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Who can you trust when trying to get the best advice about ADHD in children? I have asked that question and put it in the title of this article for a very specific reason. It is basically because I was shocked to read something on a very well known medical site this morning.This stated that when seeking a doctor’s advice in the case of a doubtful diagnosis, you could ask him to put your child on medication to see if it would help the child’s hyperactivity. If it did, this would probably mean that your child has ADHD!I could not believe that a medical site would recommend this sort of trial and error attitude. I know that ADHD diagnosis can be tricky sometimes and also complicated by the co-morbid disorders that exist but getting a proper diagnosis should be top priority. In any case prescribing meds, especially powerful mind lvnv funding llc altering drugs such as psychostimulants does not seem to me the way to go.Talking about who we can trust as regards the ADHD disorder in children, there is also the problem of the child’s teacher recommending Ritalin to kids who just happen to be hyperactive in class! This is going on all the time and again, I would never trust a teacher who was pushing meds like Ritalin or Adderall as that is not her job! But some schools are very demanding and are overstepping the mark in recommending psychostimulants in the absence of a proper diagnosis.Let us say that you have received a proper diagnosis from a specialist in the ADHD field and you are wondering what is the next step. If your specialist is really somebody you can trust and knows what he is talking about, then he will be recommending a multi pronged approach to treatment.