ADD / ADHD Treatment

ADHD And Self-Esteem. What Lowers It, What Raises It?

Here are notes from my nonprofit Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group September 6th 2016 Meeting on the topic of ADHD and self-esteem. In my experience, most adults with ADHD have problems with self-esteem, regardless of external accomplishments. I’ve coached hundreds of ADHD entrepreneurs and people in the workplace (I don’t coach students), and some have […]

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ADHD vs Undiagnosed ADHD vs Undiagnosed ADHD in Treatment Resistent Depression

28% Of Referrals To A Mood & Anxiety Clinic Had Undiagnosed ADHD

Do you know someone who has been treated for years for depression but they don’t get better? Are their antidepressant medications not working? Do they really have treatment-resistant depression? Or do they have undiagnosed and untreated ADHD that the medical system often ignores and neglects? In this post, I will show that a very large

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More Discrimination Against POC Children With ADHD, 46% Less Likely to Receive An ADHD Diagnosis

Want to have your daughter or son get a proper diagnosis for ADHD in America? It helps if you’re white a study of 17,100 children for 8 years in Pediatrics revealed. This is despite people of colour children having more risk factors for ADHD than White children. I wonder if the rates are similar in Canada

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Parent of an ADHD Child Age 6-11 With Social Skills Troubles? Want A Free 10 Week ADHD Parent Support Group?

It’s no secret among parents with ADHD that many children with ADHD have social skills problems and have difficulty making friends. Have a look at some of the research that Dr. Amori Mikami’s Peer Relationships in Childhood Lab has done on ADHD children. They are also not afraid to have some fun:) If you’re the parent

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ADHD and Exercise, Benefits, Obstacles To Exercising, And Solutions To Those Obstacles

ADHD and Exercise, Benefits, Obstacles To Exercising, And Solutions To Those Obstacles. Here are notes taken from my Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group meeting about this topic. I started the group in 2004 and have I think 29 notes from our meetings on various topics relating to ADHD, have a look at a few. Photo by

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