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Risks of Untreated ADHD

If you or your child has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it’s important to seek treatment. Even students with ...

Adjunctive Therapy for ADHD in Children

Whether your child tries behavioral therapy or medication first, you may find it’s not enough on its own. Research shows a combination of behaviora...

Recognizing ADHD When You're An Adult

For Lew Mills, a retired marriage and family therapist in San Diego, CA, it was a cluster of events that led him to suspect 20 years ago that he mi...

Reach Your Potential with Adult ADHD

Many ADHD traits can be reframed in a positive light, Mendez says. These upsides don’t mean that you shouldn’t get treatment -- medication, therapy...

Executive Function and Executive Function Disorder

Executive functioning skills help you get things done. Experts rely on different tests to measure specific skills related to executive function. Pe...

How ADHD Coaching Can Help You Manage Life with ADHD

A child with ADHD can also see a coach with their parents, or parents of a child with ADHD may see a coach separately. It’s important to remember t...

What is The Feingold Diet?

The Feingold diet is designed to help kids with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and other learning disabilit...

ADHD in Children

Though your child may have some symptoms that seem like ADHD, it might be something else. Your child's primary care doctor can determine whether yo...

Why Do I Waste so Much Time?

People who have it often have trouble making decisions or getting tasks done before a deadline. Cognitive- behavioral therapy, which helps identify...

Vitamins and Supplements for ADHD

Ever wondered if alternative treatments like vitamins and supplements can help with ADHD symptoms? And some scientists say kids with the disorder w...

ADHD Medication Side Effects

Doctors sometimes treat adults with drugs that aren't FDA- approved for ADHD. Because these drugs have different side effects -- and benefits and r...

Long-Term Risks of Adult ADHD Medications

You've seen your doctor and made the decision: It's time to get your ADHD under control. For instance, some people have reported behavior problems ...