Frenzied, Frazzled and Overwhelmed: The Interaction of Hormones and ADHD in Women in MidlifeCHADD Webinar
Interoceptive Awareness and ADHD
Interoceptive awareness is the perception of sensations from within the body. Our nervous system senses, interprets, and integrates signals originating from within the body all the time, including our heartbeat, breathing, satiety, as well as the autonomic nervous system activity related to emotions and emotional regulation. Being attuned to this internal process requires a live,…
Read MoreYoung Adulthood and ADHD
A Message of Hope When Chris’s gifted son with ADHD was struggling in high school, she and her husband worried a lot: Would he ever graduate, ever get a job, or ever live independently? Many of you may be wondering the same thing about your high school student, but we have good news for you.…
Read MoreNew Research Shows ADHD Symptoms Can Go Up and Down: What Does This Mean?
The Multimodal Treatment StudY OF ADHD (MTA) was a large study conducted in the 1990s that compared different treatments for children with ADHD to see which was most effective. As part of this research, the elementary school children who joined the study were visited by researchers every two years until they were in their mid-twenties. There…
Read MorePerfectionism and ADHD | Thriving with Adult ADHD CHADD Webinar
Getting What I Need
The Factors That Changed My Life Dear Reader: The point of this story is to share that sometimes the weird, unexpected things in our lives come together to be greater than the sum of their parts. Or, perhaps the simpler way of putting it is this: if my life thus far had a song, it…
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