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Strattera helps symptoms of both ADHD and anxiety

October 02, 2008
Children and teens who have both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety may find some relief in the ADHD drug Strattera. Researchers gave patients who had both ADHD and anxiety Strattera or a placebo. They found that the patients who took Strattera improved both their ADHD symptoms and their anxiety symptoms. The doctors looked at Strattera's effect on anxiety because 25 percent to 50 percent of people who have ADHD also have anxiety. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Anxiety and ADHD
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

.........distractibility, impulsiveness and hyperactivity.   While ADHD was once considered a... Read more »

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ADHD Question of the Week: Do You Say ADD or ADHD?
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...Attention Deficit Disorder without hyperactivity and ADHD to describe Attention Deficit Disorder... Read more »

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Study Questions Effectiveness of ADHD Meds
By CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD , Health Expert

...article about the effectiveness and side effects of ADHD medication is circulating in the media.... Read more »

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ADHD and Sleep Disorders
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

............definitive medical test to prove or disprove whether ADHD is present." Eileen also says... Read more »

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Book Review: ADHD and Me: what I learned from lighting fires at the dinner table
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

......what a wonderful book this was and how it explained ADHD in terms teenagers, children and... Read more »

Health Guide

Do Parents Seek a Diagnosis of ADHD instead of Disciplining Children?
...............Child Psychiatry Branch completed research in 2002 showing the correlation between smaller brains and ADHD. [3]  According to the American Medical Association, research “points to... Read more »
Is ADHD Overdiagnosed?
...it is when the American Psychiatric Association adopted the name that is currently used. Symptoms of ADHD, such as hyperactivity, have been documented in medical science since the mid 1800s. Prior... Read more »
ADHD Alternative Treatments: Antimotion Sickness Medication
.........that there is a lack of scientific studies to back up claims of inner ear problems causing symptoms of ADHD or that antimotion sickness medication has any positive impact on ADHD symptoms. ... Read more »
Pharmaceutical Companies Make a Profit on ADHD Diagnosis
......product Ritalin.” Ritalin, or methylphenidate, is a commonly prescribed stimulant medication for ADHD.   In addition to naming the pharmaceutical companies, the lawsuit contended that CHADD... Read more »
Ten Tips for People Newly Diagnosed with ADHD
......to turn or what to do once they are diagnosed. Below are ten tips for people recently diagnosed with ADHD:  1)      Learn all you can about ADHD. Chances are the symptoms of ADHD have... Read more »

Medications

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...disorder (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-ADHD) in children older than 6 years. It is... Read more »

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... (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »

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... (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »

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...to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan,... Read more »

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...disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »

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