In this episode Ryan and I actually did our homework. We talk about the information we have learned about the long term effects of ADHD medication for children and **SPOILER ALERT** There are none. If you don't want to trust us how about trusting the experts? The links are down below. We also talk about how bad stigmatizing the medication is for children. We do eventually move on to other treatments that have shown promise.

ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction - from Childhood - Edward M. Hallowell (Author), John J. Ratey (Author)

https://childmind.org/article/know-long-term-effects-adhd-medications/

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/adhd/Pages/Determining-ADHD-Medication-Treatments.aspx

https://www.ccjm.org/content/84/11/873?fbclid=IwAR2J9wWaLmMMekPaCKq1LGOnYrGprKna48zlZJICdF8bkebM7aeW-nbiAoY

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0890856709603403?fbclid=IwAR19WR5JCC7XFVAJLRQaWMG9Ip3ndjFUM8ORP3osetmA8gEvVBICJnbA4gM

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11920-013-0371-6.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3sSKtde31cdhYgZJgfcuyRWmskw9Jlmj1FHAlk7fjL0CZOl2fC9g3VDcE