In the spring, Riana Shaw Robinson learned that her 11-year-old son, Madison, had sprinted out of class to chase a squirrel through his school’s courtyard in Berkeley, California. It’s not how her sixth grader would typically behave. But that day, Madison hadn’t taken his Adderall — the medication that, in his words, helps his brain slow down, “from 100 miles per hour — like a car — to 70 miles per hour.” Robinson said Adderall worked better for her son than the other medications they had used t
Parents and caregivers across the country are spending hours each month hunting down pharmacies with ADHD medication in stock and asking their doctors to either transfer or rewrite prescriptions, a process many equate to having a second job.