Q. I was alarmed to read that a caring, concerned grandmother had stopped her grandson's medication for ADHD abruptly. This could be extremely dangerous.
I stopped taking Adderall myself after having been on it for some time, but only after I asked my physician. With some medications, it may not be okay just to stop.
A. You are right to point out that stopping medication requires medical supervision. It makes sense to ask the doctor about when and how to stop medicine even before beginning to take a prescription.
The grandmother who wrote us described a complicated situation. When we edited out some details for space considerations, we inadvertently implied she had stopped her grandson’s medicine without medical oversight.
