I have found the writing of Sari Solden helpful in my work with adults with ADHD.  Ms. Solden, a social worker who herself has ADHD, has written extensively about the experience of being a woman who has the disorder, in books such as ADHD and Women and Adventures in ADDulthood. She has provided me with extensive insight which [...]
I was in Missouri for a family funeral. My car rental company had botched my reservation and had no cars. Taxis were nowhere to be seen. A kindly rental clerk volunteered to get me a sedan service, and that was how I met Nico, the sedan driver.
His accent as he talked sounded vaguely Eastern European.  I asked him about [...]
We are always on the lookout for new treatments for ADHD.  Patients,  their families, and clinicians alike would welcome them. We would especially be happy to have natural remedies, not medications with many side effects.
In recent years there has been considerable interest in omega-three fatty acids as an aid in the treatment of mood disorders.  These [...]
We are always on the lookout for new treatments for ADHD. Patients, their families, and clinicians alike would welcome them. We would especially be happy to have ”natural” remedies, not medications with many side effects.
In recent years there has been considerable interest in omega-three fatty acids as an aid in the treatment of mood disorders.  These [...]
Over half of adults with ADHD who take a CNS stimulant medication find that their symptoms improve. Research shows, however, that not everyone who benefits by medication continues to take it regularly.  One way of lessening the burden of taking medicine is to decrease the number of times a day you have to take it.  This is one reason [...]
We need to remember that there is more to ADHD than neurotransmitters and more to its treatment than medications. Some interesting new research points to the importance of parenting in determining patient outcome. Especially,  the importance of dads in the life of boys with ADHD.
Clinical researchers studied the impact of parenting (108 mothers and 35 fathers) [...]
We often regard ADHD as something that affects the way patients work. That’s natural enough; we need to focus and to concentrate to get our work done, whether in grammar school or as adults in a job. But ADHD affects the ways patients operate everywhere, and that includes their social relationships.
The biggest complaint I hear from those near [...]
We used to think that ADHD was almost exclusively a disorder of boys and then of men.  That thinking has changed, now. The problem for girls and women is that their symptoms are less obvious than those of boys and men. They are less likely to  be hyperactive in ways that disrupt classrooms and other settings, the ways [...]
Patients with ADHD for which they are taking medication often have other disorders which require taking other medicines. Every time we add a medication to someone’s regimen, however, the possibility of side effects  rises.   As well, the medications can interact with each other to create problems.
Recently one of my readers, “K,” highlighted this problem from her experience. She wrote [...]
At the end of the day I often listen to music as I return phone calls and put files away. In recent weeks I’ve been enjoying a CD called “Schubert for Two.” This set of duets for violin and guitar is, simply,  astonishingly beautiful. In these pieces Schubert is at his melodic best,  and few equalled him. [...]
