This book focuses our attention on one popular movement in recent years, namely the ever-increasing demand for stimulants for emotional wellbeing and performance enhancement. Whereas, the paradoxical response to stimulants in children with true ADHD which is thought to be protective against misuse, the regular ingestion of substances like Adderall® in normal individuals can lead to abuse and life-threatening complications particularly in our older population. Drs. Creelman, Koo and Yvorchuk are active clinicians caring for patients on a daily basis and members of the faculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine. This text contains a discussion of the gross overexpansion of diagnosing the problem of ADHD, the unintended consequences of over-diagnosing and overprescribing for the condition as well as viable solutions for the population that is currently being harmed

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