I have no expertise to add to the subject of ADHD. I was married to a woman whose oldest son was told in school that he had ADHD. His mother was told that she had to give him the drug Ritalin if he were to be allowed to stay in public school.
This woman had no intention of giving her son a drug to keep him from being hyperactive. She was and is a very wise woman.
She moved to the mountains of Arizona and put her son in a public school in a small mountain town. Every morning he had to run several miles to school. Every afternoon he had to run several miles home around a large and boulder strewn mountain. He was a hyper-active boy.
He grew up to be two things. One, a perfectly competent student who went on to create and manage a successful Mercedes-Benz business.
Two, he was a champion college swimmer and was scheduled to be on the Olympic water polo team. He just happened to be on the team that qualified in an off year for the Olympics. He is definitely an extraordinary athlete of the highest Olympic quality.
Which is what I want to say about ADHD and giving your child Ritalin. With this public attitude toward active males we will be losing out on many generations of Olympic level athletes. The politically correct attitude toward young healthy males may be a bad mistake. Many may just need to run.
Males are diagnosed as hyperactive at three times the number of girls. Does this raise any questions in your mind?