Happy ADHD Awareness Month! In honor of that, and hitting half a million subscribers (eeee!!!), I decided to ask Dr. Carolyn LentzchParcells (www.gtwhealth.com) to come talk about stimulant medication and help bust some of the stigma that keeps people from treating their ADHD.

#ADHD #treatment #stigma
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