Question: I'm an adult woman. Medical professionals keep hinting about weaning me off my medication at some point, as if ADHD is just a school disorder. Why am I encouraged to be treatment non-compliant when it would have a terrible impact on my quality of life? It's like Dr. Russell Barkley said, "Now, after one week of using the ramp to get into the building... can I take the ramp away? Have you internalized the ramp?"
  
  Do you see any hope of a more ADHD-friendly process of renewing prescriptions? When patients run out of meds due to systemic delays, it is much harder to get back on the wagon. Again, treatment compliance seems undervalued for adult patients, and they suffer for it.
  
  Thank you for your time.
Answer: &gt;Do you see any hope of a more ADHD-friendly process of renewing prescriptions? When patients run out of meds due to systemic delays, it is much harder to get back on the wagon. Again, treatment compliance seems undervalued for adult patients, and they suffer for it.
  
  Treatment non-compliance is one of the biggest problems in treating ADHD.  It is a disgrace that some providers make it worse by viewing ADHD as  a "school disorder".    The best hope for such provider is to learn about ADHD.  I encourage patients to give them a copy of the International Consensus Statement on ADHD: [https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7](https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7).  
  
  I doubt there will ever be a more ADHD-friendly process of renewing prescriptions.  There are too many bureaucratic hurdles.
content: Q: I'm an adult woman. Medical professionals keep hinting about weaning me off my medication at some point, as if ADHD is just a school disorder. Why am I encouraged to be treatment non-compliant when it would have a terrible impact on my quality of life? It's like Dr. Russell Barkley said, "Now, after one week of using the ramp to get into the building... can I take the ramp away? Have you internalized the ramp?"
  
  Do you see any hope of a more ADHD-friendly process of renewing prescriptions? When patients run out of meds due to systemic delays, it is much harder to get back on the wagon. Again, treatment compliance seems undervalued for adult patients, and they suffer for it.
  
  Thank you for your time.
   Ans: &gt;Do you see any hope of a more ADHD-friendly process of renewing prescriptions? When patients run out of meds due to systemic delays, it is much harder to get back on the wagon. Again, treatment compliance seems undervalued for adult patients, and they suffer for it.
  
  Treatment non-compliance is one of the biggest problems in treating ADHD.  It is a disgrace that some providers make it worse by viewing ADHD as  a "school disorder".    The best hope for such provider is to learn about ADHD.  I encourage patients to give them a copy of the International Consensus Statement on ADHD: [https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7](https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7).  
  
  I doubt there will ever be a more ADHD-friendly process of renewing prescriptions.  There are too many bureaucratic hurdles.