ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
In a study by Sung, et al. (2008), it was found that 73% of children with ADHD have difficulties sleeping. The study also found that children with sleep difficulties had a poorer quality of life, and they were more likely to miss school. Parents of children with sleep problems were more likely to be late to [...]
Children and adults with ADHD tend to have poor coordination. Many of us exhibit the "bull in a china shop" phenomenon. (Note for ADHDers: install kitchen counters with rounded edges - the square edges are very ouchy when you bump into them.) In a study by Fliers, et al. (2008), 486 children with ADHD and 269 [...]
YAY! Making the Grade with ADD looks fabulous! (I know, I'm totally biased). So I got to show it off at the office today. And 10 Simple Solutions is listed as a bestseller at New Harbinger Publications! And then I came home and had to take the trash cans back from the curb. It's okay, it keeps me [...]
ADHD adults and a control group were evaluated with a virtual driving simulator. The simulator gave subjects a high-stimulus driving situation and a low-stimulus driving situation, with two periods of monotony. The study found that adults with ADHD were more likely than controls to have a collision with an obstacle during a driving simulation. They were [...]
Brookes, et al. (2008) examined the relationship between season of birth (which has the unfortunate acronym "SoB") with rates of ADHD. The authors found that there was a slightly significant amount of summer births in the ADHD sample compared to the control group. The authors write... We also observed a significant association with the 7-repeat allele of the DRD4 gene [...]
I think this might be related to difficulty with time management. I get a lot more done if I know I only have 15 minutes than if I have an hour. And sometimes the quality of my work is actually better when I only have 15 minutes instead an hour. I think my brain needs the [...]
First of all, I can't believe there's another Moulton that does ADHD research. There aren't that many Moultons out there...although I started a Facebook group for Moultons, and there are about 150 of us so far. Anyways, Dr. John Moulton and his team studied whether having childhood ADHD contributed to developing Conduct Disorder (CD) in adolescence. The [...]
In a study by Biederman, Ball, Monuteaux, et al. (2008), adolescent females with ADHD had a 2.5 higher risk for developing major depression compared to the non-ADHD control group. Females with ADHD had a longer duration of depression, the onset was at an earlier age, their depression caused more impairment, there was a higher rate of [...]
In a 10-year study by Biederman, et al. (2008), it was found that people with ADHD who took stimulant medication had neither a decreased or increased risk of substance abuse. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18316421 Biederman, J., Monuteaux, M.C., Spencer, T., Wilens, T.E., et al. (2008). Stimulant therapy and risk for subsequent substance use disorders in male adults With ADHD: [...]
People who are being evaluated for ADHD usually seem surprised (and relieved) when I ask them if they have difficulty regulating the volume of their voice. "Voice modulation" is just a fancy way of saying that someone is talking LOUDLY and not realizing it. Usually friends or family members will tell the person they are talking [...]