Actually ADHD is ranked #1 on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for ADHD medication. In this episode, Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, tells the story behind the perspective: crashing out at 22, taking a job for the health insurance, and working his way from counselor on an adult inpatient psych unit at Pembroke Hospital to nurse on the child and adolescent psychiatry unit at Boston Children’s Hospital, then to psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner at an ADHD clinic.

He explains why he left inpatient psychiatry and pediatrics to treat adults only, how a psychiatric nurse practitioner’s training shapes the way he talks about ADHD medication, and why he doesn’t present himself as the authority figure common on physician-led podcasts. Having taken ADHD medication himself through adolescence and adulthood, he describes learning that ADHD medication treatment is less about the drug and more about the individual: the right medication, for the right person, for the right reason.

The episode also introduces Rx Info, his YouTube series of in-depth medication reviews covering manufacturing, FDA regulation, track record and clinical use, with a new episode on Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine). It previews the Prescriber’s Toolkit, an upcoming podcast series for patients and clinicians on how ADHD medications like methylphenidate are used in real practice.

Educational content only. This podcast does not provide medical advice. Talk with your own prescriber before starting, stopping or changing any medication.

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