ADD/ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which begins in childhood, and carries through adolescence, and continues into adulthood about 60-70% of the time.

ADD/ADHD can cause significant impairment in people if they don’t get the right treatment. There are long term risks of not treating ADHD, like:

  • Poor academic performance
  • Poor job functioning
  • More accidents and injuries
  • Higher risks of drug and alcohol problems
  • Teen pregnancies
  • Trouble with the law
  • etc.

Let’s be clear, not everyone with ADD/ADHD will get all of these problems coming into their life. That said, newer research is showing that if people receive good treatment, and the core ADD/ADHD symptoms improve, then the risks of these problems are greatly reduced.

What constitutes good treatment for ADD/ADHD?

There have been studies done which examine the nature of what constitutes good treatment for ADD and ADHD. The ultimate conclusion is that the best treatment for ADD/ADHD is ‘multimodal treatment’. This refers to treatment that includes medication, as well as therapy. The therapy involved often includes parenting strategies, as well as behavioral therapy for the child/teen. Interestingly, the researchers found that if medication wasn’t part of the treatment program, then the response rates to the treatment was much lower.

Despite this research, many people struggle with the idea of taking medication for ADD or ADHD.

They wonder if ADD/ADHD is actually real.
They wonder if people should just try harder to get better.
They feel that if they take medication, then they are failing themselves, or their kids, or someone else.

The most unfortunate part of ADD/ADHD is the stigma and shame that can go along with it. ADD/ADHD is a real medical condition, yet it is not treated as such in the general community. People don’t feel guilty and upset about taking medication for breast cancer or diabetes – yet they do for ADD/ADHD.

Hopefully good education can help people to stop the stigma of ADD/ADHD and find the right treatments that can make all the difference in their lives.

Because ADD/ADHD medications can work very well for people, and they can be very safe as well.



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