Adult ADHD
Adult ADHD: A Guide to Symptoms, Signs, and Treatments
Adult ADHD symptoms include difficulty with time management, memory, organization,...
Hypersensitivity
Overstimulated by Life? 20 Ways to Give Your ADHD Senses a Break
Is overstimulation a facet of daily life? Do you experience emotions and physical...
Learning Disabilities
What Is Nonverbal Learning Disorder?
Nonverbal learning disorder is a little-known condition that impacts more people than you...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
“My Earliest Memory of ADHD Hyperfixation Is…”
In a recent ADDitude survey, readers shared familiar and amazing stories of their ADHD...
Emotions
How Do You Reassure Your Anxious Child When You’re Scared, Too?
School shootings and mass tragedies are saddeningly common in the U.S. today — and kids...
Dyslexia
The Dyslexia - ADHD Connection
ADHD is usually apparent from the first day of school, whereas dyslexia is often not...
Stress & Anxiety
Can’t Get Anything Done? Why ADHD Brains Become Paralyzed in Quarantine
At first, stay-at-home orders felt like an opportunity to tackle those back-burner...
Mental Health & ADHD Comorbidities
How Trauma and Chronic Stress Affect Developing Brains
Trauma alters the developing brain, triggering behavioral and mental health issues. Under...
Support & Stories
“I’m a U.S. Army Aviator — and I Have ADHD and Anxiety.”
I am fourth generation Army. Flying is my passion, and I take great pride in my service...
Language Processing Disorder
How to Support Children with Language Processing Disorders: A Parent’s Guide
Does your child have language processing disorder — including receptive language...
Anxiety
Which Came First: The Anxiety or the ADHD?
About three in ten children with ADHD also suffer from an anxiety disorder. The inverse...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Conduct Disorder in Teens with ADHD: Signs, Symptoms, Interventions
In extreme cases, ADHD is accompanied by conduct disorder — a disruptive behavior...
ADHD Adults
[ADHD Ages & Stages] Realistic Solutions for Managing Life, Time & Emotions with Adult ADHD
ADHD in adults impedes getting organized, managing emotions and time, communicating in...
Support & Stories
Leading Ladies
After a diagnosis of attention deficit, these six women blazed a path to success and...
ADHD in Women
“I Wouldn’t Give Up My ADHD”
"It's been hard, but, as with any difficult thing, you learn something, don't you?" Take...
ADHD in Women
"That Explains Everything!" Discovering My ADHD in Adulthood
"Many women with undiagnosed ADHD may cruise along until, as in my case, things start to...
ADHD in Women
Why Women with ADHD Feel Disempowered — And What We Can Do About It
Life as a woman with ADHD can be… messy, to say the least. That messiness may lead to...
ADHD in Women
ADHD Doctors Weigh in on Taking Medication While Pregnant
To take or not to take stimulants — that is t...
ADHD-Friendly Jobs
You Throw, Girl: ADHD Role Model Wins Gold in Rio
Michelle Carter is the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the shot put....
Sensory Processing Disorder
“I’m a Sensitive Woman:” ADHD Sensory Overload in Adults
Sensitive women, do you whip off your bra when you get home? Do certain perfumes make you...