ADHD Medication

Walt Karniski, MD

doi:10.5771/9781538155783

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-5577-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-5578-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 322
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
1. Standing in Line No access
2. Who Am I? No access
3. ADHD Seems Like a Recently “Invented” Diagnosis. Where Did It Come From? No access
4. So How Is ADHD Diagnosed? No access
5. Diagnostic Criteria: Blessing or Curse? No access
6. Day of Judgment No access
1. Celebration No access
1. From Tears to Calm: The First Use of Medication to Treat ADHD No access
2. Pharmaceutical Companies Get Interested11 No access
3. From Obetrol to Adderall No access
4. Ritalin Owes Its Existence to Tennis No access
5. Ritalin Goes Mainstream No access
1. But Wait! Isn’t ADHD Overdiagnosed? No access
2. Overdiagnosis Explanation #1: ADHD Lacks an Objective Diagnostic Test No access
3. Overdiagnosis Explanation #2: ADHD Is a Collection of Normal Behaviors That Occur in Everyone, Occasionally No access
4. So ADHD Behaviors Are Neurologically Based. But Couldn’t ADHD Be a Normal Personality That Evolved over Time? No access
5. What Causes ADHD? No access
6. What Is Happening in the Brain of a Child with ADHD? No access
7. How Does ADHD Medication Work? No access
1. How Effective Are ADHD Medications? No access
2. How Could ADHD Medication Help My Child? No access
3. Can ADHD Medications Help My Child’s Core ADHD Behaviors? No access
4. What Does Research Tell Us about the Effectiveness of ADHD Medications? No access
5. Can ADHD Medications Help When My Child Grows Up? No access
6. Can ADHD Medications Have Long-Term EFFECTS on the Structure of My Child’s Brain? No access
7. Are There Any Non-Medication Treatments That Can Effectively Treat ADHD? No access
8. Can ADHD Medications Help My Child? No access
1. One Prescription, Five Meds No access
2. Why Are There So Many Different ADHD Medications? No access
3. Why Are There So Many ADHD Medications? No access
4. Why Are There So Many ADHD Medications? No access
5. Can Generic ADHD Medications Be Substituted for Brand-Name Medications? No access
6. What Is the Difference between a Generic Medication and a Brand-Name Medication? No access
1. Four Medication Characteristics That Differentiate All ADHD Medications No access
2. Medication Duration Time No access
3. Delivery Mechanisms No access
4. Medication Mirror-Image Molecules No access
5. Medication Cost and GoodRx No access
6. When Medication Is Indicated, Which Medication Should Be Started First? No access
7. What Should I Say to My Child before Starting Medication? No access
1. Three Types of Side Effects No access
2. Appetite and Growth No access
3. Sleep No access
4. EMOTIONAL LABILITY (Time Related) No access
5. Mood Suppression (“Zombie Effect”) No access
6. EMOTIONAL LABILITY (MEDICATION RELATED) No access
7. Headaches and Stomachaches No access
8. Tics No access
9. Cardiac No access
1. ADHD with Oppositional Defiant Behaviors No access
2. ADHD with Dysphoric Mood No access
3. ADHD with Anxiety No access
4. ADHD with Compulsive Behaviors No access
5. Medication Treatment for ADHD with Comorbid Behaviors No access
Chapter 10: Twenty Brand-Name Methylphenidate Medications to Treat ADHD No access Pages 193 - 226
Chapter 11: Sixteen Brand-Name Amphetamine Medications to Treat ADHD No access Pages 227 - 250
Chapter 12: Ten Non-Stimulant Medications to Treat ADHD No access Pages 251 - 266
Afterword No access Pages 267 - 268
Medication List No access Pages 269 - 282
1. Chapter 1 No access
2. Chapter 2 No access
3. Chapter 3 No access
4. Chapter 4 No access
5. Chapter 5 No access
6. Chapter 6 No access
7. Chapter 7 No access
8. Chapter 8 No access
9. Chapter 9 No access
10. Chapter 10 No access
11. Chapter 11 No access
12. Chapter 12 No access
Index No access Pages 309 - 320
About the Author No access Pages 321 - 322