Patient's question:
15-year-old boy, 9 months old, was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder last year. He took Chinese medicine for three months and Western medicine for one month, but the effect was still not good, so he gave up. Even now, his attention is still very poor, practice is getting worse, low emotional intelligence, behavior, very immature, doesn't understand how to behave, feels like he doesn't change every year, keeps making the same mistakes, talks nonsense, really makes adults fearful. The problem with taking medicine is very the side effects, will this cause intelligence to rise? I feel like I'm getting more stupid, do I need to take medicine?Doctor's answer:
Taking medication will always have some side effects, but whether the side effects of medication will definitely lead to low intelligence is not certain. However, if ADHD is severe and left uncontrolled, it will certainly lead to low emotional intelligence and low intelligence. There are many treatments for ADHD, but since the symptoms of patients vary, the treatment methods used will also differ. Therefore, patients need to have timely examination and diagnosis to receive targeted treatment.