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Suggest Treatment For ADHD

My 21 year old niece thinks she has ADD. She went to a psychiatrist who put her on adderol (spelling) she is acting crazy, like a crystal meth tweaker... She may be doing street drugs with the adderol, or she may be taking more than the prescribed amount. I want to know what the legal limit a dr. would prescribe per month. Thank You! Family concerned about her poor choices lately.
Mon, 9 Mar 2015
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We understand your concerns

I went through your details. Please understand that you need to evaluate or assess your daughter for a better diagnosis. ADD and substance abuse is different. Substance abuse related depressiona d anxiety disorder are even different. If you go and say I have ADD and put for the the relevent symptoms of ADD (she knows the symptoms and naturally she will exaggerate those symptoms), any psychiatrist will prescribe medicines for ADD. What happens to diagnosis? You should talk to your daughter and with her consult a professional clinical psychologist and get assessed for any mental disorders and then proper treatment can be started.

If you still need my assistance in this regard, please use this link. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Please remember to describe the whole problem with full detail.

Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.
Good luck.
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Suggest Treatment For ADHD

Dear Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your details. Please understand that you need to evaluate or assess your daughter for a better diagnosis. ADD and substance abuse is different. Substance abuse related depressiona d anxiety disorder are even different. If you go and say I have ADD and put for the the relevent symptoms of ADD (she knows the symptoms and naturally she will exaggerate those symptoms), any psychiatrist will prescribe medicines for ADD. What happens to diagnosis? You should talk to your daughter and with her consult a professional clinical psychologist and get assessed for any mental disorders and then proper treatment can be started. If you still need my assistance in this regard, please use this link. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Please remember to describe the whole problem with full detail. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.