Other drugs patients. ritalin only works for about 60 percent of a.d.h. d. patients. tests showed that armando belongs to a subtype that ritalin isn't suitable for instead of feeling fidgety like he did in elementary school he started feeling listless he got lost in his own world and was unable to structure his day to day life child psychiatrist barrett cough has prescribed him another drug that works for his a.d.h. the subtype. sometimes psychotherapy isn't enough and the patient needs medication and now because of the data we have on brain physiology we know which drug is the right one just ...