Actually ADHD | Medication Strategies & Clinical Wisdom

Adult ADHD from the board-certified PMHNP behind the YouTube channel Focus Path and the book The Process. Clinical perspective on medication, frameworks, and the conversations the internet hasn't been having.

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  Episode #19

  Lindsey Clancy DSM 5-TR Deep Drive

  Sep 3, 202634 min

  Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, opens the DSM-5-TR and works the Lindsay Clancy case the way a clinician actually works a differential, starting with the forensic cautionary statement at the front of the book that almost nobody covering this trial has read. This episode covers: What the DSM-5 actually is, including its function as a billing and coding system and why "it's all made up" misses the point The manual's own instructions on use, and why criteria are not meant to be applied in cookbook fashion The cautionary statement for forensic use and why a diagnosis carries no necessary implication about control over behavior Brief psychotic disorder criteria and the one day to one month duration requirement Malingering and the four indicators the manual says to consider, three of which are present here Antisocial personality disorder and why it does not fit Narcissistic personality disorder read directly from the criteria and diagnostic features The OCPD differential and where it separates from narcissistic presentation Why ADHD and impulsivity make fast conclusions from media coverage particularly risky Growing up in Duxbury and what the status dynamics look like from the inside Telepsychiatry versus in person for clinical observation The longest episode of Actually ADHD so far. The book The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication is available on Amazon Find the YouTube channel Focus Path | PMHNP-BC for the full clinical education catalog. For educational purposes only. Not medical advice. Consult your own provider for clinical decisions.

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  Episode #18

  Media literacy amid true crime mobs and ADHD

  Aug 31, 202622 min

  Psychiatric nurse practitioner Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, connects the dots between true crime consumption, mob psychology, and ADHD executive function. In this episode of Actually ADHD, we discuss how information bypasses logical thought, why intelligent people lose rationality inside mobs, the DSM-5-TR definition of trauma through media exposure, the difference between the Karen Read and Lindsay Clancy cases, and how law tubers pivoting from one trial to the next reveals more about the business model than the justice system. This is not a true crime breakdown. This is a mental health professional explaining what consuming true crime is doing to your brain. The first crime statistics published for public consumption changed nothing about the crime rate. They changed the perception of it. (New York City, late 1800s) DSM-5-TR Criterion A for PTSD includes exposure to traumatic material through electronic media — if it's part of your job. True crime creators qualify. (APA, 2022) Astroturfing: a coordinated effort to manufacture a grassroots movement. If you don't know whether the comments you're reading are bots, you can't know what the consensus actually is. Just like we put food in our body, we put information in our mind. Make sure there's a point to it. Actually ADHD is sponsored by the Focus Path YouTube channel — practical ADHD strategies from a nurse practitioner with 20,000+ hours of clinical experience. Subscribe at @FocusPathSystems The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication — available now on Amazon

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  Episode #17

  Lindsay Clancey Part 2: Mental Health, Law, and Narcissism Reflections

  Aug 18, 20268 min

  Psychiatric nurse practitioner Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, returns to the Lindsay Clancy case for a deeper clinical perspective. In this episode of Actually ADHD, we move past the media circus and into the clinical reality — what psychosis actually looks like, why personality disorders are the more logical differential diagnosis, and why the mob's narrative keeps stretching further from the facts. After twenty years in psychiatry starting from one-to-ones with psychotic patients on a 27-bed acute unit to prescribing medication in private practice, this case is not about the system failing a patient. The question is straightforward — did she knowingly kill her children or was she out of her mind? The benzodiazepine prescriptions, the timing around her return to work, the fact that she said she wanted to start therapy but never did — these are the details the media skips past while framing her as a victim. Narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic injury are discussed as the most clinically logical explanation for what happened. Narcissistic injury can and does kill. The concept of mentalization — the ability to understand that other people have their own thoughts and emotions — is central to understanding the pathology underneath. Not everyone operates with the same concept of self and others. If you are a golden rule person, not everybody is. A parent kills a child every three days. Brown University FBI arrest data, 32-year longitudinal study. The rate has been stable for decades. This episode also raises the question of whether the mob's influence on this case could affect the legal outcome, and what it means when media narrative overrides the rule of law. Next episode: Reddit — more tea to spill. Actually ADHD is sponsored by the Focus Path YouTube channel — practical ADHD strategies from a nurse practitioner with 20,000+ hours of clinical experience. Subscribe at @FocusPathSystems The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication — available now on Amazon

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  Episode #16

  PMHNP-BC Talks About Lindsay Clancey (My Hometown)

  Aug 10, 202621 min

  Psychiatric nurse practitioner and Duxbury native Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, breaks down the Lindsay Clancy trial from a clinical and local perspective. In this episode of Actually ADHD, we discuss how misinformation spreads through echo chambers, the difference between postpartum depression and personality disorders, why the mob mentality around this case is dangerous, and what it's actually like to live in Duxbury, Massachusetts — the Pine Barrens, not the South Shore. Includes discussion of group psychology, media literacy, and how to filter information during high-profile criminal cases. This is not a true crime breakdown. This is a mental health professional's perspective on a case that hits close to home. A mother kills a child every 3 days in the US. The rate has been stable for 32 years. (Brown University, FBI arrest data) Postpartum psychosis affects 1-2 in every 1,000 women. (MGH Center for Women's Mental Health) Actually ADHD is sponsored by the Focus Path YouTube channel — practical ADHD strategies from a nurse practitioner with 20,000+ hours of clinical experience. Subscribe at @FocusPathSystems The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication — available now on Amazon

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  Episode #15

  ADHD Medication Generic Drug Problems & Shortages

  Aug 3, 202617 min

  How to actually navigate the current ADHD medication shortage and the generic manufacturing variability underneath it. Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, walks through what the Reddit narrative gets wrong, why Adderall XR generics have the least reliable quality control, and how to work the pharmacy system to find your medication. This episode covers: The August 2026 ADHD medication shortage compared to the 2020-2021 shortage and why this one is harder to work around Why the "I can't function" Reddit echo chamber distorts the actual choices patients have Why medication optimization matters more than any specific generic manufacturer and what optimization would do to shortages overall The Adderall XR generic manufacturing problem: many manufacturers, low quality control, high variability Why patients should never lock into "I have to have brand X" thinking when generic manufacturers shift constantly The medications with better quality control: brand-only, Dexedrine Spansules, Vyvanse, Mydayis, Focalin, and the various methylphenidate extended-release options Why Concerta's spherical versus oblong tablet distinction matters for absorption The pharmacy hierarchy: pharmacy-first stores versus grocery-store pharmacies (Safeway, Fred Meyer, Hannaford) versus big-box (Costco, Sam's Club) versus mail order (Express Scripts) The polite pharmacy-transfer script that gets a prescription moved without provider intervention Why one pharmacist saying "we'll never have it" is not a reliable signal about the wider supply The middleman supplier reality: one pharmacy on a block is out while the one across the street has stock When to switch medications entirely: Mydayis, Vyvanse, Dexedrine, or the methylphenidate family as alternatives to Adderall XR Why the controlled substance barriers happen before pickup and picking up your medication is not a suspect act Why consistency matters more than the "best" medication, and how daily consistency compounds into new habits and new neural pathways This is the fifteenth episode of Actually ADHD. Previous episodes covered the optimization blueprint, the medication walkthrough, the Goldilocks Zone framework, the seven reasons medication fails, ADHD and identity, the ADHD Matrix, the peer clinician perspective, the DRT origin story, the Focus Path YouTube channel reflection, the Friction and Flow talk, the guanfacine controversy, the Vyvanse deep dive, and the Ride Out or Bail side effects framework. The book The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2Z6PM4T Find the YouTube channel Focus Path | PMHNP-BC for the full clinical education catalog.

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