ADHD and driving: For many years, Adult ADHD researchers made it a top priority. The evidence is clear: ADHD can impair driving safety. Also clear: Medication can improve driving skills. As for this cartoon, count …
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You might be surprised. It’s not on the symptom list. It’s not on the “Top Ten ADHD Relationship Challenges.” But “not taking out the trash” is a common complaint among the partners of adults …
How can you be blindsided by an ADHD diagnosis? It’s easy. Our culture has alternate explanations for virtually all ADHD-related challenges. Moreover, even in this 21st Century, the public and even the mental health profession …
ADHD and sleep. It’s like any other ADHD-related topic: complex and variable with the individual. I’m constantly struck by the widespread perception that anything about ADHD is simple—or cookie-cutter. Nothing could be further from the …
What does it feel like to have Adult ADHD in a relationship that doesn’t “meet you halfway”? What does it feel like to have ADHD in a world that can even feel endlessly critical and …
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What does leading sex therapist Stephen Snyder, MD, have to say about ADHD and sexual intimacy? We’ll get to an excerpt of a compelling new book shortly. First, a little background. Twenty years ago, I …
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Yes, for many ADHD couples, a weekend without ADHD meds can be a very big deal. This first-person story speaks to two common reader questions: “It ADHD a real thing?” “Do the medications for …
What traits attracted you to your ADHD partner? That was a question in my ADHD Partner Survey, the most comprehensive research to date on ADHD and relationships. We’ll look at the responses in this …
My husband, prior to ADHD diagnosis at age 37, called his best coping tool “Fear-Based Management”—fondly referred to as FBM™. Yet he, along with many other adults with late-diagnosis ADHD, often learn this: The strategies …
Folks with ADHD are known for losing things—keys, phones, wallets, and more. A lucky few might live with a spouse who is a “good looker”. My friend Jo Ann’s husband is a good looker, and …
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