A viewer commented "should I just give up and wait till I move to a country that can treat my ADHD?" The answer is no. In this episode, psychiatric nurse practitioner Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, pulls up the analytics from the Focus Path YouTube channel and goes country by country through the ADHD treatment landscape for his international audience.
131,000 people are waiting for ADHD assessments in the UK. Some waits reach 8.5 years. In Australia, GPs were just allowed to prescribe stimulants for the first time in 2025. Adderall is banned across the entire EU. Germany schedules methylphenidate alongside morphine. Wellbutrin cannot be prescribed for depression or ADHD in the UK, only for smoking cessation.
Countries covered: United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Europe broadly, India, Scandinavia, Poland, New Zealand.
No matter what system you are in, this episode breaks down what medications are available, how to navigate the barriers, and why being symptom-focused matters more than being drug-focused. The process works regardless of which country you are in.
The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication, available on Amazon
Focus Path YouTube Channel, @FocusPathSystems
X (Twitter): @ADHDAuthority
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