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by viewer5 3536 days ago
As a sufferer myself, what he's claiming is along the lines of 'stopping blood loss has never been proven to meaningfully affect health'. The difference on and off meds is night and day, between 'brain-scrambled mess' and 'actual thinking human being'
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I also was diagnosed with ADHD and took Ritalin then Adderall for years. I stopped taking them in medical school and actually got better grades.

Regardless of my personal experience or your personal experience the evidence does not show that stimulants increase grades in the medium or long term.