[When parents are concerned about their child taking medicine for their ADHD], I counter their concerns by worrying about the potential “side effects” of not taking the medication: namely, their children struggling to stay focused and getting frustrated when they couldn’t. After envisioning that scenario, the decision became far less difficult.

For some adults with ADHD, the disorder may not be perceived as wholly negative…

Adults with ADHD don’t typically try to understand why things went wrong. We move on to the next shiny thing.

We’ve known, for over 30 years, that adults have ADHD.  Why are there still clinicians who are unable or unwilling to diagnose or treat adult ADHD? 

As they say, problems with inattention and distractibility are only the tip of the iceberg.  ADHD can effect many aspects of life.  

Dr. Russell Barkley, famed ADHD researcher, shocked the ADHD world by telling us, people with undiagnosed ADHD die, on average, 12 years earlier than people without ADHD.

  I hate when people deny it's a real issue.

Like putting glasses on my brain

Night and day for me

The eight greatest challenges for people with ADHD according to a survey at r/adhd.

If you want an ADHD evaluation, and even treatment, you are in luck, even if you lack local resources. 

It seems that the more I learn about ADHDthe less confident I become about what I know! 

This is the best elevator speech about ADHD that I ever read!!.

To those who have children that are neurodivergent and say they "don't want to limit them by putting labels on them……

I hunt for misinformation about ADHD on the web. Sometimes I wonder if I am distracted, going down rabbit holes that don’t relate to my mission

I hunt for misinformation about ADHD on the web. Sometimes I wonder if I am distracted, going down rabbit holes that don’t relate to my mission

Is the ADHD World getting turned upside down? Psychologists recommend medication to treat ADHD while a psychiatrist promotes non-medical treatments?

It is commonly said by many, that people with ADHD don’t need to be fixed. It is our environment that causes our struggles.

It is commonly said by many, that people with ADHD don’t need to be fixed. It is our environment that causes our struggles.

ADHD is not a deficit of attention but an inability to pay attention to what’s boring. We can pay massive attention to what truly interests us.

Medication is the most effective treatment of ADHD. Valid research demonstrates this. We are fortunate to have such an effective treatment.