Welcome to the Roller Coaster’s archive of posts about ADHD medications.
Perhaps no single area of ADHD creates as much confusion. These posts shed light.
Self-education is critical. But it’s far too easy to be intimidated—or, worse, to suffer from low expectations.
As an ADHD advocate and educator for 25 years, I’ve heard too many medication-gone-wrong stories. I believe you deserve better.
Self-education and self-advocacy are key.
My first book, Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?, remains the only consumer book to detail a methodical approach to optimizing ADHD medication.
With ADHD Success Training Course 2: Physical Strategies, I offer step-by-step guidance on sleep and medication. The two typically work hand in hand.
Let’s take a closer look at Gina’s results—from genetic tests claimed to guide ADHD medication decisions. This 7-part series began with a single post in mind. Hey, we said, let’s get gene-tested for ADHD medications-response!
Only Harry Potter fans have awaited a book as I’ve awaited the book on ADHD medication treatment strategies from Charles Parker, DO. Nothing has frustrated me more in ten years of advocacy than hearing meds-gone-awry
With the introduction of a liquid and a chew, people with ADHD gained yet another novel way to benefit from stimulant medication. That’s increasingly important these days, as the Concerta authorized-generic (most recently distributed by
To the uninitiated, it sounds horrifying: Toddlers medicated for ADHD! They’re drugging babies! Yet, if you understand the ADHD-associated range of physical symptoms—and physical risks—the reasons are obvious. If you still believe ADHD is a
Toddlers medicated for ADHD. It’s a hot topic in the news lately. Did you miss Part 1? 10,000 Toddlers Medicated for ADHD? Part 1 Here in Part II, I continue to educate the public
In this post, we share our own results from genetic testing for ADHD medications. We hope this helps make the information a little more concrete, less abstract. My husband, Dr. Goat, and I share many
People often ask me, “Gina, what’s the best medication for ADHD?” No one wants to hear the answer: “It depends.” These days, they also ask me about genetic testing for ADHD medications. That is, DNA
In case you missed it, my husband has ADHD. Diagnosed in 1999. He is also a molecular biologist with an emphasis in genetics. His former girlfriend is a neurosurgeon. But who connected his lifelong “issues”
For years, ADHD experts recognized the link between untreated ADHD and obesity. As for weight-control experts and gastric-bypass surgeons? Maybe they missed the memo. Or, is it territorial protection? Let’s be charitable. Consider it one
. When we talk about a late ADHD diagnosis, we mean the diagnosis comes a few decades into one’s life. In the case of this post’s guest writer, the ADHD diagnosis came well into her
