Driving with ADHD: Pumping the Brakes on Vehicle Safety Risks

This question comes up all the time, about all kinds of public figures and various sorts of disorders. Does Donald Trump have narcissistic personality disorder? Did Freddie Mercury have undiagnosed bipolar disorder? Do the Kardashians have body dysmorphic disorder? Does Joe Biden have dementia? Was Nancy Reagan codependent?

When in a state of crisis or trauma, we need compassionate people around us whom we trust. Before we are in crisis, we must build a team of these people. I never learned this concept because of my dysfunctional upbringing. When I came to this realization, it was too late. Here are the new “rules of engagement” I have formulated for myself and am sharing to help prevent others from being betrayed, abandoned, and alone when crisis hits:

Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist best known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. She refused to give up her bus seat to a white person and was arrested. During this time, she became a powerful symbol of resistance to racial segregation.1.

Perfect jobs for people with social anxiety – what are they and do they even exist? I received several emails asking for help and suggestions regarding jobs for people with social anxiety. This is my story and views, based on my personal experience finding a job while struggling with crippling social phobia. Getting my first job as a socially anxious student was quite stressful.

Here is my story of a day in the life living with fibromyalgia and being a caregiver to two seniors. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia almost nine years ago, although I knew that I had many years before. Since then, I have been unable to work anymore, have difficulty walking, brain fog, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and most of the comorbidities that come with fibro.

The following is an open letter to the doctor who saw me recently. This doctor was contracted by Social Security to perform an examination and determine my eligibility for SSDI benefits. 

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loss of motivation, negative attitudes about school and themselves, and other consequences that seep into various aspects of their lives.One of the most important things we can do for children with ADHD is to help them nurture a positive self-view. Children who feel secure and competent are more likely to thrive in and out of school and be hopeful and resilient in the face of life’s inevitable setbacks.Focusing on a child’s strengths is key to helping them cultivate a positive self-view, as is creating opportunities for them to help others by activating their strengths.Something significant happens when parents and teachers start to focus on a child’s strengths and interests – or what I call “islands of competence” – instead of their challenges and so-called deficits.

March 11, 2022Two years ago today, the World Health Organization formally characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. Inside a week, workplaces, schools, places of worship, and most unessential stores had shuttered; we were all thrown into psychological vertigo.

Burnout has become a recurring character in my life. Some may say it’s because I still need to work on healthy coping mechanisms and recognizing when I need to slow down, which would be entirely true, but I like to tell myself it’s because I feel good about myself when I feel like I’m being productive or hardworking. For most of my life (and to some extent, even now), I’ve derived my self-worth from my accomplishments and capabilities.

March 8, 2022Can brain scans reveal specific regions of neurological impairment in individuals with ADHD? Can they be used to better diagnose ADHD and predict challenging tasks for individuals? Yes, say researchers who used data from the brain scans of 92 people to successfully measure and predict how well they would perform on tasks that required sustained focus and attention. The Yale study, published in March in Nature Human Behavior, may have implications for diagnosing ADHD, for predicting its severity, and for improving focus.1Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brains of study participants as they performed exercises that required attention, and then linked that information to patterns of activity across different brain regions. Researchers then created a computational model that was so sensitive, it was able to predict how an individual would perform on an attention-related task, even when the brain was resting.“We can take all those complex patterns and analyze the data to create a fingerprint of the brain’s ability to pay attention,” said researcher Marvin Chun, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Yale.

March 7, 2022Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is associated with elevated levels of hoarding, according to a recent U.K. study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.

executive functioning, defined as a group of cognitive abilities that control the skills we need to get just about anything done. Little things, such as leaving the house in matching shoes, often elude me. I am prone to committing more serious mistakes as well.

road trip that successfully keeps parents calm and kids with ADHD engaged, enthused, and busy? ADDitude Readers think so. They shared their travel tips and lessons from the road. What is your family’s secret to road-trip harmony? Share your stories in the Comments section below.“Involve them in vacation planning from the outset.

It’s safe to say that COVID-19 has changed our lives and impacted them in many ways, however, it seems like by now, most people have used to it. We are familiar with all those basic rules and restrictions because they’ve been here for two years.

camp programs to find out what parents should look for in ADHD camps.[Get This Free Guide: Choosing the Perfect Summer Camp for Your Child]Parents don’t have to go it alone in deciding what experience will be best for their camper. The application process should guide them toward the perfect fit. A camp that specializes in ADHD should have an extensive application.

ADHD and anxiety, adapting to new circumstances has always posed a challenge due to my rigid, black-and-white ways of thinking.Anytime I meet any type of obstacle, no matter the size, my heart starts to race, and I panic. I think to myself, “What if I can’t do this?”But life has a way of continuing, without checking in with us for permission. And it’s often during uncomfortable, stressful, and uncertain times that we can push back and learn a bit more about who we are.1. I’m more resilient than I thought. The key to withstanding the ever-changing pandemic landscape, for me, has been leaning into discomfort and relinquishing control – things I thought I couldn’t do before 2020.

Q: “My son has had a 504 Plan, due to his chronic migraines, with reasonable accommodations, including lenient due dates for tests and assignments. He’s now a senior in high school and has just been diagnosed with ADHD by his psychologist. I want the school to add his diagnosis to his 504 Plan before he goes to college.

According to Team ADHD, 10 million Americans are diagnosed with adult ADHD. Interestingly, they claim that there are many more people who go undiagnosed.

ADHD in adults is very real. And ADHD exists in women, too.According to the 5th edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ADHD symptoms may fall into three subtypes: predominantly hyperactive, predominantly inattentive, and combined type.

February 25, 2022Suicidal behaviors and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are more prevalent among first-year college students with ADHD compared to undergraduates without ADHD, according to a new study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1The study found that undergraduate students with ADHD had more than double the rate of suicidal ideation (44.8% vs. 21.7%), three times the rate of suicide plans (26.6% vs.

Soar, a summer camp that works with kids with learning disabilities and attention issues. She was searching for ADHD camps for her nine-year-old son, Wilson.“He’s never been successful in day camps,” she says. “We tried them all — academic, enrichment, and sports-related camps.