'Why people think you will 'grow out of' a heritable neurological condition escapes me. Many people with ADHD learn to compensate for it over time. It does not just disappear.'
in most people. Counseling should begin after medication has been successfully introduced. Imagine being told to “try squinting for three months, before we take the step of writing you a prescription for eyeglasses.” If you need glasses to see, why struggle and fail before receiving the tool you need?
Consider the experience of trying your hardest, only to repeatedly fail. Now pour on a generous helping of “Why don’t you just try harder?” It is easy to see why a patient would just give up. Resist drawing the conclusion that trying won’t help. Find a specialist with experience in treating ADHD to avoid being given useless advice.“Why did they take the accommodation away, just when it started to help me?” In public schools, the short answer is money.
Clinicians often fail to take into account that ADHD symptoms are likely to be inconsistent. If stimulants are not carefully titrated, under systematic observation, the optimal dosage may never be found. Even worse, if medication is given erratically, the optimal dosage may be overshot, particularly if medication is increased in big jumps.
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