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ADHD-Late Diagnosis I: Consequences
Of all the ADHDers I’ve seen in my office over the years, the ones in the most distress are almost always the folks that were diagnosed or treated later in life - from their 20’s and on. They usually had significant...
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ADHD - Getting to Sleep is So Boring
It’s well known that difficulty getting to sleep is common with ADHDers. I assume it was related to dopamine depletion when my wife, from a whole family of ADHDers said that she found getting to sleep to be boring!...
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ADHD - If I’d Only Known Then…
I’ve been treating and diagnosing ADHD and raising ADHD kids for almost 50 years. When I started there was no such thing as ADD of ADHD, very limited research, very limited evaluation techniques (think Tests) and not...
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ADHD-What’s the Problem with Medication
ADHD is most treatable disorder in the Diagnostic Manual, if you include the use of medication, principally stimulants combine with therapy. In spite of the apparent ease of this approach, many are resistant to the...
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ADHD-Diagnosing Adults
ADHD originally was seen as a childhood disorder. Now we know ADHD persists throughout life, but the diagnostic criteria is still based on children. This presents a problem for us diagnosticians. We know that the...
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ADHD- Using systems theory to understand the ADHD family
System theory posits that what effects one part of a system effects every part of that system. This means that having an ADHD child effects every other member of the family.
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ADHD-You didn’t cause the problem, but you are part of the solution
This is a continuation of the last episode urging ADHD parents to not feel guilty because of their child’s ADHD, but use their energy to focus on treatment and development of compensatory strategies.
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ADHD-You didn’t cause the problem, but you are part of the solution
Parents of ADHD kids frequently feel guilty and/or inadequate because of their child’s behavior. They feel responsible and, indeed, most of us have a helpful relative or neighbor who is more than willing to tell us...
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ADHD-Accept and Adapt
Partners first and ADHD children next have to learn to accept the difficulties and benefits of ADHD. Much like short parents are probably going to have to accept the fact that their child is unlikely to play...
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ADHD-“Natural Remedies”
In the ADHD world, especially on the internet, there are countless claims of natural plants, herbs and natural remedies that cure ADHD. As parents, most of us would prefer to give our children something natural to...
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ADHD- What do you expect?
ADHD kids get an average of 70 critical comments per day. They are taught in a system that isn’t designed for their unique nervous system. They are taught and coached by individuals who , on the whole, don’t...
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ADHD-Positive Strengths II
ADHDers get tons of criticism (on average 70 critical comments per day). Last time we started considering some of the positive strengths of ADHD. Now we’re going to continue and add even more positive strengths of ADHD.
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