ADHD drug shortage making life a ‘nightmare’ for Kent families

Hairdresser and single mother Tracy McKenzie has ADHD, along with her 10-year-old daughter and teenage son.

“My son is on a high strength of stimulant medication and without it becomes impulsive and aggressive,” said Ms McKenzie, from Dartford.

“Every month I worry about trying to get medication for us all, which then impacts my own mental health.

“I phone many chemists within a 20-mile radius to find which has it in stock and pray that, by the time the doctor writes the prescription, someone else hasn’t managed to get the last of it before me.

“It’s a living nightmare.”