Don't Take Away My Adderall!

This book focuses our attention on one popularmovement in recent years, namely the ever-increasingdemand for stimulants for emotional wellbeing andperformance enhancement. Whereas, the paradoxicalresponse to stimulants in children with true ADHD whichis thought to be protective against misuse, the regularingestion of substances like Adderall(R) in normalindividuals can lead to abuse and life-threateningcomplications particularly in our older population.Drs. Creelman, Koo and Yvorchuk are active clinicianscaring for patients on a daily basis and members of thefaculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine.This text contains a discussion of the gross overexpansionof diagnosing the problem of ADHD, theunintended consequences of over-diagnosing and overprescribingfor the condition as well as viable solutionsfor the population that is currently being harmed.