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Reality    
Changes  The    
ADHD  Rules	
      New  ADHD  Medication  Rules      
Brain  Science  &  Common  Sense  
h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com	
Dr  Charles  Parker
Why  Think…	
	
About  New  ADHD  
Med  Rules?	
2	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Take  This  Home	
	
…Serious  problems  
regularly  occur  with  
ADHD  Meds.	
3	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
…That  Everything  is  
OK  in  ADHD  Land	
4	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
 Office  Tragedy  Everyday	
-­‐‑  Heartbreak  	
-­‐‑  Anger  	
-­‐‑  Overwhelming  Side  Effects	
-­‐‑  Treatment  Failures  Abound	
Too  Many  Wasted  
Lifetimes	
	
5	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
The  Current  Standard  of  
Care  –  Think  About  It  -­‐‑	
Almost  Completely  
Ignores  Biologic  
Reality	
6	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
But  Denial  &  Imprecision  	
Do  MaHer!!	
The  Cost  –  Far  Beyond  Dollars	
-­‐‑  Dollars,  yes  and…  	
-­‐‑  Basic  Treatment  -­‐‑  for  Thousands	
-­‐‑  Time	
-­‐‑  Relationships  &  Families	
-­‐‑  Jobs  &  Education	
-­‐‑  Childhood  &  Self  Respect	
7	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Globally,  Too  Often:	
Public  and  Professionals  Are  
Disillusioned  With  ADHD  Treatment  
Outcomes	
New  Objective:  No  Illusions  
In  the  First  Place  	
8	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
So,  What  is  the  
Problem?	
9	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Reality  Remains  	
Dynamic  -­‐‑  and  	
Changes:	
	
You  can’t  stick  your  foot  
in  the  same  river  twice.	
	
 	
Heraclitus  500  BC	
10	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
On  the  other  hand…	
Dreams  and  
Fantasies  Occur  
in  the  Darkness	
11	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Dreams  and  
Fantasies  Often  
Create  Confusion	
12	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
The  Biggest  	
Problem  with  	
ADHD  Treatment?	
>  Ambiguity…	
	
Denial  Of  The  Darkness	
13	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Just  How  Much  
Ina4ention  is  
InaHention?	
14	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
How  Much  
Hyperactivity  is  
Hyperactive?	
15	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Where  	
Are	
We  
Going?          	
16	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
How  Often  Do  We  
Treat  Appearance  
Criteria	
Not  People?	
17	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Two  Profound  Deficits  Exist  
with  A=ention  Deficit:	
Diagnostic  Specificity	
&	
Treatment  Precision	
Outcome:  Guesswork  	
18	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Diagnosis  Should  Drive  
Treatment….  	
Treatment  Details  Drive  	
Recovery,  -­‐‑  but  	
Guesswork  Drives  =	
                    
Unpredictability  	
19	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Without  	
Clear  Maps	
20	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
It’s  a  Kno4y  
Confusion  
When  
Adjusting  
Medications	
21	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
22	
(c)  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com	
Details  
Do  
Ma4er
Remember…	
  Galileo	
23	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Measure  what  is  
measurable,  and  make  
measurable  what  is  not  so.	
                                                                                Galileo  Galilei  ~  1615	
24	
©    Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
How	
Does  Ma4er	
25	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Depression  &  ADHD    	
Serotonin/Dopamine  
Seesaw  –  See  Video	
	
h4p://bit.ly/2diagnose	
	
26	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Coaching  &  CorePsych  Updates:  	
Treatment  Options:  CorePsych.com/services
Coach  Partners:  CoreBrain.org/coaches
	
Reviews  &  New  Rules  Excerpts:  	
New  ADHD  Medication  Rules	
h6p://adhdmedicationrules.com	
	
Free  White  Paper:  Predictable  Solutions:	
h6p://corepsych.com/adhdbook	
27	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
HOW	
Three  Important  	
Complimentary  	
How  To  ADHD  Medication  	
YouTube  Tutorial  Playlists  at:  	
www.youtube.com/  drcharlesparker	
28	
(c)  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com
Many  
Thanks!    
cp	
29	
©  Dr  Charles  Parker  -­‐‑  h4p://adhdmedicationrules.com

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