The Controversy About The Best Treatments For Adhd

What are the best treatments for ADHD? The controversy rages on and there are advocates of ADHD meds who say that the side effects and the risks are minimal while there are other advocates of homeopathy, meditation, yoga, deep breathing, behavior modification, dietary changes and even equine therapy! There seems to be little agreement and [...]

The Great Mystery About The Long Term Effects Of Taking Adhd Medications

Why do I use the word 'mystery'? Think about how long Ritalin , one of the most common ADHD drugs , has been on the market. Forty years ! Now, that should be long enough to assess the long term effects of taking ADHD medications, you would have thought. Wrong again ! The studies done [...]

Adhd And Lack Of Focus - Shocking Pediatrics Report

A report just published by the Pediatrics journal shows that rate of abuse of ADHD drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall has kept up with the increase of drug abuse! The period they are talking about is from 1998 to 2005. ADHD drug prescriptions rose by about 80% while abuse of the meds for the [...]

Your Must Know Guide To Assessing For Adhd

As ADHD is now considered a mental or psychiatric disorder, testing for ADHD uses the same methods which are used for all psychiatric illnesses and conditions. That means basically using the clinician's judgement after he or she has surveyed various questionnaires and any other evidence. Because it is a question of judgement this leaves a [...]