ADHD Can Impact Your Sex Life—Here’s What To Know

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impacts an individual’s ability to focus, ignore stimuli, complete tasks, stay organized, and resist impulsivity, according to the National Institute …

What to Know About ADHD in Women

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What to Know About ADHD in Women Signs and symptoms of this condition are not one-size-fits-all. We asked the experts how ADHD may be different for women. “Could it be ADHD?” …

6 ADHD Friendly Tips to Eat Less Sugar

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When you have ADHD, it is easy to eat a diet that is high in sugar because ADHD symptoms seem to work against eating a healthy diet. Eating healthy meals …

How to Boost Self-Esteem in ADHD Adults

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Self-esteem is how you view yourself. It’s your personal evaluation of your strengths and weaknesses. People who have healthy self-esteem can appreciate their strengths and be compassionate for any limitations …

What Is Post-Divorce Trauma?

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Can divorce or marital separation lead to PTSD? The loss of a significant relationship can be one of life’s most difficult challenges. Divorce or separation, in particular, increases one’s risk …

5 Ways a Kitchen Timer Can Help ADHD

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ADHD symptoms? Here are five reasons that the kitchen timer should be used to help with ADHD. Keeps You on Task Staying focused on one task, particularly if it requires …

Hyperfocus and ADHD

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When Zeroing in Can Help or Hurt The name Attention Deficit Disorder can give the impression that if you have ADHD you can’t focus or pay attention to anything. However, …

Everything You Need to Know About ADHD

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic condition characterized by impulsive behavior, inattention, and hyperactivity. It’s usually diagnosed in childhood, but symptoms of ADHD can continue through adolescence and …

ADHD Exacts a Greater Toll on Women

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Research shows that ADHD exacts a greater toll on women than it does on men. Clinicians need a different set of tools for diagnosing and treating the disorder across genders …

What It’s Like to Have an ADHD Brain

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I’ve always sought comfort in familiar things. I rewatch the same TV shows. I reread the same books. I listen to the same songs for months on end. My routine …

In Praise of A.D.H.D.

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Ten years ago, when my son Nicolai was 11, his doctor wanted to put him on medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. “It would make him less wild,” I explained …

College Students with ADHD

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Study Strategies To Help College Students with ADD or ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a brain-based disorder that is typically diagnosed in early childhood, but the latest statistics …

ADHD symptoms are associated with risk for smoking

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Teenagers and adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to smoke cigarettes and become nicotine dependent than their peers who do not have ADHD. They are also more …

15 Signs You May Have Adult ADHD

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Do you have ADHD? About 4% of adults have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and many others have never been diagnosed. (About half of kids with ADHD still have it …

Could ADHD be a type of sleep disorder?

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Over the past two decades, U.S. parents and teachers have reported epidemic levels of children with trouble focusing, impulsive behavior and so much energy that they are bouncing off walls. …

ADHD Is Different for Women

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The standard conception of the disorder is based on studies of “hyperactive young white boys.” For females, it comes on later, and has different symptoms. When you live in total …

Adult ADHD Can Be Difficult To Diagnose

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Diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can be difficult. The symptoms of the disorder, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, or DSM, have changed multiple times. Even if you …

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is now the most prevalent psychiatric illness of young people in America, affecting 11 percent of them at some point between the ages of 4 and …