Assim Al-Hakeem – Does taking medication for ADHD lessen my Tawakkal on Allah

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The customer is asking a question about taking psychost paints and whether it will affect their ADHD medication. The agent explains that it depends on the individual's medical conditions and medical needs, and that people who have mental disorders may need therapy. The agent also advises people to go to a Muslim psychiatrist to fix their mental disorders.

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			I have a question regarding taking psychostimulants, so
		
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			if I take, it's a weird question, if
		
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			I take medication for my ADHD, would that
		
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			lessen my tawakkul and rabbina, by not like
		
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			increasing my faith and doing more to like
		
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			better my mental on my own?
		
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			This is actually not an easy question to
		
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			answer, because this depends entirely on your mental
		
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			state and your medical requirements and needs.
		
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			Some people, unfortunately, don't require such medications, but
		
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			due to the fact that a lot of
		
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			the psychiatrists tend in the West, in non
		
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			-Muslim countries, due to their education, due to
		
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			their disbelief in Allah Azza wa Jal, tend
		
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			to prescribe such medications, even when people don't
		
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			actually need them, because according to what they've
		
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			studied, everybody needs them.
		
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			And they, to them, nine out of ten
		
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			have some sort of a mental illness, and
		
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			they need therapy, and they need to go
		
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			to a shrink, and they need to have
		
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			antidepressants, and the whole nine yards.
		
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			This is their business.
		
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			Now I'm not doubting their credibility, I'm just
		
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			doubting whether this is needed or not.
		
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			When you say that one out of four
		
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			are autistic, this is not possible.
		
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			Anything can be autistic, anything can be a
		
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			mental illness.
		
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			So people nowadays are addicted to such drugs
		
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			and antidepressants and going to the psychiatrist to
		
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			fix something they think is busted when it's
		
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			not busted.
		
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			So I cannot tell you what is possible
		
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			or not before being diagnosed, before we speak
		
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			to you, before we know exactly what kind
		
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			of mental illness you have, is it something
		
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			related to whispers, to OCD that can be
		
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			cured in a few minutes sometimes.
		
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			Just you need someone to talk to you
		
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			and to open your eyes and to show
		
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			you how Satan is messing up with your
		
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			head.
		
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			And 95, 98 percent, Alhamdulillah, it's all resolved
		
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			and solved.
		
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			Sometimes no.
		
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			Now, there is a mental illness that requires
		
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			attention, and this is why we advise people
		
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			to go to a Muslim, a practicing Muslim
		
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			psychiatrist who fears Allah, knows Islam, and can
		
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			diagnose you correctly, bithnillah azawajal.