually go out of their way at one point to note it's not causative, this is unfair on your part.
>As a person with severe ADHD, who has never taken any medication, I find this study troubling. [...] People on ADHD medicine are also going through mental health treatments and get special care and privileges in society. At the same time, the effects of ADHD medication numb their responses and emotions to what seems outwardly stable and normal but deep inside it is an inhibitor of development.
You've never taken the medication but you're suddenly an expert on what it does and how it feels? Right. Why not be honest and just say you don't buy the conclusions of the study due to your emotional response to the topic?