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What do you do if a patient with ADHD on dexamfetamine for many years develops Alzheimer's disease?

Do you switch to an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor or combine?
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Psychiatry · University of Washington
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The issue with the diagnosis of ADHD is that adult-onset ADHD particularly, in my opinion, has major validity problems including a wide differential diagnosis, with no biomarkers. Also, it is now thought that Alzheimer's disease has a long prodrome (15-20 years) from being asymptomatic to having pro...

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Psychiatry · McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
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I am afraid your question is unclear.

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