Talkin’ Trash: Targeting ADHD Treatment Goals
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 …
The Basics about Adult ADHD
ADHD and Obesity: A Connection?
For years, ADHD experts have recognized the link between untreated ADHD and obesity. As for weight-control experts and gastric-bypass surgeons? Most missed the memo. Is it territorial jealousy? Willful ignorance? “ADHD Denial”? Let’s be charitable. …
Adult ADHD and the Automatic No — and Automatic Yes
What’s the Automatic No? It’s a phenomenon I’ve long observed among many folks with Adult ADHD. (In fact, I seem to have coined the term, writing about it first in 2014 in an article …
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Q&A with the Experts: Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy
Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy™. Why create a special model—based on the evidence of what work— for Adult ADHD-challenged couples? What’s wrong with standard couple therapy? Why not just Adult ADHD therapy and recruit the partner …
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What Does Adult ADHD Look Like? It Depends On the Individual!
What does Adult ADHD look like? In fact, it can look different in each person who has it! Maybe you’ve heard that people with ADHD are “creative” or “risk-taking” or “extroverted.” The truth is, people …
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ADHD and Sleep: Puzzling The Pieces
ADHD and sleep. It’s like any other ADHD-related topic: complex and variable with the individual. But maybe you’ve already figured that out: Nothing about ADHD is simple—or cookie-cutter. Good for you. That said, we can …
What Can Childhood Report Cards Reveal About ADHD?
I’ve seen them: Childhood report cards that might as well be ADHD report cards—if teachers and parents had known how to read them. In this post, I’ll share the report cards from one man diagnosed …
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How Is Adult ADHD Diagnosed?
How is Adult ADHD diagnosed? This is perhaps the #1 question about Adult ADHD. To answer it in part, I offer this post, adapted excerpt from my book, Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?. …
ADHD Hyperfocus: All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
We’ve all heard about the much-ballyhooed ADHD Hyperfocus. Frank South shares his take on the topic below, in an excerpt from his new book: A Chicken In The Wind and How He Grew. But first, …
How Can Medication Help ADHD Relationships?
How can medication help ADHD relationships? It can help in reducing all the ADHD symptoms that challenge that individual in every aspect of life, including domestic life and in relationships. For many, it’s a true …
