ADHD is most often treated by stimulants like Ritalin, Adderall, and Dexedrine. I’m sure you’ve heard of these medications — but what are they? What do they do? And most importantly — are they safe?
Stimulate treatment for adhd state adhd is the most often treated by stimulants like ritalin adderall and dexedrine i’m sure you’ve heard of these medications but what are they what do they do and most importantly are they six are stimulants safe stimulants are powerful medications potentially addictive and can have serious side effects they’re commonly used because
They’re effective up to 70% of people experience significant symptom relief on them and the majority of the millions of people who use them are fine but they do have common side effects and can rarely cause some quite nasty things the most common issues with stimulant use include increased anxiety nausea or loss of appetite and insomnia the rare and very serious
Side effects well to quote an ad from by vans and adhd medication new psychosis mania aggression growth suppression and visual disturbances are possible heart damage stimulant use might cause heart damage over time stimulants typically increase heart rate by three to five beats per minute and also raise blood pressure one study of more than 50,000 children using
Stimulants showed a 20% increase in risk for emergency treatments for heart boundaries use of stimulants by someone with a pre-existing heart condition is a big no-no as they may increase risk of cardiac failure or sudden death psychological problems as mentioned a rare of a serious side effect is that stimulant can cause psychosis or a break with realities such
As paranoia delusion alengka and hallucination most psychosis occurs in people who are already at risk but stimulants can cause psychosis and normal people at normal doses stimulants can also cause serious problems with regulating or controlling mood they can trigger mania and bipolar patients and can cause extreme mood variation even in people not normally at
Risk for bipolar stimulants changed the brain do stimulants cause brain damage absolutely studies and rats have shown that extremely high doses of amphetamines given a rash or period of time because serious damage to the production of dopamine and it’s transport to the brain this happens by causing buildup of radicals and reactive oxygen species methylphenidate
Or ritalin does not cause this damage possibly because it only blocks and receptors for reception of dopants but what about normal use the rats did not experience neural changes or damage from doses in the normal range the baboons and monkeys however did experience brain damage showing a significant reduction in natural production and handling of dookie remember
Use of stimulants and children requires extreme caution and psychological analysis because they are young moore’s acceptable the side effects and still developing you
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ADHD – Are Stimulants Safe? By ADHDecide
