The ADDA Moulton-Farnsworth Scholarship has started this year.
There will be two $1000 scholarships awarded to college students with ADHD.
Applications are due March 15, 2012.
For more information, click here: Moulton-Farnsworth Scholarship Fund
Jan
19
New Scholarship for ADHD College Students
Jan
18
Thin Mint Addiction: Symptoms & Treatment
It’s Girl Scout cookie time. The time when your three-week-old New Year’s resolutions of watching what you eat and exercising every day go out the window. Because you know your weakness – the Thin Mint. That little circle of deliciousness has been the ruin of many a person – here’s how to fight back.
Signs of Thin Mint Addiction:
1. You have bought a walk-in cooler just to store your arsenal of Thin Mints.
Jan
17
5 Ways to Boost Work Productivity
You may be reading this while you are at work. Perfect – here are six ways to get moving with that work productivity. You may even find that when you practice these six steps, you are getting more work done in a shorter amount of time. And who doesn’t want that?
1. Block time-wasting websites
Jan
06
Allergy Death at School: When Do Morals Override Policy?
7-year-old Ammaria Johnson died after anaphylactic shock while at school. The school did not administer an Epi-Pen (which could have afforded Ammaria life-saving time to get to the hospital).
One of the most shocking things about the allergy death is that the school stated they do have “lifesaving medication” available, but they administer them only “when they have a treatment plan on file”.
Jan
03
The 3 Reasons You’re Unfollowed on Twitter
There are 3 main reasons why people unfollow you on Twitter. These 3 reasons were actually determined in research by Kwan et al. (2011). Ready for the 3 big no-nos? Here we go.
1. You tweet too much.
A tweet a minute? A bit much. Overload. Even celebrities that get paid per tweet (yes, some do, and they get some serious cash from it) don’t usually tweet that much. Even if something is super-exciting and you tweet incessantly for 5 minutes,
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Jan
03
Mackenzie’s video about having ADHD
Mackenzie emailed me about her YouTube video – she talks about her experiences with ADHD. I thought you might enjoy it.
Here’s the link, too: http://youtu.be/EDFy1cvP4yg
Jan
01
Yes, DEA, there’s an ADHD Med Shortage
The FDA says there’s a shortage of ADHD medications. They’ve put stimulant medications on their official shortage list. The DEA says there’s no shortage.
I’ve been taking Adderall since I was 23. I’m now, um, considerably older. I tried to get my Adderall prescription filled a couple of months ago. For the first time, I was told that my medication was on “back order”. My patients and clients are also having difficulty getting their stimulant prescriptions filled.
Dec
31
23 New Year’s Quotes
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. – Hal Borland
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. – Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. – Mark Twain
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Dec
19
Fibromyalgia: Self-awareness Exercises Decrease Pain
A recent study has found that a self-awareness intervention significantly reduced levels of fibromyalgia-related pain.
The study by Hsu et al. (2010) studied 45 women who had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a disorder whose symptoms include chronic full-body pain, excessive tenderness in at least 11 out of 18 “tender points”, headaches and fatigue. The study subjects were either placed into an “affective self-awareness” group or a wait-listed control group (no treatment). The treatment group and control group did not differ on demographics or medical history.
The treatment group received a one-time 90-minute consultation with a physician, and then completed weekly group sessions, two hours each, for three weeks total. The group sessions consisted of 8 to 12 participants, and the group was led by the physician.
The group session consisted of four components:
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Dec
15
Remarriage: Factors for Success
“Remarriage is the triumph of hope over experience” – Samuel Johnson
Taking that plunge (again) can be nerve-wracking, especially if you had an especially difficult divorce. Here are some factors that help increase your changes of a successful marriage the second time around.
A study by Falke et al. (2007) reviewed literature from 1980 through 2007 regarding predictors of remarriage success. Here’s what they found:
