ADHD Is Different for Women
When you live in total squalor—cookies in your pants drawer, pants in your cookies drawer, and nickels, dresses, old New Yorkers, and apple seeds in your bed—it’s hard to know where to look when you lose your keys. The other day, after two weeks of fruitless searching, I found my keys in the refrigerator on top of the roasted garlic hummus. I can’t say I was surprised. I was surprised when my psychiatrist diagnosed me with ADHD two years ago, when I was a junior at Yale. In editorials and in waiting rooms, concerns of too-liberal diagnoses and over-medication dominate our discussions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. The New York Times recently reported, with great alarm, the findings of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study: 11 percent of school-age children have received an ADHD diagnosis, a 16 percent increase since 2007. The idea that young adults, particularly women, actually have ADHD routinely evokes skepticism.
Brain Basics: Know Your Brain
Introduction The brain is the most complex part of the human body. This three-pound organ is the seat of intelligence, interpreter of the senses, initiator of body movement, and controller of behavior. Lying in its bony shell and washed by protective fluid, the brain is the source of all the qualities that define our humanity. The brain is the crown jewel of the human body. For centuries, scientists and philosophers have been fascinated by the brain, but until recently they viewed the brain as nearly incomprehensible. This fact sheet is a basic introduction to the human brain. Image 1 The Architecture of the Brain The brain is like a committee of experts. The hindbrain includes the upper part of the spinal cord, the brain stem, and a wrinkled ball of tissue called the cerebellum (1). When people see pictures of the brain it is usually the cerebrum that they notice. The cerebrum is split into two halves (hemispheres) by a deep fissure. The Geography of Thought The Cerebral Cortex Image 5
ADHD: The Facts | ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Written by Michelle Frank, Psy.D., as adapted and updated from Peter Jaska’s article, “ADHD Facts” originally posted on the ADDA website in 1998 Auerbach, J.G., Atzaba-Poria, N., Berger, A., Landau, R., Arbelle, S., Raz, Y., & Ebstein, R. (2010). Dopamine risk and paternal ADHD symptomatology associated with ADHD symptoms in four and a half-year-old boys. Psychiatric Genetics, 20(4), 160-165. doi: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32833a1f27. Barkley, R., Murphy, K.R., & Fischer, M. (2008). ADHD in adults: What the science says. Castellanos, X. (2002). Castellanos, X., Lee, P., Sharp, W., Jeffries, N., Greenstein, D. Cho, S., Son, J., Kim, B., Kim, J., Yoo, H., Hwang, J., Cho, D., Chung, U., & Park, T. (2012). Kessler, R., Adler, L., Barkley, R., Biederman, J., Conners, C., Demier, O., Faraone, S., . . . Faraone, S. (2007). Gizer, I.R., Waldman, I.D., Abramowitz, A., Barr, C.L., Feng, Y., Wigg, K.G., Misener, V.L., & Rowe, D.C. (2008). Lee, S.S., Humphreys, K.L., Flory, K., Liu, R., & Glass, K. (2011).
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Adult ADHD Test | ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association | ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a relatively common, often unrecognized condition. It affects 4.4% of U.S. adults, but most adults with ADHD live with the symptoms and suffer the often-devastating effects of ADHD in their lives without identifying the source of their struggles. Instead, their difficulties are attributed to their own shortcomings. Once diagnosed, many adults are happy to learn that they do not have a character flaw as aptly described in the title of one popular book on ADHD, “You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!” Adult ADHD Exists Many adults who suffer from untreated ADHD avoid diagnosis or treatment due to the negative stigma associated with ADHD. Regardless of the stigma surrounding ADHD, knowing about your adult ADHD is preferable to struggling unawares. It’s Better to Know An ADHD diagnosis is not a death sentence, nor does it guarantee a lifetime of taking pills. The World Health Organization Adult Self-Report Scale (ASRS) Screener
New to ADHD? ADDA’s Got the Resources You Need | ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Congratulations! If you’re new to adult ADHD, you’ve found your best source of information you can trust, resources you can count on and caring people you can connect with. At ADDA, the Attention Deficit Disorder Association, we’re a little different (ok, we’re really a lot different!) On the other hand, we don’t come down on the side of “ADHD is a debilitating condition”, “Adults with ADHD are disabled” or “if you’re diagnosed with ADHD, give up all hope for a normal life.” So which side ARE we on? It’s Better to Learn Educating yourself on your ADHD and how it manifests will help you understand what resources will serve you best. On top of that, for our members, we have an enormous library of articles on virtually every aspect of adult ADHD, all written by ADHD professionals and conforming to ADDA’s standards. But don’t take our word for it! It’s Better to Know Many adults who suspect they have ADHD don’t get tested. If you suspect you have ADHD, we recommend you find out for sure.
12 Best Tips for Coping with ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms can easily disrupt your daily life. Fortunately, there are many ways you can successfully manage your symptoms. Below, experts — some of whom have ADHD — share their best strategies. 1. Accepting your diagnosis is key because it paves the way to positive action, such as learning about ADHD and finding strategies that work for you. Click through to read 11 more great tips… 2. She suggested checking in with yourself throughout the day. Exercise also is key for ADHD. Taking care of your health makes it easier to manage everything else. 3. Also, when you haven’t gotten a full night’s sleep, it’s hard to determine whether your medication is working, Maynard said. Unfortunately, people with ADHD tend to have sleep problems or sleep disorders, Olivardia said. 4. 5. 6. She also suggested keeping a pad of Post-It notes and a pen by every phone. 7. 8. Start with one room and put everything in either bags or laundry baskets, she said. 9. 10.
Managing Adult ADHD – The 5 Rules ADDers Should Live By
Do you feel like you're on a treadmill? Managing the daily details of life with adult ADHD is hard. Deadlines at work come and go, unmet. Impulsive comments alienate friends and possibly cost you your job. ADHD medication can level the playing field, but you can do more. It's hard to resist impulses. Your boss proposes doubling your sales goals for next year, and before you can bite your tongue, you laugh and say, "Are you crazy?" Your neighbor buys a new lawn ornament and asks you if you like it. You see a gorgeous pair of designer shoes in a store window and rush in to buy them, even though every penny of your paycheck is already spoken for. You don't give yourself time to think and measure your words and actions. STRATEGY: Make a list of the situations in which you are most likely to behave impulsively. When you are about to enter one of the situations you’ve identified, buy yourself a few thoughtful seconds by performing any of the following actions: page 1 2 next »
