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ADHD Medications: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

Having the right ADHD medications can help both children and adults who suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. However, the drugs that are most commonly prescribed for the condition are...

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ADD ADHD and the Danger of Ritalin

There are a lot of reports being circulated today about the dangers of giving our children Ritalin. Ritalin is one of the stimulant medications given to children to help treat, ADHD, Attention Deficit...

6 comments    health family adhd
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Diagnosed With Extreme Case Of ADHD - My Thoughts About Medication

I have an extreme case of ADHD. I've been enriched by it all my life. I was prescribed Adderall and my experience with the drug proved fruitless. It did nothing, cost more than ritalin, and more than...

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Government Jobs and Prescription Adderall

Being an adult recently diagnosed with A.D.H.D., or Attention-Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder, I was given a prescription for Adderall as a part of my treatment. What I didn't know at the time before I...

0 comments    health family children
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Bugged Out

 Day five.  I got a four hour nap in some underground parking lot.  I woke up to Monday morning commuters slamming their doors and honking their horns to get to work.  What a racket.  I'm not much...

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Dealing with Restless Legs

Do you have difficulty sleeping at night because your legs twitch, tingle, ache, or actually feel like they are having a seizure? Regardless of what anyone who doesn't have RLS (restless legs syndrome) might...

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ADHD Getting Your Child Involved

Getting your child involved in their own therapy. This is the only real success story I know of concerning these types of drugs, but in this particular case, for this particular boy it worked. But it worked because the appropriate drug was applied at the right time in his life and is being used in the correct manner.

1 comment    health children adhd
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ADDERALL-The Newly Exposed Drug of Choice on College Campuses

 It seem as if there is an increase in the numbers of people being diagnosed at treated with stimulant agents to reduce brain over excitement and improve focus and concentration. There are now young adults,...

2 comments    children heart college
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Being a Wallflower: The Trouble with Social Anxiety

You wake up. The sun's peeking through your window, and you're squinty-eyed and still lost in your recently departed dream world. You stand up only to have a rush of worries, so many you have a headache....

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Stop Nail Biting

Nail biting, also known as onychophagia, is that nasty habit of unconsciously biting one's fingernails (or toenails!) while being nervous, bored, hungry or stressed. This outward sign could be a signal of...

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