I’m not steamed, but I do feel I have to engage you further to understand what you’re saying.

you said “I think everyone would agree that it is characterized by either not being able to concentrate and focus – or concentrating and focusing on everything, depending on if one has ADHD or ADD”

being a person with ADD and the mother of children with ADHD…who has extensively been researching it as a herbalist to find ways to lessen the symptoms without stimulants, really the only difference I find is where the “hyper” manifests itself…if you want to get technical, not being able to concentrate and focus and concentrating and focusing on everything is the same thing.

Yes, I agree, mixing a stimulant and then cold meds could be dangerous for any person with ADHD, (depending on the ADHD person, their weight and the effectivness of their ADHD stimulant on them), since cold meds can often enhance the effects of a stimulant.

But, playing “devil’s advocate” here what no one is looking at is, that since NASCAR drivers have been being tested for some time (even if haphazard and with undefined standards) this is his first infraction, he openly admitted to the cold meds, and it is quite possible Jeremy was only recently dxed with ADHD and didn’t know the combo could be considered dangerous or illegal.

He also could have been recently switched from an adhd med like ritalin to adderal, which would explain the mystery third substance.

He’s doesn’t look guilty. I could be wrong…but as i said, i’m playing devil’s advocate here and giving him the benefit of the doubt. My doctor has never old me not to take cold meds or antihistamines with my ADHD meds.

Also, you then said “Either way, I am wondering if a profession where one is driving at dangerously high speeds makes sense – you can’t even get a pilot’s license with a lazy eye ’cause it might effect your depth perception. To have a condition that directly impacts how you do what you do, that requires medication, makes me question the racing industry in the first place.”

Again, I’m not steamed, but I have to question your stand on this, and as a result question your actual knowledge of ADD/HD from an “in the trenches” sort of way. Or perhaps it is your lack of knowledge of NASCAR history.

NASCAR is essentially a private club we have been given privilege to watch. Over 50 years old…the family owners make the rules…however they like.And back the ADHD didn’t exhist…in fact the “typical ADDER” bad boy often made the best racers.

I also happen to believe that ADHD is higher among these types of extreme sports athletes and also “country folk” who just happen to “fit” better with the rural lifestyle.

Stock car driving is a sport that actually attracts people with ADHD as a participant, since they… as you know, (since you’ve studied to be a doctor and work in the ADHD field,) crave stimulation and adrenalin.

Last but not least, an ADHD brain, is not a malfunctioning brain, though today’s society would like to tell us it is. It’s a “differentfunctioning” brain.

ADDmom.