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A  most recent research trial, conducted by a pharmaceutical hack, found that St. John’s Wort was no more effective than placebo in alleviating symptoms of ADHD in children.  You could read this as no more effective than antidepressant medication if you’ve read my previous posts.  John Grohol notes that this study was conducted by Joseph Biederman who has been outed by CLPsych as having taken 1.6 million dollars from the pharaceutical industry which he didn’t report between 2000 and 2007.  So, you can take this for what it’s worth.  Maybe there’s no bias here, but I don’t believe in non-biased research.  If you do, then you can feel comforted by the fact that a cheap/safe alternative to stimulant medications does not exists.