Overprescribed? There are other options Production of the medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has skyrocketed in recent decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that ADHD diagnoses in children increased by about 41 percentTrusted Source between 2003 and 2011. It was estimated that 11 percent of childrenTrusted Source between the ages of 4 and 17 years old had been diagnosed...