My husband helped me through the tests they give for diagnosing ADD/ADHD in children. There are different tests for parents and for teachers to take. Since I am both to my daughter, I took both tests- one as a parent and one as a teacher. My daughter topped the charts on the inattent...
patients’ periods have stopped, many doctors recommend hormone-replacement therapy, at least for the first few years after menopause. “Studies have shown that women receiving hormone-replacement therapy perform better on cognitive testing, as well as on memory and reasoning-skills tests,” says ...
Are you effectively navigating the challenges of college or career? Many who have ADHD are not. Individuals struggling withADHDoften find themselves grappling with life's complexities. This may result in academic setbacks, job instability, social and relational challenges, or an ongoing quest for a ...
Best Psychiatrist Near Me, Dr. Scott Shapiro, Upstate New York, Hudson Valley, Westchester, helps people with adult ADD and ADHD, anxiety and depression in NYC. He provides adult ADHD assessment, ADHD testing, ADHD treatment, ADHD therapy, ADHD counseling...
“Consequently, every case must be evaluated on its own set of facts and testing.” Your child’s doctor should check for heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat, and fainting spells, as well as a family history of sudden cardiac death or irregular heartbeat, when giving your child a ...
In 2003, a psychiatrist labeled me bipolar, schizoaffective, ADD, ADHD, and major drepressive. I took their cocktail of meds to only get worse. I would end up in a mental hospital (5 times). In approx. 2005, I was done with them and I stopped everything and I just hid behind cl...
(or ADD or whatever) had not been given psychological or educational testing before being given the drug. The United Nations concluded that frustrated parents, teachers and doctors were too quick to stick a label of ADD onto children with behavioral problems (or, to be more accurate, to ...
ADHD Expert | Dyslexia Testing Specialist | School Neuropsychologist Dr. Jim Forgan is a school neuropsychologist with offices in Jupiter and Stuart, Florida. He and hisassociatesprovide dyslexia testing, ADHD-ADD testing, learning disability testing, autism testing, and consultations to help parents an...
It is a relief to know that I'm not alone and that even though I am ADD, I'm still a good, worthwhile person with many things to offer. I have always told myself that God gave me these struggles because He knew I could carry them. That has always, always gotten me through the ...
I know a lot of us are definitely ready to put that year in the can and move on. You can read lots of other retrospectives on the year, so I am not going to focus a whole lot on it but I am going to add just a few things that stand out about the year to me, and how it...