Cynthia Gerdes’ attention deficit disorder fuels her creativity (sadly story’s been removed) and has boosted her business success. She gives examples of how ADD effects her, i.e., forgetting to put in some ingredients in a birthday cake, fidgeting in business meetings, and stopping in the middle of one task and getting diverted to 4 etc. “I […]
A study by Harvard Medical School showed that teenage girls with ADHD were more likely to be clinically depressed, to have anxiety disorders and to have conduct disorder by age 17. About 10 boys are referred for ADHD treatment for every girl “and 99% of the childhood ADHD research is on boys,” Biederman says. He
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A new Canadian study may offer hope to some for whom dieting and exercise have proven ineffective in the battle against obesity. In a study published in the journal Eating Weight Disorders, Vol. 10, N.1, researchers have outlined a possible link between ADHD and severe obesity. They found that 26.7 % of the severely obese
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From The National Review of Medicine. A Harvard Adult ADHD research study by Dr Thomas Spencer, published in the March 2005 issue of Biological Psychiatry suggests that the typical dose of methylphenidate (i.e., Ritalin, Concerta) 0.6mg/kg/day may not be enough for adults with ADD. The authors note “only modest improvement in ADHD symptoms with MPH
More and more experts say ADHD can be a gift rather than a malady” Sadly NorthJersey.com has deleted the article putting it in archives and unsearchable from archive. Here’s my post on it. Love that title. This article talks about the gifts of ADHD and give some examples on how to manage ADHD, including ADHD coaching.