A review by cecilie_who_reads
Raised on Ritalin by Tyler Page

4.0

This book was far more technical than what I had counted on. Actually, I am pretty sure I didn't understand half of it. But for any layman or - woman who really wants to go into detail understanding the history and development of our understanding and treatment of ADHD, this is a thorough and honest guide, and you can just read the details slower than I did.
The biggest virtue is the meticulous nuancing of the many questions that are often inexperetedly being discussed in public, like "Is ADHD an actually existing condition" and "Is medicine just drugs that turn kids into obedient zombies".
If like me, you find science in the book it is more than you can digest, you can read the personal story of Tyler Page and just skim the details of brain functions, medicine, and diagnostics.
The central message of the book is (thank God, I should say) more relevant in the US than in Denmark, where I live, since combining behavioral methods with medicine is already the standard approach here. (Though, alas, not always followed as much as it ought to be.) Of course it also helps that we have universal healthcare, so that the the golden calf of capitalism is not the sole master here.
Profits is the worst guide in important decisions about people's health.
Tyler has (as a typical ADHDer) been *very* thorough and wanted has chosen to let the many, many words of the book present themselves in very, very small letters. I recommend a good reading lamp, and if you sometime use reading glasses, find them and use them. Page obviously just didn't want to leave out any facts.