Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Early-Onset Parkinsonian Features Linked to Childhood Stimulant Use| The Real Reason Behind

6 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD, reports adults in their 30s and 40s who took childhood stimulants are showing Parkinsonian symptoms. He argues ADHD medications, SSRIs, and antibiotics given to kids aren't harmless and may cause lasting damage, calling for a precautionary approach to pediatric prescribing like the one used for high-risk drugs in elderly care.

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We're all starting out see adults in 30s and early 40s who've been on these stimulants for years, developing Parkinsonian features. Just as a lot of these medications were given to kids like candy for ADHD, SSRIs for depression, antibiotics, which again, mess up the gut bacteria. These are not benign. So. Okay, I can see how medication we definitely know it's definitely been standard care accepted over medication in the elderly increases fall risk, increases dementia, increases hospitalizations, poor outcomes. So it's actually a we have a list of medications in the elderly that we're supposed to watch out for, because they can actually have a massive impact on elderly people's health. Maybe we need to do the exact same thing for kids. That's a novel idea. We already have it for the elderly, for geriatric patients. But maybe we should think about it for.