ADHD medication

ADHD News & Research

PBMs Restrict Access to ADHD Medications

Meet a powerful player in the “How Can I Get my ADHD Medication” game: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). Few consumers know about them. Yet, they represent a huge and growing factor in limiting access to

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ADHD Relationship Support

How Can Medication Help ADHD Relationships?

How can medication help ADHD relationships? Simply put, it can help reduce all the ADHD symptoms that challenge every aspect of life, including domestic life and relationships. Most people fail to realize how much ADHD

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Our Lost Weekend Without ADHD Meds
Medications

Our Lost Weekend Without ADHD Meds

Yes, for many ADHD-challenged individuals and couples, a weekend without ADHD meds can be a very big deal. This first-person story speaks to two common reader questions:   Is ADHD a real thing?  Do the

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Personal Essays

From Rejecting to Treating ADHD: One MD’s Journey

Some physicians, faced with the very idea of ADHD, reject it outright. They often do so with indignant outrage. Yet others, even without medical-school training in ADHD, come around to a more compassionate, science-based perspective. 

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ADHD snake oil
Personal Essays

Truth Serum More Helpful Than ADHD Snake Oil

Here’s one example of ADHD Snake Oil—the idea that stimulant medication makes you a drone of the “normal” world. Historically, the term snake oil describes a worthless pseudo-medical remedy promoted as a cure for various

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Top 10 Posts: ADHD Roller Coaster 2015

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,

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