Mental Health & ADHD Comorbidities The ADHD Symptoms We Misdiagnose Mood swings. Sleeplessness. Oppositional behavior. If you or your child exhibits these ADHD symptoms,...
ADHD Videos 7 Truths About ADHD and Intense Emotions People with ADHD feel emotions more intensely than do people without the condition. For many,...
Emotions & Shame 15 Good Habits Your Brain Craves (But Isn't Getting) Runaway emotions cause more than drama. They undermine relationships, sap motivation, and lead to...
Emotions & Shame 17 Happiness Rules When ADHD Emotions Go Awry People with ADHD feel everything more vividly. When it comes to passion, joy, and curiosity, this is...
ADHD Videos The Neuroscience of the ADHD Brain Truths about the ADHD brain that most people don’t ...
Emotions & Shame “Why Do I Get So Angry with the Ones I Love Most?” The emotional impulsivity of ADHD can make it easier to fly off the handle, or blurt out hurtful...
Brain Training Your Guide to Neurofeedback for ADHD This alternative therapy uses real-time EEG data to help patients work to train their ADHD brains for...
Support & Stories ADHD Is . . . Self-Advocacy: How ADDitude Readers Secure Helpful Help Knowing how to ask for help is crucial but especially tough for people with ADHD because of RSD,...
Caregiver Blogs “We Are Negligent When We Overlook Emotional Dysregulation in ADHD” “Emotional dysregulation is not new — to my daughter or to any other person with ADHD. But it was an...
Adult Blogs “How RSD Evolved from Protector to Tormentor in the ADHD Brain” “This painful thinking pattern – sensitivity to rejection – is etched into our brains, a pattern that...
Mental Health & ADHD Comorbidities The Loneliest Generation Which age group suffers the most from social isolation? You might be...
The ADHD Brain The Science of Loneliness In the midst of what the U.S. Surgeon General is calling a “loneliness epidemic,” neuroscientists...
ADHD in Women How Can We Protect Women with ADHD Against Self-Harm, Intimate Partner Violence, and Substance Abuse? How can we better protect girls and women with ADHD against the unique risks and adverse outcomes...
Managing Treatment Feel Like You’re “Flunking” Treatment? You’re Not. (And You’re Also Not Alone.) If you’ve tried new interventions for your ADHD and felt frustrated with the return-on-investment,...
ADHD News & Research Teen Girls Who Ruminate Experience Heightened Rejection Sensitivity: New Study Functional MRIs show that the brains of teen girls who ruminate respond differently to social...