[briHass]

Doctors prescribe stimulant medication for ADHD because it is remarkably effective, well-understood, and reasonably safe, if doses are controlled and potential addiction is managed. Why would a doctor mess around with a less effective (arguably, not effective), poorly tested supplement?

If the traditional medications don't work or have intolerable side effects, maybe that's the time to explore uncommon approaches, but that generally is not the case for the stimulant meds.

[user_7832]

I fully agree with your point of prescribing well known meds. (By the way tyrosine as a natural ammino acid is fairly "safe"). What I meant was as a response to the OP where they talked about how "if it worked, they'd be selling it as a medicine". It may be much "lighter"/less effective for sure, but there may be some patients (for example with depression, or those hesitant to take stimulants) who may still benefit.

> If the traditional medications don't work or have intolerable side effects, maybe that's the time to explore uncommon approaches, but that generally is not the case for the stimulant meds.

It may not be the case for probably 70-80% of patients, but a lot of people complain of reduced appetite. I would experience annoying joint/muscle pain that can apparently be a "very common" (more than 1 in 10) side effect. (This is not specific to tyrosine, just replying to your comment specifically. I didn't realize that different stimulant meds can reduce/stop side effects altogether to such an extent until some time back.)