ADHD is more commonthan doctors may have previously believed, according to new statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C). Thereport, released in November of 2013, shows that up to 11
Having ADHD often means you struggle with the ability to set limits on your behavior (like eating). What’s more, ADHD often lowers your level ofdopamine, the hormone involved in your brain’s pleasure center. Gorging on food is a way to temporarily raise your dopamine levels and get that...
When you’re diagnosed with a condition like ADHD, it can be hard to know how to talk about it. People can have many different ideas about what support means, and it helps if you can explain exactly what you need from them. One of the best ways to get comfortable and confident about...
How many fidgets in a pretty much: A critique of behavior rating scales for identifying students with ADHD. J School Psychol 1994;32:339-54.Reid, R., & Maag, J. W. (1994). How many fidgets in a pretty much: A critique of behavior rating scales for identifying stu- dents with ...
She is director of financial planning at Planning Across the Spectrum, which provides financial services to neurodiverse folks and people with disabilities. “I find that neurodiverse people tend to have similar difficulties to everybody else, but in different ways," she said. “For example, ...
However, his poor interpersonal skills saw him in many arguments with teachers and fellow pupils. Some of the teachers pointed out his poor concentration and organisational skills. Copies of his medical records made it clear that in addition to the symptoms of ADHD, our patient ...
Many people are fascinated by human behavior. Why do we act the way we do? How is our behavior influenced, or measured? And why is behavioral change so difficult?In this blog post, we describe several behavioral theories, as well as different ways to measure human behavior. Lastly, we ...
2) After this article was written, ADD was reclassified in the DSM-V as a combination of different variants or varieties. ADHD (with the H), is the primarily-hyperactive variant. Many people have a primarily-inattentive variant whose 'superpower' is hyperfocus (the ability to focus your atte...
There’s a point of saturation where mental fatigue has set in, and you’re just going through the motions. Many people, particularly students, struggle with study hours. How long is enough? A wise man once said, “It’s not only how far, but how well.” You can study for long ...
So, just as many people might have had the condition decades ago as they do today -- even if they were never diagnosed and treated -- but no one can say for sure. Around the Country and the World Another ADHD-related mystery is that rates seem to vary a lot based on geography. More...