#adhd

#adhd

With fewer mental pauses, the ADHD brain feels emotions more intensely. Rejection sensitivity can turn helplessness into self-blame or shame.

The use of prescription psychostimulants by adults increased between 2019 and 2022, with 35-to-64-year-old women experiencing the largest increase of 41 percent.

The claim is that individuals may be prematurely diagnosed with conditions that, although meeting criteria for a disease, will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's lifetime.

Conversations around neurodivergence are often deficit-forward. The feedback in quarterly reviews often centers on a neurodivergent individual's symptoms rather than their accomplishments.

This wasn't born from some dramatic rock-bottom moment with technology. I wasn't doom-scrolling myself into despair.

Seeking a late diagnosis often stems from struggling individuals aiming to understand themselves better, aiding their health management and self-acceptance.

"I never really fit the mold, and martial arts is one of the very few things in my life besides music and art that made sense to me."

We have found that nicotine patches are useful along a whole spectrum of impairments, like people with ADHD, Alzheimer's, and people with age-related memory and cognitive impairment.

Burnout manifests uniquely in those with ADHD, often leading to social withdrawal, sensory overload, and heightened people-pleasing tendencies as energy levels diminish.

Clinically, ADHD diagnoses have risen in the past years, raising questions about the motives behind the increase and the role of social media.

The ADHD brain can freeze under stress, making tasks feel impossible to start.

Windass expressed that his ADHD diagnosis made sense upon reflecting on his life, stating that even in school, he struggled to process information.

ADHD avoidance is a cycle fueled by fear, overwhelm, and low dopamine, leading to short-term relief but causing long-term stress and anxiety.

In the ADHD brain, urgency acts like a magnetic force. It creates a surge of adrenaline-an emotional intensity that can finally override the sluggishness of executive dysfunction.

Growing up in Miami, my siblings and I cherished the brightly colored treats like blue cotton candy, little knowing their artificial ingredients might affect our health.