Linda Hawley APRN

25/04/2025

Hormonal fluctuations in midlife can hit women with ADHD hard. Learn what perimenopause treatment options can help — and how to talk to your doctor about them.

12/10/2024

SO INTERESTING

A new study has shown that conscious thought relies on synchronized brain rhythms to maintain communication between sensory and cognitive brain regions.

06/05/2024

Treating ADHD with medication improves life longevity in patients ESPECIALLY for women

ADHD medication use lowers risk of death by 19%, risk of overdose by 50%, and it reduces hospitalizations, according to new, large-scale studies.

06/05/2024

Why do children with ADHD fib a lot? Here's an idea...

What if your child’s lying is not evidence of a character flaw or disrespect? What if his fibs are actually a self-preservation strategy rooted in poor inhibition, emotional regulation, working memory, and attention — all hallmarks of ADHD? This is the premise behind a new theory that is giving ...

24/04/2024

Fantastic article regarding ADHD, particularly addressing the impact it has in adult years.

The landscape for researching, evaluating, and treating ADHD in adults is shifting rapidly. Here are recent and forthcoming developments worthy of our attention.

24/04/2024

16/04/2024

😁under the correct circumstances, ADHD can be a superpower!

How to explain ADHD to children and teens through analogies. Understanding ADHD executive dysfunction, emotional dysregulation, etc.

16/04/2024

Hooray! We can pay for appointments online!

Pay your Assessment deposit, current bill, or even prepay for an appointment!! Thank you so very much

14/04/2024

Grief is a vitalizing emotion. Out of the grief comes a new energy. But, we can get nowhere until we first go down into the ashes, into the grief.
(Paraphrased) -Robert Bly

21/03/2024

Treating ADHD with stimulants saves lives

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2816084?fbclid=IwAR0kZQq8EuQQIq19HjJAJjikB52jzm7hfVODv19pN9uoF7rOcAuxon-59IA

This cohort study investigates whether the initiation of medication to treat patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was associated with mortality.

21/03/2024

3 out of 4 people achieved remission of depression after 4 months. This is huge.
(Longevity of depression remission not noted.)

- With U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) alignment on multisite, multinational Phase 3 program design Company expects to commence Phase 3 program around mid-year 2024 - - 15 U.S. clinical trials sites targeted; European sites to be added - - Robust and sustained improvement in depression...

25/02/2024

I've been saying this for a while. The government, via the DEA, is implicit in the stimulant shortage. This has everything to do with regulators who have opinions and power but little actual knowledge or scientific training.

Imagine what we could achieve, as a nation, if this kind of oversight was required in governmental budgeting, payroll and expenses...

A drugmaker’s feud with the DEA is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis — at a rate of 600 million missing doses a year.