Home › Welcome to the ADDitude Forums › For Adults › Symptoms, Diagnosis & Beyond › Is there as much of a stigma against non-stimulant medicine?I’m trying to get diagnosis and non-stimulant treatment in what feels like unfriendly area of the medical turf.
I know “stimulant medication” is a class 2 hyperspace felony FDA code word that Doctors don’t want to touch, but how about non-stimulant medication?
Does that raise the same red flags when you talk to doctors about it?I take the non stimulant drug Atomoxetine. I think it was originally an antidepressant but didn’t work too well.
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