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How Can We Help Children with ADHD Get a Better Night’s Sleep?

…don’t use the pass at all. Use the “checking method” and check on your child at very frequent intervals (every two minutes to start with) until they fall asleep. This…

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Health Outcomes of ADHD: Is There an Effect on Life Expectancy?

…and alcohol use (particularly by adulthood), an increased risk of marijuana use. Along with these risks, we see some kids enter a pathway toward greater antisocial behavior, reactive aggression, and…

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Research Shows ADHD Meds Do Not Increase Substance Use Risks

…University Hospital Doctor Peset, in Valencia, Spain. With no clinical evidence that stimulants or other medications prescribed to treat ADHD are a cause of substance use or abuse, parents and…

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From Chaos to Clarity: Using Mind Maps to Navigate Adult ADHD

…behaviour that is consistent with completing their goals (Kajka & Kulik, 2021). This is likely because mind mapping allows you to pause and reflect on the decision that you’re making,…

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Don’t Stop the Movement!

…FOUND YOURSELF PACING as you talk on the phone or fidgeting while sitting through meetings and lectures? Perhaps you find yourself concentrating better when you are chewing gum? Children are…

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Can I Have a Do-Over?

…now from the vantage point of an empty nest. Consider it a love letter to my children, my spouse, but most of all to you-the sisterhood of women living and…

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Everyone’s So Tense All the Time

used to live next door, and our combined six kids flowed comfortably in and out of each other’s homes. Our house had a constant swirl, an unmistakable energy that seemed to…

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The Science of ADHD

…children in the United States.”   2002 International Consensus Statement on ADHD Citation: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 5(2): 89-111, 2002 Roughly 100 scientists from the international community created…

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If Not Now, When? ADHD in Women of a Certain Age

…WHO HAVE ADHD (or think they might) make a determined choice to use the last decades of their lives to learn more about themselves. They want to understand how their…

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Your Lifestyle Will Determine Your Future

…to induce sleepiness. Try relaxation exercises, such as stretching or mindfulness. Read quietly. Use your phone to listen to music or podcasts to distract you from your busy mind. Avoid…

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Those Lovely ‘Mones: The Intersection of ADHD and Hormones

…Estrone is produced during menopause but is no substitute for the strength of estradiol. Women with ADHD reported more symptoms of perimenopause (hot flashes and menopause when cycles cease. Remember…

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How We Survived as an Undiagnosed ADHD Family

…sitting on the steps waiting for my return. He hadn’t gone inside the neighbor’s house (she was impressed with his training), but he gave her my phone number so she…

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