DID THE PANDEMIC GIVE ME ADHD?
Sep 09, 2021
4 minutes
BY GREGORY SCOTT BROWN, M.D.
“DOC, I CAN’T FOCUS. Can I get a prescription for Ritalin?”
Lately that’s the question I’ve been hearing from guys in our sessions. It happens several times a week. They’re convinced they have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and that the drug—generally prescribed to kids with the issue, and famously abused by college students in an attempt to study better—will help them concentrate and propel them to a whole new level of productivity.
Take a patient I’ll call Cooper, a graphic designer in his mid-40s. Cooper was having trouble paying attention to detail; he’d lose his
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