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Are you the type who sits down at your computer at 10:30 p.m. to start surfing the web? Or decides to engage in a massive spring cleaning right before bed? Or claims to be a night owl who is just getting started when the sun goes down? These are all common traits for adults with […]
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Does your mind often feel like its racing? Do you struggle to focus and complete one task before going to the next? I believe one of the best treatments for ADD/ADHD is meditation. Meditation, or the process of slowing the mind, is a form of self-care and a chance to step back from the noise of life.
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When you think of time management, what comes to mind? Getting to every appointment 5 minutes early? Organizing your time so that you can accomplish that important project by end of day? Prioritizing your to do list to make sure you get important tasks done and not waste time on Facebook or Instagram? Time management is defined on
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Yes, they can. Being smart does not protect a person from the difficulties of having Attention Deficit Disorder, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADD/ADHD, respectively. A study led by Dr. Thomas E. Brown featured 117 children and adolescents with IQ scores of 120 or higher who placed in the top ninth percentile of their age group. Some of the
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In today’s society, too often Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is considered a male problem. This is a grave misconception. The typical markers of ADD/ADHD behavior present distinctly differently in females than they do in males. As a result, women who have ADHD often get misdiagnosed with emotionally based psychiatric illnesses such as anxiety or depression, and the real
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We need to go deeper in uncovering the reasons behind depression, anxiety and eating disorders in women. Did you know 4 million women who have ADHD are not diagnosed? It has only been in the past decade that the mainstream media and medical community have considered women having ADHD. Why is this? According to Dr.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, some 10 million American adults suffer from ADD/ADHD. Even worse, less than 25 percent of these individuals know they even have it (but their wives probably do!). Typically, the symptoms of ADD/ADHD first show themselves in childhood. However, as we mentioned, many, if not most, never receive a diagnosis or
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Advice on surviving four years from a current college student. For a student with ADHD, college can be a minefield of distractions. Everywhere you turn there is another club, another friend, another chance to get off campus for a burger. With all the things to do it can be easy to forget that college is – at least