ADHD and Sex: Peaks and Valleys In the Bedroom
ADHD and sex can generally be described as sex in the extremes — all the time or never. Before we get to Taylor J’s personal essay based on that chapter of my first book, …
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ADHD and Infidelity — Getting Past the Affair
Is there an association between Adult ADHD and infidelity—that is, cheating on a romantic partner with another person? When there is infidelity, how do you get past it? The simple answer to the first question …
Generic ADHD Medications: Events In the News 2009 to 2022
This post reviews events in the news related to ADHD generic medication—as reported here at the ADHD Roller Coaster. Since 2009, I’ve felt it important to educate readers about generic ADHD medications. That’s when the …
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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 …
Home Delivery of Prescribed Stimulant Medications
Home delivery of stimulant medications? That’s legal? Yes, it is, in most of the U.S. at least. Imagine: Instead of playing “drug store roulette” every 30 days, some folks get a 60 or 90-day stimulant …
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Can You Be “Too Smart to Have ADHD?”
High intelligence does not protect you from the effects of ADHD, a recent study indicates. Unfortunately, too many people mistakenly assume that high IQ rules out ADHD entirely
Liberals, Conservatives Agree: Bash ADHD, Bully People Who Have ADHD
When ADHD bashing hits the headlines or the airwaves, I smell a rat. A rat that has no education in biology, much less neurobiology. A self-serving rat. A rat on the make. A time-honored bit …
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ADHD Denial Can Be Brain-Based
Denial of Adult ADHD symptoms hurts everyone. But we compound our hurt when we wrongly attribute this denial in our loved ones to stubbornness or willfulness. Sometimes, that is the case. Many times, however, “ADHD …
Happy Valentine’s Day to ADHD Roller Coaster Relationship Riders
It’s Valentine’s Day on the ADHD Relationships Roller Coaster. Are you celebrating—or crying? I used to dread the occasion. Now I look forward. How did this happen?
Let’s travel back in time. Back to the “bad old days,” before my husband and I started happily traipsing through the woods singing “I Got You, Babe” (see video at the end of this post).
Back when we were getting ferociously whipped around on the ADHD roller coaster—but had just discovered ADHD. By chance.
Back when we desperately needed better strategies—fast! The year was 1999, and almost no one was talking about Adult ADHD—much less Adult ADHD relationships.
As for Valentine’s Day, we were lucky it wasn’t the Valentine’s Day Massacre.
ADHD Facts, Fun in Toronto CADDAC Conference May 30-31
I (Gina Pera) am eagerly anticipating CADDAC’s first-ever Two-Day ADHD Conference & Comedy Night— ADHD: ALL IN THE FAMILY. (That’s right, a comedy night fund-raiser…what a concept!) Please note: This event took place in 2019. …
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