> You say it's a myth, and yet I have direct knowledge of a case where it went that way.
Anecdotes like this are purely coincidental. Parents think they notice one thing, then later get an ADHD diagnosis and assume they’re both related.
Like I said, caffeine and ADHD medications don’t actually substitute for each other and have drastically different effects. Caffeine is not an effective ADHD medication, so it’s not relevant to the studies you’re linking.
Anecdotes like this are purely coincidental. Parents think they notice one thing, then later get an ADHD diagnosis and assume they’re both related.
Like I said, caffeine and ADHD medications don’t actually substitute for each other and have drastically different effects. Caffeine is not an effective ADHD medication, so it’s not relevant to the studies you’re linking.