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110. ADHD-Treatment of Alcoholic Teens
ADHD teens are more impulsive and adventure seeking than their peers. They are also more prone to experiment with different substances. The most common of these is alcohol. It is easy to acquire because it’s available...
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109. ADHD-Alcoholism-Why So Common?
ADHDers have a higher rate of alcoholism than neurotypicals. Why should this be true? I’ll cover some of the reasons and some speculations about why this is so. I’ll also discuss some of the treatments available.
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ADHD and Alcohol Abuse
Does having ADHD make one more prone to alcohol abuse? Is the rate of abuse higher for ADHDers than neurotypicals? I’ll cover these issues and more. I used to do drug and alcohol evaluations, so I have worked with...
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ADHD and Females V-Summary
We have covered the significant differences between females and males in the last 4 episodes. In this episode I will summarize what the research has shown about females and ADHD.
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ADHD-Female IV Masking
Another difference in females with ADHD is that masking is more prevalent. Masking is just a different way of saying that the ADHDer is trying to act like she doesn’t have ADHD. This involves denying any symptoms of...
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ADHD-FEMALES AND ADHD III-EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION
Female emotional dysregulation is different from male emotional dysregulation. Males typically have stronger reactions and are more likely to react with anger. Female emotional dysregulation is usually less extreme...
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ADHD-ADHD and Females II Hormones
As If having ADHD wasn’t problem enough, Women have to go through further difficulties secondary to their menstrual cycles. The fluctuations in estrogen during the menstrual cycle cause further difficulties with the...
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ADHD-ADHD and Females 1
Like many areas of medicine most of the research has been done on men. In fact for some time it was thought that women didn’t have ADHD. This was both because overall research on ADHD was in its preliminary stages and...
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ADHD-Getting Home from School
After spending 6 hours in an environment that was not designed for the way their brain works, your ADHDer comes crashing through your front door. What mood will your ADHDer present you with. How much homework do they...
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101. ADHD-Back to School Tips
School has started for all of us. It’s a time of stress for all of us ADHD parents when we have to put our children into a system that isn’t designed for them. As a result we have to do more preparation than the...
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ADHD-Resilience, the Super Power
Many of us assume or were taught that getting goods and a lot of education are the most important factors in being successful. But, no there is actually something that is way more important to achieving success than...
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ADHD-Parenting Relationship III
We have discussed parents who do not have ADHD, but do have and ADHD child, families with one parent who is neurotypical and one who has ADHD. Now we’re going to cover families with two parents who have ADHD. This, in...
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