Attention and ADHD, Page 4
The Gut-Brain Connection in ADHD: What the Microbiome Research Shows
If someone had told me during my psychiatry residency that I would one day spend a significant portion of my clinical work thinking abo...
Blood Sugar, Insulin Resistance, and Your ADHD Brain
This section of the series represents the core of the integrative psychiatry approach I practice. We are moving beyond diagnosis and ne...
The Nervous System in ADHD: Stress, Regulation, and Resilience
If you have ADHD, you already know this: it is not just about attention. The emotions are bigger. The stress hits harder. The criticism...
ADHD Genetics and Epigenetics: Nature, Nurture, and Everything Between
"Is ADHD genetic?" This is one of the most common questions I hear from patients and their families. It usually comes with an undertone...
The Cerebellum, the Connectome, and ADHD
In the previous post, I explored the most established neuroscience of ADHD: dopamine and norepinephrine pathways, the prefrontal cortex...
The ADHD Brain: What Neuroscience Actually Shows
If you or someone you love has ADHD, you have probably heard some version of the brain story: it is a dopamine problem, a frontal lobe ...
The Functional Medicine Approach to ADHD: What Standard Evaluations Miss
In the previous five posts, we have covered what ADHD is, how it is diagnosed, who gets missed, whether it can develop in adulthood, an...
ADHD Look-Alikes: Conditions That Mimic (or Mask) the Real Thing
Here is a clinical reality that does not get discussed enough: the symptoms that bring most adults to an ADHD evaluation, difficulty co...
Adult-Onset ADHD: What the Science Actually Says
Here is a question that generates more heat than light in psychiatry: Can ADHD develop in adulthood?If you ask social media, the an...
ADHD in Adults: Why So Many Get Missed
The numbers tell a striking story. In childhood, boys are diagnosed with ADHD at roughly two to three times the rate of girls. By adult...