OP: I would absolutely dread starting my teen child on a battery of "hard" drugs... Have you done a lot of research on this adhd dx and alternative remedies. Even look into homeopathics. My grandson who is now going on 20 and a college student was a pretty active child growing up and my daughter would never go the drug route for him, thank goodness. To me and I'm 81, these is such a huge push to drug drug drug.

When I was growing up our elders would say "do you have ants in your pants"....no labels for high activity children.

The depression issue, everyone has ups and downs...look at his sugar/carb consumption. I would not be quick to start on a bunch of drugs. My goodness how they are pushed. C