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4 Ways to Overcome ADHD Challenges and Achieve Your Dreams
Posted on August 22, 2016 by CoachRudy in ADHD Women & Girls, Adult ADD/ADHD.By Sari Solden Take a cue from these middle-aged women living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) — don’t let symptoms like disorganization, forgetfulness, and low self-esteem keep you from making your dreams a reality. I recently gathered with 80 middle-aged women in New York City for a fun and rewarding day. The event brought […]
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Why So Many Women With ADHD Never Get The Help They Need
Posted on May 18, 2016 by CoachRudy in ADHD Women & Girls.I am not the kind of person for whom neatness comes easily. I can’t keep to a routine. Every surface of my house is piled with clothes, books, and papers (despite living with a minimalist partner). I start many things and rarely finish them. I find it impossible to focus on instructions. I imagine complex, […]
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Why ADHD in Women Looks Different Than in Men
Posted on March 31, 2016 by CoachRudy in ADHD Women & Girls.By John M. Grohol, Psy. D. It is erroneous to think that a disorder such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) looks the same in everyone. While symptoms fit within a certain cluster or grouping, those symptom patterns may look very different between different people. For women with ADHD or ADD, symptoms of this disorder often look very […]
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5 Women On How They Manage Their ADHD
Posted on March 28, 2016 by CoachRudy in ADHD Women & Girls.By S.B. Castaneda When it comes to figuring out how to manage ADHD symptoms, prescription stimulant medication is often the first stop. More often than not, these meds do the trick, but while many think of these medications as a cure-all for attention disorders, in reality, there sometimes a few hitches. For some, these medications […]
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ADHD in Women and Girls: The Importance of Early ADHD Diagnosis
Posted on March 23, 2016 by CoachRudy in ADHD Women & Girls.At the age of 21, I proudly realized my dream of reporting for a big daily newspaper. I was getting lots of front-page stories, until I started making stupid mistakes. Most were minor — misspelled names and the like — but then came a doozy: I involuntarily misquoted a prosecutor, making it seem that he’d […]
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More Women Diagnosed with ADHD in Later Life
Posted on September 4, 2014 by CoachRudy in ADHD Awareness Month, ADHD In The News.GREENSBORO, N.C. — The number of adult women taking ADHD medicines has spiked 85 percent in the last 5 years, more than in any other age group, according to a surprising study just out. Researchers with the pharmaceutical company, Express Scripts, analyzed its pharmacy claims from 2008-2012. Dr. Amy Stevenson is a doctor at Focus […]
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