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Tara J
10/16/08
Category: ADHD

why would a doctor refuse to treat a patient who is both ADHD and bipolar with a stimulant drugs

I am both an adult ADHD and Bipolar, my doctor told me that since strattera didn't work he wasn't willing to give me anything that had a stimulant in it I was on ritalin as a child and my motther was told that girls at puberty outgrow adhd. he wanted to try drugs that had already been…

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