App Roundup: Helpful Suggestions for 2019

Smartphones can distract us. But when you have ADHD, they can be a very helpful tool. Your app store offers plenty of handy apps. Most are free or cost less than $5. We looked at several that might help make your life easier. Smartphone executive function You can use your smartphone as an extension of…

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When Medication Costs Too Much: Prescription Assistance

A commonly prescribed stimulant medication can cost about $202.39 for a month’s prescription, before insurance coverage. Depending on your insurance plan’s “tiers” of medications, your copay could range from $11 to $110 for that prescription. Many families look at their prescription costs and wonder how they will meet them—or how they can manage ADHD symptoms…

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Connecting With Your Partner Amid Chaos

Ask the Expert Couples with ADHD: Creating Caring Connection Amid the Chaos Featuring Carol Robbins, PhD Friday, January 25, 3 p.m. ET Work, children, family, activities, meetings, grocery shopping—life can be busy! Strengthening our relationships with our spouses and partners is an ongoing goal, but it can seem like the demands of daily life too…

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Finding the Right Summer Camp

If you’re thinking about summer camp for your child, now’s the time select a camp—before places fill up. A little research into camping options, costs, and availability now can mean a happier summer for both your child and you. Camping with ADHD “Camp is simply an opportunity for kids to learn and grow in a…

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Skip the Resolutions, Pick a New Year’s Theme

We’re halfway through January. Have you broken your New Year’s resolution yet? You did? Good, it’s quite all right. Only about eight percent of people who make resolutions actually keep them. We can safely guess that the majority of people who deal with ADHD symptoms are not going to keep their New Year’s resolutions. A…

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Dr. Barkley To Share His Research On ADHD and Life Expectancy

Special Presentation: Health and Life Expectancy in ADHD: Treatment Matters More Than You Think Featuring Russell A. Barkley, PhD Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1:30 p.m. Join us for a special presentation from Dr. Barkley on his research on ADHD and how treatment has the possibility of adding an average of nine to 13 years to your…

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Podcast: How Does Treating ADHD Improve Health?

Ask the NRC Podcast: Untreated ADHD Reduces Life Expectancy Featuring Russell A. Barkley, PhD Hear directly from Dr. Barkley about his research showing the importance of treating ADHD symptoms—it can mean adding up to 13 more years to your life! The research has the possibility of changing how we approach treatment and improving our understanding…

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Executive Function Affects Your Life and Goals

Recently released research by leading ADHD authority Russell A. Barkley, PhD, demonstrates the importance of treating ADHD to improve health and longevity. This is because, in part, ADHD is a disorder of executive function—the brain’s ability to organize, remember, and use information. Since the late 1970s, clinical researchers who were studying ADHD asserted that the…

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The Message is Clear: Treating ADHD Increases How Long You May Live

You knew that treating ADHD symptoms was important but now we understand how important—choosing to treat ADHD can help you or your child to live longer, healthier lives. Treatment for ADHD, along with the related health risks it poses, has the possibility of adding an average of nine to 13 years to the lifespan of…

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New Toolkit Helps Parents Work with Schools

ADHD and School: A Toolkit for Parents Sometimes it can be hard to work with your child’s school to get accommodations or to resolve a problem when there has been an academic or behavioral issue. You might not know where to start or when to look for help. Our school toolkit is designed to help…

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Resolved to Get Organized? We Can Help

Is your goal this year to become more organized? Many people choose this as their New Year resolution. But what does that really mean, anyway? And what does being better organized look like when you have ADHD? “Everybody might need something different,” Holly Hitchcock Graff tells listeners during the Ask the Expert webcast, All In…

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