Step 5.6 Is Medication A Quick Fix — Or a Last Resort? (15 min)
15:11 minutes
Is medication a quick fix—or a last resort?
Is medication a quick fix—or a last resort?
If we want to be responsible, we should view medication — for ourselves, our loved ones, our children — as only a last resort, right? Exhausting ALL other possible options.
And, isn’t it sort of cheating — taking the easy way out, taking a performance drug to become what….higher-performing? What do you think?
And, isn’t it sort of cheating — taking the easy way out, taking a performance drug to become what….higher-performing? What do you think?
I think there is lots of gray area here.
In this fairly quick Step 5-6, we consider the question from a few angles:
In this fairly quick Step 5-6, we consider the question from a few angles:
- How much are you willing to pay for the “last resort” perspective?
- A story about a young man thwarted in his passionate goal of becoming a computer scientist- despite his very best efforts.
- Reminding that medication is not a silver bullet
- Asking, does everyone with ADHD need medication?
- The myth about the “quick fix” and the cost of the “last resort” perspective