I'm currently reading ADHD in Adults: What the Science Says, by Barkley, Murphy and Fischer (2008). 10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD is listed in the reference section! How exciting is that? When I find where I'm cited, I'll post it on the blog.
I have to exercise every day. Partly out of necessity, and partly because the dogs would stage a mutiny if I didn't walk them twice a day. When I exercise, my ability to focus improves, and I sleep more soundly. Exercising raises the amount of dopamine in the brain. Since people with ADHD have a low [...]
Clinical trials are studies for drugs that are seeking FDA approval. Clinical trials have a high standard of care, including study subjects being seen by a physician at every visit. For information on available clinical trials, go to www.centerwatch.com http://clinicaltrials.gov/ The clinicaltrials.gov site also lists non-drug research studies and research studies on drugs already approved by [...]
Here's another study on how taking stimulant medication for ADHD does NOT increase the chances of substance abuse. People who started taking stimulant medication at 6 or 7 years of age had the same substance abuse rate as non-ADHD people. In addition, people who started taking stimulant medication when they were 8 to 12 years of [...]
A study by Mannuzza et al. (2002) found that adults with ADHD have difficulty accurately recalling their ADHD symptoms. Adults with ADHD (N=176) who had all received a previous diagnosis of ADHD in childhood were then interviewed by clinicians who were not aware of the subjects' ADHD diagnosis. When the adults with ADHD were interviewed regarding [...]
In a study by Robison et al. in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, it was found that women with ADHD have more functional impairment than men with ADHD. There were 515 subjects in the study, with 34% being women. More women (75%) had combined type ADHD than men (62%). Women had higher scores on measures of [...]
In a study of 40 children who had or were at risk for bipolar disorder scored higher on a measure of creativity than 18 children without the disorder. All of the children's parents had bipolar disorder. Half of the children of bipolar parents had bipolar disorder themselves, and the other half had ADHD. In the measure [...]
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, as in "The Rats of NIMH" if you've read the book and/or seen the movie) has a very thorough PDF document about ADHD. You can download it (49 pages) or you can view it on the site. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/adhd/complete-publication.shtml
A study of 102,000 children found that children with asthma have a higher rate of ADHD, depression, and learning disabilities than children without asthma. The more severe the asthma, the more severe the symptoms of ADHD, depression, and LD. The researchers point out this may be partly due to the fact that children with asthma are [...]
In the March 2006 issue of Pediatrics, a study led by Dr. Tim Wilens found that people with ADHD were more likely to abuse their stimulant medication than people without ADHD. (One could argue that it could be due to the fact that the medication is much more easily accessed by people with ADHD.) Eleven percent [...]