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• Only a qualified prescriber can decide whether methylphenidate suits your child.
• The estimate is for school age children and does not apply to preschoolers.

• Whether it suits you, and the prescribing, are decisions for a qualified clinician.
• Bring your health history and every medicine you take, including ones bought without a prescription.

• A qualified clinician should tell ADHD apart from normal developmental variation and other conditions.
• Assessment routes differ between countries.

• An online screener cannot confirm ADHD.
• A qualified clinician has to weigh your symptoms, impairment and other possible causes.

• The prescriber directs every medication change.
• Report worrying effects promptly instead of waiting for the next routine review.

• These are clinician-led alternatives, not interchangeable medicines.
• Appetite, sleep and cardiovascular effects need review; the youth estimate does not describe adult efficacy.

• A clinician should decide whether it suits you, check interactions and plan monitoring.
• This adult estimate cannot be assumed to apply to children or to every outcome.

• A qualified prescriber decides whether treatment suits you and which tests are needed.
• A normal screening result does not replace follow-up, and new symptoms still need reporting.

• New problems or side effects mean an earlier review, not a wait.
• Medication decisions belong with your prescriber.

• If you or your child has thoughts of suicide or is in immediate danger, help is available now: contact local emergency services or a crisis line.
• New severe mood changes need prompt clinical assessment, including review of current medicines.

• A specialist must choose and supervise the medicine, and in the UK clonidine is used only on tertiary specialist advice.
• Plan any change, stopping included, with the prescriber, because stopping suddenly can raise blood pressure.

• Eligibility and legal procedures vary by country and school system.
• An ADHD diagnosis does not automatically decide which plan or adjustments a child gets.

• Choose a qualified therapist and keep therapy connected to the rest of your care.
• CBT does not require you to change medication yourself.

• New chest pain, fainting or significant palpitations need prompt medical assessment.
• A clinician should interpret readings and decide whether further tests are needed.

• Screening results need a clinician to interpret them.
• ADHD, autism, learning conditions and tics can occur together, and none of them should be diagnosed or ruled out from a checklist alone.

Ask a clinician or pharmacist to go through treatment options and your medicines with you, including if you are pregnant.

• A clinician should read the growth chart and decide how treatment responds to it.
• Raise appetite or growth worries without changing the medication yourself.

• Contact your prescriber promptly about pregnancy or plans for one.
• Medication decisions need a review of your own situation, and nothing here tells you to change treatment.

If a condition, pain or disability affects exercise, ask a clinician how to adapt it.

• Alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous.
• If you may be dependent, get medical advice before changing your drinking.
• Seizures or hallucinations need emergency help.

• If you or someone else may act on suicidal thoughts, call your local emergency number now, or contact a crisis line or suicide prevention helpline in your country.
• Do not wait for a scheduled appointment.

• Referral rules and ages differ by service and country.
• Confirm with the clinical teams who carries on prescribing and monitoring.

• If you suspect poisoning, get advice quickly from your local poison service or emergency care.
• Changing where you store medicines does not change the instructions for taking them.

• Snoring alone does not diagnose sleep apnoea.
• A clinician needs to assess it, and breathing pauses with marked daytime sleepiness need prompt review.

• Weight loss or growth worries need a clinical review.
• Any change to medicines or their timing must be agreed with the prescriber.

• Who gets tested, and how often, varies by country and by personal risk.
• New symptoms need a clinical assessment, not a wait for the routine check.

• Ongoing sleepiness, pauses in breathing or gasping need medical assessment.
• If sleepiness makes driving unsafe, do not drive, and get clinical advice.

• If sleep problems persist or affect daily life, get assessed.
• Medication changes belong with your prescriber.

• Talk about cannabis alongside your prescribed medicines and other substances.
• This item does not recommend cannabis for ADHD and is not a plan for stopping without supervision.

• Seek urgent help for threats or injury.
• Respond to harm whether your child was targeted, harmed others or both.

Ask a dentist about pain, persistent bleeding, injury or difficulty brushing; supervision and toothpaste use should suit your child's age.

• A helmet does not rule out concussion or other injury.
• Get medical advice after a worrying head injury.

• This cannot diagnose depression.
• For thoughts of suicide, seek help now: contact a crisis line or helpline in your country, and call your local emergency number if anyone is in immediate danger.

• Use the conversation to understand the diagnosis and your options.
• Treatment decisions should be made for you specifically, with your clinician.

Get advice on adapting exercise if illness, injury, balance problems or pain get in the way.

Food allergies, swallowing problems, growth worries or an eating disorder need personal dietary advice.

• Substance use and prescribing need an assessment of your own situation.
• This finding does not support taking someone else's medicine, taking extra, or tackling substance problems without clinical help.

• If your child uses nicotine, ask their healthcare professional about appropriate support.
• Treatment choices for young people need individual advice.

• Get clinical advice for sleep problems that persist.
• Breathing pauses and marked daytime sleepiness need assessment.

• This cannot diagnose anxiety.
• Get prompt help for severe distress, self-harm or major loss of functioning.

• Look for a trained professional who works with young children.
• Parent training gives you tools and support, and it does not mean you caused your child's ADHD.

• Disclosure and workplace rights depend on local rules and your circumstances.
• Ask about confidentiality and share only what the request needs.

• Binge eating disorder needs a clinical assessment.
• Don't start a strict diet on your own, because the NHS says dieting during treatment can make binge eating harder to stop.

• Do not drive if symptoms or side effects make it unsafe.
• Medication does not guarantee safe driving, so get individual clinical advice and follow local licensing rules.

Seek urgent support if you feel unable to keep yourself or your child safe.

Agree what information may be shared and involve your child in a way that fits their age and understanding.

• A relatable video cannot diagnose ADHD or justify changing treatment.
• Take diagnostic or treatment questions to a qualified clinician.

Use this to prepare for a conversation, especially if you take medicines, are pregnant or have ongoing sleep problems.

• Ask a clinician about testing and any supplements.
• An overdose of iron can be fatal for a young child, so keep iron products out of their reach.

• Keep the volume low and comfortable.
• Don't mask alarms, traffic or other sounds you need for safety, and stop if the sound causes discomfort.

• Only read or change settings when you're safely parked.
• This routine does not establish that you are fit to drive.
• Follow local licensing rules and any clinical advice given to you.

You do not need to disclose to someone who may use the information to intimidate or harm you.

• Peer support complements professional help.
• Do not follow another member's medication or diagnostic advice.

• For children, melatonin is a decision led by a clinician.
• Discuss side effects, interactions and follow-up.
• This item gives no dosing or self-treatment advice.

• Strong feelings are not always ADHD.
• Seek help promptly for low mood lasting weeks, hopelessness or thoughts of self-harm.

• Follow your prescription.
• If you're not sure whether you've taken a dose, or how to store or organise a medicine, ask your pharmacist or prescriber instead of guessing.
• Keep medicines secure and out of children's reach.
• A reminder does not decide what to take.

• Automatic payments can cause fees when there isn't enough money in the account.
• Check amounts, dates and cancellation terms.
• Automating a bill does not make it affordable.

• Choose activities that suit your child's age, health and ability.
• Ask about adaptations if a medical condition limits exercise.

• Communication exercises are not a solution to coercion or abuse.
• Seek confidential support if you feel unsafe.

• Grief-like feelings do not explain every change in mood.
• Seek help for persistent hopelessness, loss of functioning or thoughts of self-harm.

Praise is support, not a substitute for assessment or a complete parent-training programme.

Persistent exhaustion, low mood or loss of functioning deserves medical attention rather than assuming it is ADHD burnout.

Take threats, injuries or fear between siblings seriously and seek help with keeping everyone safe.

Seek professional support if outbursts involve injury, threats or major disruption.

If you fear you may hurt yourself or someone else, seek urgent help rather than relying on a pause.

• Avoid physical punishment, humiliation or withholding basic needs.
• Ask for professional help if family conflict or aggression is escalating.

Persistent worthlessness, hopelessness or thoughts of self-harm deserve prompt professional support.

• Ask about a trained, structured service before paying for any programme.
• It should fit alongside teaching and the rest of your child's ADHD care.

This means normal daylight, not looking at the sun or using a light therapy device.

• Do not use cycle timing to change medicines yourself.
• Seek help for severe symptoms without waiting to finish a diary.

• Do not assume new chest pain, faintness or severe breathlessness is stress.
• Seek medical help.

• Do not use an RSD label to diagnose yourself or excuse another person's abuse.
• Seek help for severe or persistent distress.

• Mindfulness is not helpful for everyone.
• Stop if it worsens distress, and discuss persistent symptoms with a clinician.

• Discuss supplements with a clinician or pharmacist, especially alongside medicines.
• This is an evidence review, not a recommendation to self-treat.

Do not promise that social skills training will reliably improve ADHD or friendships; the evidence is very uncertain.

• Only a qualified prescriber can decide whether methylphenidate suits your child.
• The estimate is for school age children and does not apply to preschoolers.

• Whether it suits you, and the prescribing, are decisions for a qualified clinician.
• Bring your health history and every medicine you take, including ones bought without a prescription.

• A qualified clinician should tell ADHD apart from normal developmental variation and other conditions.
• Assessment routes differ between countries.

• An online screener cannot confirm ADHD.
• A qualified clinician has to weigh your symptoms, impairment and other possible causes.

• The prescriber directs every medication change.
• Report worrying effects promptly instead of waiting for the next routine review.

• These are clinician-led alternatives, not interchangeable medicines.
• Appetite, sleep and cardiovascular effects need review; the youth estimate does not describe adult efficacy.

• A clinician should decide whether it suits you, check interactions and plan monitoring.
• This adult estimate cannot be assumed to apply to children or to every outcome.

• A qualified prescriber decides whether treatment suits you and which tests are needed.
• A normal screening result does not replace follow-up, and new symptoms still need reporting.

• New problems or side effects mean an earlier review, not a wait.
• Medication decisions belong with your prescriber.

• If you or your child has thoughts of suicide or is in immediate danger, help is available now: contact local emergency services or a crisis line.
• New severe mood changes need prompt clinical assessment, including review of current medicines.

• A specialist must choose and supervise the medicine, and in the UK clonidine is used only on tertiary specialist advice.
• Plan any change, stopping included, with the prescriber, because stopping suddenly can raise blood pressure.

• Eligibility and legal procedures vary by country and school system.
• An ADHD diagnosis does not automatically decide which plan or adjustments a child gets.

• Choose a qualified therapist and keep therapy connected to the rest of your care.
• CBT does not require you to change medication yourself.

• New chest pain, fainting or significant palpitations need prompt medical assessment.
• A clinician should interpret readings and decide whether further tests are needed.

• Screening results need a clinician to interpret them.
• ADHD, autism, learning conditions and tics can occur together, and none of them should be diagnosed or ruled out from a checklist alone.

Ask a clinician or pharmacist to go through treatment options and your medicines with you, including if you are pregnant.

• A clinician should read the growth chart and decide how treatment responds to it.
• Raise appetite or growth worries without changing the medication yourself.

• Contact your prescriber promptly about pregnancy or plans for one.
• Medication decisions need a review of your own situation, and nothing here tells you to change treatment.

If a condition, pain or disability affects exercise, ask a clinician how to adapt it.

• Alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous.
• If you may be dependent, get medical advice before changing your drinking.
• Seizures or hallucinations need emergency help.

• If you or someone else may act on suicidal thoughts, call your local emergency number now, or contact a crisis line or suicide prevention helpline in your country.
• Do not wait for a scheduled appointment.

• Referral rules and ages differ by service and country.
• Confirm with the clinical teams who carries on prescribing and monitoring.

• If you suspect poisoning, get advice quickly from your local poison service or emergency care.
• Changing where you store medicines does not change the instructions for taking them.

• Snoring alone does not diagnose sleep apnoea.
• A clinician needs to assess it, and breathing pauses with marked daytime sleepiness need prompt review.

• Weight loss or growth worries need a clinical review.
• Any change to medicines or their timing must be agreed with the prescriber.

• Who gets tested, and how often, varies by country and by personal risk.
• New symptoms need a clinical assessment, not a wait for the routine check.

• Ongoing sleepiness, pauses in breathing or gasping need medical assessment.
• If sleepiness makes driving unsafe, do not drive, and get clinical advice.

• If sleep problems persist or affect daily life, get assessed.
• Medication changes belong with your prescriber.

• Talk about cannabis alongside your prescribed medicines and other substances.
• This item does not recommend cannabis for ADHD and is not a plan for stopping without supervision.

• Seek urgent help for threats or injury.
• Respond to harm whether your child was targeted, harmed others or both.

Ask a dentist about pain, persistent bleeding, injury or difficulty brushing; supervision and toothpaste use should suit your child's age.

• A helmet does not rule out concussion or other injury.
• Get medical advice after a worrying head injury.

• This cannot diagnose depression.
• For thoughts of suicide, seek help now: contact a crisis line or helpline in your country, and call your local emergency number if anyone is in immediate danger.

• Use the conversation to understand the diagnosis and your options.
• Treatment decisions should be made for you specifically, with your clinician.

Get advice on adapting exercise if illness, injury, balance problems or pain get in the way.

Food allergies, swallowing problems, growth worries or an eating disorder need personal dietary advice.

• Substance use and prescribing need an assessment of your own situation.
• This finding does not support taking someone else's medicine, taking extra, or tackling substance problems without clinical help.

• If your child uses nicotine, ask their healthcare professional about appropriate support.
• Treatment choices for young people need individual advice.

• Get clinical advice for sleep problems that persist.
• Breathing pauses and marked daytime sleepiness need assessment.

• This cannot diagnose anxiety.
• Get prompt help for severe distress, self-harm or major loss of functioning.

• Look for a trained professional who works with young children.
• Parent training gives you tools and support, and it does not mean you caused your child's ADHD.

• Disclosure and workplace rights depend on local rules and your circumstances.
• Ask about confidentiality and share only what the request needs.

• Binge eating disorder needs a clinical assessment.
• Don't start a strict diet on your own, because the NHS says dieting during treatment can make binge eating harder to stop.

• Do not drive if symptoms or side effects make it unsafe.
• Medication does not guarantee safe driving, so get individual clinical advice and follow local licensing rules.

Seek urgent support if you feel unable to keep yourself or your child safe.

Agree what information may be shared and involve your child in a way that fits their age and understanding.

• A relatable video cannot diagnose ADHD or justify changing treatment.
• Take diagnostic or treatment questions to a qualified clinician.

Use this to prepare for a conversation, especially if you take medicines, are pregnant or have ongoing sleep problems.

• Ask a clinician about testing and any supplements.
• An overdose of iron can be fatal for a young child, so keep iron products out of their reach.

• Keep the volume low and comfortable.
• Don't mask alarms, traffic or other sounds you need for safety, and stop if the sound causes discomfort.

• Only read or change settings when you're safely parked.
• This routine does not establish that you are fit to drive.
• Follow local licensing rules and any clinical advice given to you.

You do not need to disclose to someone who may use the information to intimidate or harm you.

• Peer support complements professional help.
• Do not follow another member's medication or diagnostic advice.

• For children, melatonin is a decision led by a clinician.
• Discuss side effects, interactions and follow-up.
• This item gives no dosing or self-treatment advice.

• Strong feelings are not always ADHD.
• Seek help promptly for low mood lasting weeks, hopelessness or thoughts of self-harm.

• Follow your prescription.
• If you're not sure whether you've taken a dose, or how to store or organise a medicine, ask your pharmacist or prescriber instead of guessing.
• Keep medicines secure and out of children's reach.
• A reminder does not decide what to take.

• Automatic payments can cause fees when there isn't enough money in the account.
• Check amounts, dates and cancellation terms.
• Automating a bill does not make it affordable.

• Choose activities that suit your child's age, health and ability.
• Ask about adaptations if a medical condition limits exercise.

• Communication exercises are not a solution to coercion or abuse.
• Seek confidential support if you feel unsafe.

• Grief-like feelings do not explain every change in mood.
• Seek help for persistent hopelessness, loss of functioning or thoughts of self-harm.

Praise is support, not a substitute for assessment or a complete parent-training programme.

Persistent exhaustion, low mood or loss of functioning deserves medical attention rather than assuming it is ADHD burnout.

Take threats, injuries or fear between siblings seriously and seek help with keeping everyone safe.

Seek professional support if outbursts involve injury, threats or major disruption.

If you fear you may hurt yourself or someone else, seek urgent help rather than relying on a pause.

• Avoid physical punishment, humiliation or withholding basic needs.
• Ask for professional help if family conflict or aggression is escalating.

Persistent worthlessness, hopelessness or thoughts of self-harm deserve prompt professional support.

• Ask about a trained, structured service before paying for any programme.
• It should fit alongside teaching and the rest of your child's ADHD care.

This means normal daylight, not looking at the sun or using a light therapy device.

• Do not use cycle timing to change medicines yourself.
• Seek help for severe symptoms without waiting to finish a diary.

• Do not assume new chest pain, faintness or severe breathlessness is stress.
• Seek medical help.

• Do not use an RSD label to diagnose yourself or excuse another person's abuse.
• Seek help for severe or persistent distress.

• Mindfulness is not helpful for everyone.
• Stop if it worsens distress, and discuss persistent symptoms with a clinician.

• Discuss supplements with a clinician or pharmacist, especially alongside medicines.
• This is an evidence review, not a recommendation to self-treat.

Do not promise that social skills training will reliably improve ADHD or friendships; the evidence is very uncertain.

• Only a qualified prescriber can decide whether methylphenidate suits your child.
• The estimate is for school age children and does not apply to preschoolers.

• Whether it suits you, and the prescribing, are decisions for a qualified clinician.
• Bring your health history and every medicine you take, including ones bought without a prescription.

• A qualified clinician should tell ADHD apart from normal developmental variation and other conditions.
• Assessment routes differ between countries.

• An online screener cannot confirm ADHD.
• A qualified clinician has to weigh your symptoms, impairment and other possible causes.

• The prescriber directs every medication change.
• Report worrying effects promptly instead of waiting for the next routine review.

• These are clinician-led alternatives, not interchangeable medicines.
• Appetite, sleep and cardiovascular effects need review; the youth estimate does not describe adult efficacy.

• A clinician should decide whether it suits you, check interactions and plan monitoring.
• This adult estimate cannot be assumed to apply to children or to every outcome.

• A qualified prescriber decides whether treatment suits you and which tests are needed.
• A normal screening result does not replace follow-up, and new symptoms still need reporting.

• New problems or side effects mean an earlier review, not a wait.
• Medication decisions belong with your prescriber.

• If you or your child has thoughts of suicide or is in immediate danger, help is available now: contact local emergency services or a crisis line.
• New severe mood changes need prompt clinical assessment, including review of current medicines.

• A specialist must choose and supervise the medicine, and in the UK clonidine is used only on tertiary specialist advice.
• Plan any change, stopping included, with the prescriber, because stopping suddenly can raise blood pressure.

• Eligibility and legal procedures vary by country and school system.
• An ADHD diagnosis does not automatically decide which plan or adjustments a child gets.

• Choose a qualified therapist and keep therapy connected to the rest of your care.
• CBT does not require you to change medication yourself.

• New chest pain, fainting or significant palpitations need prompt medical assessment.
• A clinician should interpret readings and decide whether further tests are needed.

• Screening results need a clinician to interpret them.
• ADHD, autism, learning conditions and tics can occur together, and none of them should be diagnosed or ruled out from a checklist alone.

Ask a clinician or pharmacist to go through treatment options and your medicines with you, including if you are pregnant.

• A clinician should read the growth chart and decide how treatment responds to it.
• Raise appetite or growth worries without changing the medication yourself.

• Contact your prescriber promptly about pregnancy or plans for one.
• Medication decisions need a review of your own situation, and nothing here tells you to change treatment.

If a condition, pain or disability affects exercise, ask a clinician how to adapt it.

• Alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous.
• If you may be dependent, get medical advice before changing your drinking.
• Seizures or hallucinations need emergency help.

• If you or someone else may act on suicidal thoughts, call your local emergency number now, or contact a crisis line or suicide prevention helpline in your country.
• Do not wait for a scheduled appointment.

• Referral rules and ages differ by service and country.
• Confirm with the clinical teams who carries on prescribing and monitoring.

• If you suspect poisoning, get advice quickly from your local poison service or emergency care.
• Changing where you store medicines does not change the instructions for taking them.

• Snoring alone does not diagnose sleep apnoea.
• A clinician needs to assess it, and breathing pauses with marked daytime sleepiness need prompt review.

• Weight loss or growth worries need a clinical review.
• Any change to medicines or their timing must be agreed with the prescriber.

• Who gets tested, and how often, varies by country and by personal risk.
• New symptoms need a clinical assessment, not a wait for the routine check.

• Ongoing sleepiness, pauses in breathing or gasping need medical assessment.
• If sleepiness makes driving unsafe, do not drive, and get clinical advice.

• If sleep problems persist or affect daily life, get assessed.
• Medication changes belong with your prescriber.

• Talk about cannabis alongside your prescribed medicines and other substances.
• This item does not recommend cannabis for ADHD and is not a plan for stopping without supervision.

• Seek urgent help for threats or injury.
• Respond to harm whether your child was targeted, harmed others or both.

Ask a dentist about pain, persistent bleeding, injury or difficulty brushing; supervision and toothpaste use should suit your child's age.

• A helmet does not rule out concussion or other injury.
• Get medical advice after a worrying head injury.

• This cannot diagnose depression.
• For thoughts of suicide, seek help now: contact a crisis line or helpline in your country, and call your local emergency number if anyone is in immediate danger.

• Use the conversation to understand the diagnosis and your options.
• Treatment decisions should be made for you specifically, with your clinician.

Get advice on adapting exercise if illness, injury, balance problems or pain get in the way.

Food allergies, swallowing problems, growth worries or an eating disorder need personal dietary advice.

• Substance use and prescribing need an assessment of your own situation.
• This finding does not support taking someone else's medicine, taking extra, or tackling substance problems without clinical help.

• If your child uses nicotine, ask their healthcare professional about appropriate support.
• Treatment choices for young people need individual advice.

• Get clinical advice for sleep problems that persist.
• Breathing pauses and marked daytime sleepiness need assessment.

• This cannot diagnose anxiety.
• Get prompt help for severe distress, self-harm or major loss of functioning.

• Look for a trained professional who works with young children.
• Parent training gives you tools and support, and it does not mean you caused your child's ADHD.

• Disclosure and workplace rights depend on local rules and your circumstances.
• Ask about confidentiality and share only what the request needs.

• Binge eating disorder needs a clinical assessment.
• Don't start a strict diet on your own, because the NHS says dieting during treatment can make binge eating harder to stop.

• Do not drive if symptoms or side effects make it unsafe.
• Medication does not guarantee safe driving, so get individual clinical advice and follow local licensing rules.

Seek urgent support if you feel unable to keep yourself or your child safe.

Agree what information may be shared and involve your child in a way that fits their age and understanding.

• A relatable video cannot diagnose ADHD or justify changing treatment.
• Take diagnostic or treatment questions to a qualified clinician.

Use this to prepare for a conversation, especially if you take medicines, are pregnant or have ongoing sleep problems.

• Ask a clinician about testing and any supplements.
• An overdose of iron can be fatal for a young child, so keep iron products out of their reach.

• Keep the volume low and comfortable.
• Don't mask alarms, traffic or other sounds you need for safety, and stop if the sound causes discomfort.

• Only read or change settings when you're safely parked.
• This routine does not establish that you are fit to drive.
• Follow local licensing rules and any clinical advice given to you.

You do not need to disclose to someone who may use the information to intimidate or harm you.

• Peer support complements professional help.
• Do not follow another member's medication or diagnostic advice.

• For children, melatonin is a decision led by a clinician.
• Discuss side effects, interactions and follow-up.
• This item gives no dosing or self-treatment advice.

• Strong feelings are not always ADHD.
• Seek help promptly for low mood lasting weeks, hopelessness or thoughts of self-harm.

• Follow your prescription.
• If you're not sure whether you've taken a dose, or how to store or organise a medicine, ask your pharmacist or prescriber instead of guessing.
• Keep medicines secure and out of children's reach.
• A reminder does not decide what to take.

• Automatic payments can cause fees when there isn't enough money in the account.
• Check amounts, dates and cancellation terms.
• Automating a bill does not make it affordable.

• Choose activities that suit your child's age, health and ability.
• Ask about adaptations if a medical condition limits exercise.

• Communication exercises are not a solution to coercion or abuse.
• Seek confidential support if you feel unsafe.

• Grief-like feelings do not explain every change in mood.
• Seek help for persistent hopelessness, loss of functioning or thoughts of self-harm.

Praise is support, not a substitute for assessment or a complete parent-training programme.

Persistent exhaustion, low mood or loss of functioning deserves medical attention rather than assuming it is ADHD burnout.

Take threats, injuries or fear between siblings seriously and seek help with keeping everyone safe.

Seek professional support if outbursts involve injury, threats or major disruption.

If you fear you may hurt yourself or someone else, seek urgent help rather than relying on a pause.

• Avoid physical punishment, humiliation or withholding basic needs.
• Ask for professional help if family conflict or aggression is escalating.

Persistent worthlessness, hopelessness or thoughts of self-harm deserve prompt professional support.

• Ask about a trained, structured service before paying for any programme.
• It should fit alongside teaching and the rest of your child's ADHD care.

This means normal daylight, not looking at the sun or using a light therapy device.

• Do not use cycle timing to change medicines yourself.
• Seek help for severe symptoms without waiting to finish a diary.

• Do not assume new chest pain, faintness or severe breathlessness is stress.
• Seek medical help.

• Do not use an RSD label to diagnose yourself or excuse another person's abuse.
• Seek help for severe or persistent distress.

• Mindfulness is not helpful for everyone.
• Stop if it worsens distress, and discuss persistent symptoms with a clinician.

• Discuss supplements with a clinician or pharmacist, especially alongside medicines.
• This is an evidence review, not a recommendation to self-treat.

Do not promise that social skills training will reliably improve ADHD or friendships; the evidence is very uncertain.

If a condition, pain or disability affects exercise, ask a clinician how to adapt it.

• Automatic payments can cause fees when there isn't enough money in the account.
• Check amounts, dates and cancellation terms.
• Automating a bill does not make it affordable.

• Choose activities that suit your child's age, health and ability.
• Ask about adaptations if a medical condition limits exercise.

• Only a qualified prescriber can decide whether methylphenidate suits your child.
• The estimate is for school age children and does not apply to preschoolers.

• Whether it suits you, and the prescribing, are decisions for a qualified clinician.
• Bring your health history and every medicine you take, including ones bought without a prescription.

• A qualified clinician should tell ADHD apart from normal developmental variation and other conditions.
• Assessment routes differ between countries.

• An online screener cannot confirm ADHD.
• A qualified clinician has to weigh your symptoms, impairment and other possible causes.

• The prescriber directs every medication change.
• Report worrying effects promptly instead of waiting for the next routine review.

• These are clinician-led alternatives, not interchangeable medicines.
• Appetite, sleep and cardiovascular effects need review; the youth estimate does not describe adult efficacy.

• A clinician should decide whether it suits you, check interactions and plan monitoring.
• This adult estimate cannot be assumed to apply to children or to every outcome.

• A qualified prescriber decides whether treatment suits you and which tests are needed.
• A normal screening result does not replace follow-up, and new symptoms still need reporting.

• New problems or side effects mean an earlier review, not a wait.
• Medication decisions belong with your prescriber.

• If you or your child has thoughts of suicide or is in immediate danger, help is available now: contact local emergency services or a crisis line.
• New severe mood changes need prompt clinical assessment, including review of current medicines.

• A specialist must choose and supervise the medicine, and in the UK clonidine is used only on tertiary specialist advice.
• Plan any change, stopping included, with the prescriber, because stopping suddenly can raise blood pressure.

• Eligibility and legal procedures vary by country and school system.
• An ADHD diagnosis does not automatically decide which plan or adjustments a child gets.

• Choose a qualified therapist and keep therapy connected to the rest of your care.
• CBT does not require you to change medication yourself.

• New chest pain, fainting or significant palpitations need prompt medical assessment.
• A clinician should interpret readings and decide whether further tests are needed.

• Screening results need a clinician to interpret them.
• ADHD, autism, learning conditions and tics can occur together, and none of them should be diagnosed or ruled out from a checklist alone.

• A clinician should read the growth chart and decide how treatment responds to it.
• Raise appetite or growth worries without changing the medication yourself.

• Contact your prescriber promptly about pregnancy or plans for one.
• Medication decisions need a review of your own situation, and nothing here tells you to change treatment.

If a condition, pain or disability affects exercise, ask a clinician how to adapt it.

• Referral rules and ages differ by service and country.
• Confirm with the clinical teams who carries on prescribing and monitoring.

• Weight loss or growth worries need a clinical review.
• Any change to medicines or their timing must be agreed with the prescriber.

• Ongoing sleepiness, pauses in breathing or gasping need medical assessment.
• If sleepiness makes driving unsafe, do not drive, and get clinical advice.

• If sleep problems persist or affect daily life, get assessed.
• Medication changes belong with your prescriber.

• Use the conversation to understand the diagnosis and your options.
• Treatment decisions should be made for you specifically, with your clinician.

Get advice on adapting exercise if illness, injury, balance problems or pain get in the way.

• Substance use and prescribing need an assessment of your own situation.
• This finding does not support taking someone else's medicine, taking extra, or tackling substance problems without clinical help.

• Get clinical advice for sleep problems that persist.
• Breathing pauses and marked daytime sleepiness need assessment.

• Look for a trained professional who works with young children.
• Parent training gives you tools and support, and it does not mean you caused your child's ADHD.

• Disclosure and workplace rights depend on local rules and your circumstances.
• Ask about confidentiality and share only what the request needs.

• Binge eating disorder needs a clinical assessment.
• Don't start a strict diet on your own, because the NHS says dieting during treatment can make binge eating harder to stop.

• Do not drive if symptoms or side effects make it unsafe.
• Medication does not guarantee safe driving, so get individual clinical advice and follow local licensing rules.

• Keep the volume low and comfortable.
• Don't mask alarms, traffic or other sounds you need for safety, and stop if the sound causes discomfort.

• Only read or change settings when you're safely parked.
• This routine does not establish that you are fit to drive.
• Follow local licensing rules and any clinical advice given to you.

• Follow your prescription.
• If you're not sure whether you've taken a dose, or how to store or organise a medicine, ask your pharmacist or prescriber instead of guessing.
• Keep medicines secure and out of children's reach.
• A reminder does not decide what to take.

• Automatic payments can cause fees when there isn't enough money in the account.
• Check amounts, dates and cancellation terms.
• Automating a bill does not make it affordable.

• Choose activities that suit your child's age, health and ability.
• Ask about adaptations if a medical condition limits exercise.

• Ask about a trained, structured service before paying for any programme.
• It should fit alongside teaching and the rest of your child's ADHD care.

• Do not use cycle timing to change medicines yourself.
• Seek help for severe symptoms without waiting to finish a diary.