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> I would be extremely cautious about prescribing this to anyone, especially children unless nearly every other kind of intervention has been explored.

A well-trained psychiatrist can diagnose me in <10 minutes and ADHD meds are not that strong. I don't know what "intervention" means, but outgrowing ADHD is a common myth [1]. What you describe is not ADHD. I would try elsewhere. Sorry.

[1] https://chadd.org/about-adhd/myths-and-misunderstandings/

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I don't claim that people outgrow ADHD, nor do I believe that to be the case. There are a number of other therapeutic drugs for ADHD beyond Ritalin, and there are other useful behavioral interventions including diet, exercise, time outdoors, cognitive therapies etc. That is what I mean by 'interventions'.

I'm trying, probably somewhat poorly, to make the point that there are a lot of potentially useful things to try in terms of managing ADHD beyond Ritalin (though that can be a very useful tool for some).

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