About ADHD - Medical Facts & Expert Answers

Dispelling common myths about attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD) in children and adults

• Silencing Skeptics: The Truth About ADHD
  What is ADHD? Does medication really help? Can adults have... more »
• Overcoming the ADHD Stigma
  An expert psychologist shares his secrets for fighting ADD ADHD... more »
• Common Questions About ADHD... And Expert Answers!
  Clear up misconceptions and change public opinion about ADHD by... more »
• 7 Myths About ADHD... Debunked!
  The truth about attention deficit disorder in children and adults... more »
• Spread The Truth About ADHD
  3 ways to help friends and family understand that ADHD... more »
• How to Talk About Your ADHD
  How to share your story about adult or child ADHD... more »
• The Truth About TV & ADHD
  Is watching TV linked to a rise in attention deficit... more »
• Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You!
  Military policy regarding enlistment and ADHD has changed. Learn... more »

• When Everyone Knows the 'Answer'
  "As ADHD receives more media attention, all of a sudden,... more »
• Explaining ADHD
  "How can you prove to others that your ADHD behaviors... more »
• Getting Adequate Care Overseas
  "I recently moved to England, and I’m having trouble finding... more »

• Spreading the Truth About Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD ADHD)
  How to educate others about the truth behind attention deficit... more »
• Silencing Skeptics: The Truth About Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD ADHD)
  What is ADD? Does ADHD medication really help? Does adult... more »
• The Truth About Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD ADHD)
  Attention deficit experts dispel 7 myths about ADD ADHD... more »
• Myths About ADHD
  Fight ADHD misinformation with the bright light of truth... more »
• ADDitude Poll: Best ADHD Traits
  ADDers are noted for their positive attributes. Which of these... more »
• Is it ADD or "Boys Being Boys"?
  The dangers of dismissing ADHD behaviors as "boys being boys."... more »
• Everyone's a Comedian
  When adult friends make light of your diagnosis... more »
• ADD Is Not My Choice
  One reader addresses a persistent myth about ADD with blunt... more »

• STILL FIGHTING FOR A DIAGNOSIS FOR MY 13 YEAR OLD SON
  Hi this is my first post on the forum and... more »
• How Young Is "Too Young" for Medication?
  My 3 year old son was recently diagnosed with ADHD... more »
• New Outlook on Life - Part I
  I've been on this forum for a while and originally... more »
• A Whole New Beginning?
  I'm only refered to as PV Cons so i'm not... more »
• Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
  I have just discovered that besides living a life... more »
• finally diagnosed at 55
  I have been in and out of therapy, and... more »

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What was your primary emotion upon learning that you or your child has ADD? Relief - finally answers to what's been puzzling Optimism - pursuing treatment will change my life Shame - it's uncomfortable for me to tell others about this diagnosis Regret - if only we'd known sooner, how different life might have been Sadness - what I thought was unique about me turns out to be a "disorder"