Navigate ADHD and ADD Symptoms: A clear collection of information to help you understand and manage the diverse manifestations of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
With the holidays coming up, the word ‘Sale’ is in about every store window, and clothing ads manage to sneak up in most browsers. December and January are just more expensive months with Christmas, New Years, Hannukah, gift giving and sales. But if you’re not careful, you can spend more than you need too. People […]
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More screen time….. But at what cost? Technology has been advancing at such a fast rate. With these advancements, we see improvements in medicine, doing simple household chores (dishes anyone?) and in a vast array of other activities (purchasing tickets, making reservations etc.) We also now use our mobile phone devices, computers and watch TV
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Every class has its clown, the mischievous little boy or girl who loves to disobey the teacher to amuse the rest of the students. Children have their “tough moments”, where they tantrum in the street over a toy and scream on top of their lungs to get what they want. These incidents, are normal for
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Parents, are you fed up? Every year, it seems as though there is a new statistic showing how ADHD diagnoses are increasing in the United States. Now that we know more about the disorder, it is easier to pinpoint the symptoms and intervene with children experiencing inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Medication, mainly stimulants, is recommended as
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Negative Thought Patterns Living life as an adult with ADHD can be challenging. As you grow older, one takes on more responsibilities with getting the first career, pursuing higher education, romantic relationships, and personal responsibilities. With all these new obligations, there are more opportunities for symptoms of ADHD to cause impairment: trouble getting to work
ADHD across the life span About 1/3 of children who are diagnosed with ADHD are said to no longer meet criteria for it when they reach adulthood. Still, this leaves a majority of the children diagnosed with ADHD, experiencing the symptoms throughout their life time. Children with more severe impairments or co-morbid conditions (such as
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What is creativity? Creativity, according to dictionary.com, is “the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work”. Creative people are generally described as people who are good at coming up with new ideas, generating novel solutions and in general thinking “outside of the box”. When one thinks of
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You’re always tired… could it be related to ADHD? We all get tired every now and then, with work schedules, responsibilities and unexpected life stressors that always seem to get in the way of things. It makes sense to be tired if you slept three hours every night during finals (it makes sense but it’s