Stimulant Medications and Heart Risks
All ADHD stimulant drugs carry warnings that they should not be used by patients with structural heart problems or pre-existing heart conditions (high blood pressure, heart failure, heart rhythm disturbances, or congenital heart disease). These drugs have been associated with sudden death in children with heart problems. They have also been associated with sudden death, stroke, and heart attack in adults with a history of heart disease. The...
Read moreLast week we talked about one of the major symptoms of adult ADHD - being forgetful. This week we'll discuss another doozy - losing things.... Read more »
Symptoms of ADHD in children look different than in adults. Even though adults with ADHD have had it since childhood, even if they have... Read more »
Evelyn Polk Green, ADDA President My very first blog post here was about being overwhelmed... Four months later and I seem to be in... Read more »
One of the questions I wonder about as a parent is whether or not symptoms of ADHD ever just go away as a child matures. In other words, is... Read more »
If a child has ADHD there's better than a 1 in 2 chance that he or she will continue to have the disorder into adulthood. Impulsivity,... Read more »
One of the largest complaints of adults with ADD/ADHD is their chronic tardiness. Being late for work can cause you to lose jobs, being late for... Read more »
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ADHD was once considered to be a childhood disorder. It was thought that as children reached puberty and then adulthood, symptoms disappeared. As... Read more »
The DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) is the guide doctors use when diagnosing ADHD. But much of the wording included in this reference... Read more »
Wide arrays of symptoms indicate the presence of ADHD. A common ADHD symptom is the difficulty or inability to sustain attention. Other symptoms... Read more »