as someone with a teen whose ADHD does not respond very well to standard therapies, and who had seven years of treatment trials, intensive therapies, and hospitalizations before finally finding a medical protocol that MOSTLY works, and who still needs a fairly high level of support to function in school... everything about this kid SCREAMS "unmanaged severe ADHD with emotional dysregulation".

Emotional dysregulation is, I think, an often undiscussed symptom of ADHD, but it can be the primary disruptive symptom -- it is for my kid. And this just....