ADHD
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Adjusting My Daughter's ADHD Medication, Again: The Emotional Side Effects for Parents
Additude--Kay Marner Blog &bull Mar 8, 2010
Here's a side effect of ADD/ADHD medications no one tells you about: the emotional toll it takes on parents. We get excited, hopeful, at the prospects of finding the exact right treatment, then feel the inevitable let-down of having to… Full Story »
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Develop Routines with Special Needs Child
Suite 101: Partners and Parents Articles &bull Mar 8, 2010
Some kinds of special needs are characterized by a desire, or even obsession with routine. This is true for most children and teens on the autism spectrum. Even the most minute part of routine is huge to an autistic child. It might be something… Full Story »
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Finding the Right Child Psychiatrist to Treat ADHD
Additude--Kay Marner Blog &bull Mar 7, 2010
My ADD/ADHD daughter's pediatrician told us it was time to take her to a child psychiatrist. A few months ago, Natalie's pediatrician Dr. Halbur told us that it was time. I didn't want to do it, but I knew he… Full Story »
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Pay Attention: Talking on the Phone with ADHD
Additude &bull Mar 5, 2010
It's hard enough paying attention when you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD). Talking on the phone can be even more challenging but here are some tips that will help you stay in touch without getting distracted. Full Story »
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Organization and ADHD: Reader Poll
Additude--Web Only &bull Feb 25, 2010
ADHD and Organization: Clear Clutter from Your Workspace This 10-point plan, designed by a professional organizer, can help... ADHD and Clutter: Is It Organized Chaos or Just a Mess? Many ADHD adults have cluttered workspaces and homes. If you... Full Story »
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Are Kids with ADD, ADHD, and Other Disorders Overmedicated? - Bestselling author Judith Warner says no.
Babble Interviews &bull Feb 23, 2010
tweetmeme_source = 'babbleeditors'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; I n her new book, We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication , Judith Warner, author of the New York Times bestseller Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety , explores the myth of the overmedicated child and writes that the rise of mental illness diagnoses in children is not the result of anxious parents seeking treatment for their "normal" kids. Instead, she reports, we are being led to this assumption by a misinformed media and a small group of anti-medication doctors. With compassion and thorough research, Warner portrays… Full Story »
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Nonmedication Treatments for Adult ADHD
Additude--Web Only &bull Feb 19, 2010
ADHD seems to attract a lot of nonmedication treatments. The claims by some of their proponents make it difficult to know what works and what?s just hype. Fortunately, psychologist, researcher, and author J. Russell Ramsay, Ph.D., has reviewed all of… Full Story »
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Do ADHD Medications Stunt Children's Growth?
Add News from Additude &bull Feb 19, 2010
Can stimulant medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) negatively impact your child's height? New research indicates that any effect on your child's size is minimal and reversible. Worried that negative side effects of your child's attention deficit… Full Story »
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Book Smarts
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
By allowing those with ADHD to choose from a menu of projects related to a book they have read. A picture postcard of the setting. On the back, write to a friend as if you were the main character in… Full Story »
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6 Ways to Drive Safely
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
Know where you are going. Ask for detailed directions beforehand. GPS navigation-especially systems that speak the directions-are helpful to people with ADD. Don't change the music. Listening to music may increase focus for some with ADD. Pick a station or… Full Story »
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Tie the Bow
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
Are you busy morning till night, and don't have much to show for it? If so, make "tie the bow" your mantra. You are not finished wrapping a package until you tie the bow, and you aren't done with a… Full Story »
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4 Ways to Ease into College
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
The College Internship Program (collegeinternshipprogram.com) gives teens with learning differences a chance to develop career, social, life, and academic skills while living "on campus" with fellow students. CIP offers programs in Massachusetts, Florida, Indiana, and California. Spend a year as… Full Story »
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Manage Your Reputation
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
We're judged by our actions. For those with ADHD, who struggle to be reliable and consistent, their actions can damage their reputation with bosses and friends. They may make negative assumptions about intentions and character, even if those assumptions are inaccurate. It's important to correct inaccurate assumptions that people have about you. They need to know… Full Story »
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Meds Work: Swallowing the Truth
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
For years my friends jokingly said I had ADHD. Sure, I had more energy than everybody else, but I earned good grades in school, my room was sort of neat, and I knew how to make and keep friends. ADHD?… Full Story »
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I Hit My Stride
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
As a child, I felt like I was in Charlie Brown's classroom. The other kids heard what was going on, and all I heard was "waa, waaa waaa, wa wa." Words were spoken, and I knew them, but I couldn't figure out exactly what it was I was supposed to be learning. By the second grade, I was identified as learning-disabled and hyperactive-today they would call my condition ADHD. I had no idea what any of it meant. I only knew that, three times a week, my teacher told me it was time to go to my "other" classroom. Once… Full Story »
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Finishing First in My Heart
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
I stood near the finish line at my fifth-grade daughter's first cross-country meet a couple of weeks back. Dozens of parents milled around waiting for the next event to begin or feeding snacks, water, and praise to the girls who… Full Story »
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Dad: Give Your Son a Break
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
Parents who have a sense of humor during tense, stressful situations may make their teen feel more accepted, less anxious, and better able to regulate his emotions, say researchers. No kidding. Son: Dad, about the new car... Son: Dude! Dads with ADHD often have stormy… Full Story »
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When Your Child Is the Bully
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
Many parents of ADHD children worry about their being bullied. But some children with ADHD are bullies. According to a recent study, a child with ADHD is three times more likely to bully other kids than a child without the… Full Story »
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Share Your Story: How Does Therapy Improve Your Outlook and Symptoms?
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
Share Your Story: How Does Therapy Improve Your Outlook and Symptoms? It helped clear up misinformation about ADD. When our counselor told me that my son had a severe case of ADD, and that I should be proud of the… Full Story »
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Not Your Father's ADHD
Additude &bull Feb 18, 2010
A child or an adult with ADHD might be hyperactive, inattentive, and/or impulsive. Clinicians have always understood hyperactivity and impulsivity. The understanding of inattention, though, has shifted from primarily "the inability to stay on task" to a broader concept called executive function disorder (EFD), which involves a pattern of chronic difficulties in executing daily tasks. Marcus, a fifth-grader, had difficulty staying on task and completing his schoolwork. He also had problems keeping his backpack and papers organized and remembering what to bring home from or take to school. Psycho-educational testing showed that he was bright, but that he had difficulties… Full Story »
