Adderall Archives - Stephanie Sarkis PhD

Yes, DEA, there’s an ADHD Med Shortage

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:44-05:00January 1st, 2012|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Medication, News|Tags: ADD, Adderall, ADHD, DEA, FDA, Medication, Ritalin, shortage, stimulants|

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 [...]

Is the ADHD Brain More Creative?

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:45-05:00June 13th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Movies/Music, Research|Tags: ADD, Adderall, ADHD, art, attention, create, creative, Creativity, deficit, Medication, Music, stimulant|

Is it possible that the impulsivity and quick-thinking that accompanies ADHD may also boost creativity? And what role does medication have in that creative process? Does stimulant medication hamper creativity, or boost it? The ADHD brain may not be held back as much by constraints on thinking. In a study by Abraham et al. (2006), adolescents [...]