With the appropriate medication adults report that they can listen, sit still, and relax. They can go to movies, lectures and sermons and sit still through the program. College students may be able to study for hours without having to find a way of burning off excess energy for the first time in their lives. Treatment may include drug therapy as well as psychotherapy. In the case of drug therapy the following should be considered.
Drugs can only treat the symptoms.
Trials of several different kinds of medications may have to be undertaken before the appropriate response can be found, 3. Drug addiction is not a problem with the doses regularly prescribed for ADD, 4. Under medication the patient does not lose control. In fact the opposite is the case when the symptoms are more manageable. In fact patients frequently report having more control than ever before because they can think clearly and act appropriately more than ever before.