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.
By Taylor J., guest writer It’s a pernicious myth, this idea that stimulant medications are dangerous. In fact, it has been repeated so often, it’s largely accepted as fact. Yet, just as with Uncle
What difference does it make later in life, to be diagnosed with ADHD and take medication? Why take medication for ADHD, anyway? What’s the point? Meg and I met just a few years ago. At
Frank South went for a second opinion on his Adult ADHD diagnosis. That is, he went on the PBS medical show “Second Opinion” to talk about Adult ADHD. Do you need a second opinion
What do Adderall, empathy, dopamine, and Concerta generics have in common? They featured prominently among my top 10 blog posts for 2015. But even well into 2022, these posts remain relevant. Unlike real-life roller coasters,
Myth #9: ADHD medication should be reserved only for severe cases. Who made that rule? Who knows. Sounds Puritanical. Or, in the case of hucksters exploiting the “ADHD Market,” marketing. You might have heard ADHD
Some of my friends on Twitter have been following the ADHD Myth series here. I asked for their favorite myths. From Mobile, Alabama, ADHD specialist James Wiley, MD, responded with one he hears a lot
When I started researching Adult ADHD and relationships, way back in 1999, I found an impressive body of research on ADHD and Driving. Researchers such as Daniel Cox, using driving simulators, clearly documented ADHD-related driving
A-choo! It’s spring, and my husband is sneezing in the next room as I write. Is there a connection between seasonal allergies and ADHD? Maybe. You’ll learn more in this guest column, below, from Dr.
These first-person stories from generic Concerta users recount the dramatic and adverse changes they experienced—often not knowing why . This started around 2015. Typically, those associating their devolved functioning with the different-looking “Concerta” pill
The best news! The FDA announced today that the two approved generic versions of Concerta manufactured by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Kudco have been downgraded. It’s horrifying that so many people have already been adversely affected,
