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Latest posts
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How ADHD Science Fails Women in Menopause
Menopause worsens ADHD symptoms, but standard assessments do not capture the depth of women’s misery.
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Does ADHD Worsen With Age? It Depends.
Whether ADHD worsens or improves over time for someone depends on multiple factors, from when symptoms and impairments first became meaningful to how sensitive one’s ADHD is to their environment.
- Women with ADHD: How Hormones, Symptoms & Late Diagnoses Impact Females
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The Ongoing Crisis in Menopause Care
Few medical providers are adequately trained to treat menopause, a new study finds, and even fewer understand how hormonal changes aggravate ADHD symptoms.
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Perimenopause Begins Earlier and Hits Harder for Women with ADHD
Women with ADHD may experience more severe perimenopause symptoms, and at younger ages. Learn how to recognize the signs and find relief.
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New Perinatal Guidance for Women with ADHD
ADHD medication should not be reflexively stopped during pregnancy or breastfeeding, according to new research.
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Early Puberty More Common in Girls with ADHD
Neurodivergent girls are more likely to experience early puberty and may be especially vulnerable to its effects. Here, understand why.
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When Your Loved Ones Are Your Child’s Biggest Critic
ADDitude readers share the hurtful ways family and friends treat their neurodivergent children, from spewing ignorant comments to purposefully excluding them, and how they combat them.
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New Research Strengthens the Case for Emotional Dysregulation in ADHD Criteria
The new “severe-combined” ADHD subtype identified in a landmark study is marked by emotional dysregulation, a symptom the DSM-5 doesn’t include in its diagnostic criteria.
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ADHD and the Social Processing Gap
"There's a difference between having social skills and being able to use them consistently in the moment. This is the fundamental challenge for people living with ADHD."
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ADHD Lacks a Biomarker Test… But Not Scientific Validity
ADHD’s validity is confirmed not by a blood test but by an overwhelming convergence of scientific evidence, including a reliable behavioral phenotype, genetic heritability, measurable life impairments, and more.
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Study: Narcolepsy Medication Found to Improve Adult ADHD Symptoms
The orexin 2 receptor agonist called ALKS 7290 parallels stimulants’ path as a narcolepsy medication that evolved into an ADHD treatment.
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3 Ways to Extinguish Emotional Reactivity
Smoldering flames may reignite. Rather than burying your emotions, try these strategies to minimize and outsmart them.
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Mapping the ADHD Brain: How Neurotransmitters and Medication Work
The unique structures, wiring, and functionality of neurodivergent brains, according to science.
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The Lies We Heard (and Told Ourselves) About ADHD
The world is largely aware of ADHD, but does it truly understand? Jessica McCabe sees lots of room for improvement. Here, the founder of “How to ADHD” reflects on the persistent misconceptions, knowledge gaps, and threats facing people, especially mothers, with ADHD today.