JS> MP> The practice of using a response to medication as even a
JS> confirmation of MP> diagnosis has been routinely criticized in the
JS> medical literature. In MP> ADHD, since there are so many variables,
JS> Barkley says it should not even MP> be part of the discussion.
JS> What I was allowing was the possibility that responses to different
JS> classes of medications might be used as a working characterization
JS> of similar but distinct forms of AD(H)D until we have more
JS> information about the underlying mechanisms.
From what I have read, even that is a no-no. AD(H)D is so variable that 
it is almost a random response. Many people, including non-ADHDers 
respond to the CNS stimulants in ways similar to the way that ADHDers 
respond. The anti-depressants also produce a similar response in the 
prople who are not depressed. 
If pharmacotherapy was an exact and precise science it would work, but, 
it is not.
 * RM 1.31  * Eval Day 8 * Curiosity? Nah, I got THAT cat with the lawn 
ower.
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