alt Hacker NewsOne should ask if the benefits outweigh the costs regardless of arbitrary thresholds for diagnosis.
ADHD medications are generally safe, and many objections to their use appear to stem more from normative objections to medicating attention and behaviour than from evidence-based concerns about patient welfare.
> ADHD medications are generally safe
Just like methodone is considered safe, doesn't mean you'll become a clucky mess after doing it for two decades.