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I cannot follow your analogy. ADHD impairment is not about how you feel, but about how you perform. When assessing stimulants we are looking for efficacy. We do take kids off of them if they can perform without them. Otherwise, what would be the point of taking them if they were not effective or unnecessary?
Anecdotal comments serve no purpose. People could be in denial, delusional, seeing benefits from other skills or abilities, etc. I could make an analogy to the benefits of other non-scientific beliefs and the lack of their scientific evidence, but I digress.
Presence of Oppositional Defiance Disorder is also a predictor of how often those with ADHD are fired from a job. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WroDEcG7tJc&feature=relmfu at 38:08.)
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