[Presbyterian Reporter]

I read the entire article.

What I have been wondering about is there any links between Adderall use as a teenager and later use of METH as an adult?

I was surprised to read that something like 15% of the kids these days are diagnosed with ADHD.

Since ADHD is usually noticed by teachers, could the manner by which we are teaching kids these days be a reason for more ADHD?

[Myrddin]

My oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD and a sub-aortic stenosis. He couldn't take Ritalin before the heart problem was repaired and managed to get kicked out of kindergarten on day 2. An IEP was set up for his to get "some" schooling, but it was ineffective until after his 10 hour heart surgery. The Ritalin calmed him down and he settled into his school work. He needed 3 more surgeries later with aortic and mitral valve replacements and a two-lead pacemaker were installed.

My oldest son went on to graduate from high school and start work on a degree in geology and paleontology. He was a voracious reader with a steel trap memory. The ADHD came with a lack of "executive functioning". He wasn't particularly adept at planning a course of action and executing it. He earned enough to purchase a car, but the ADHD made him inattentive to all the cues necessary to drive safely. My youngest son drove him in his car. The youngest had a little ADHD too, but the eye/hand coordination of a fighter pilot. It was a good quid pro quo arrangement with the car.

[Tired of Taxes]

"What I have been wondering about is there any links between Adderall use as a teenager and later use of METH as an adult?"

Maybe so. Some people sell their ADHD medications like street drugs. So, even students who aren't diagnosed with ADHD buy those meds from other students and take them, and some people share their ADHD meds with their friends.