ADHD Articles

Depressed, ADHD, Self-Injury And No One Will Listen

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Friday, March 18th, 2011
Hello, I am a 16 year old Sophomore in high school. For the past 5 years I have struggled with addiction to self injury, depression and ADHD. My parents refuse too believe anything is wrong with me ...

My Son’s Illness Is Ruining My Life

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Thursday, March 17th, 2011
My son is now 13 and had been diagnosed ED / ADHD since he was 3.  I was a single mom the first 4 years of his life, and married when he was four.  I now have two other boys, 2 and 4, and my ...

Can’t Pay Attention

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
I sit in class, cant exactly focus and I don't seem to be able to understand what i am a supposed to be learning. I sit there and all i can think about is when i am ever going to use this later in life. ...

Difference Between ADD with Severe Depression and Bipolar?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
When i got hospitalised for a suicide attempt about 4 years ago a doctor changed my diagnosis from "add with severe depression" to bipolar but when i got moved to see the doctor that i grew up seeing he told my mom "he is not ...

Do I Have Adult ADD?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Thursday, February 24th, 2011
I'm a student receiving my Masters degree. Within the past two years I've felt my body and mind change significantly in many ways. I feel extremely anxious when doing tasks (even small ones like packing/unpacking a suitcase). This is the same with grocery shopping or ...

Seeing More Than One Therapist

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
I have a question about seeing therapists. I have read and have been told by friends who have had this come up in therapy that it is not ok to see more than one therapist. I understand in principle, but I have a question. I ...

Does this sound consistent with ADD?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
My whole life I have been told by teachers and everything that I have ADD. I was always in trouble, failing stuff, talked to much, made noise and never could sit still. I even always had reading comprehension problems. My teachers even tried to tell ...

Someone Please Help Me

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Hi, I am 20 years old, and I am currently on my 3rd year of college, working part time, and planning a wedding. From the time I was little, up until now I felt as though something is not quite right with me.... ~I have always ...

How Can I Talk To My Doctor?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, December 30th, 2010
...about long term mental problems I've had. When I was a child my mother always spoke for me when we went to the doctor's and this continued until I was 18. I never wanted her to but she has a very controlling personality. She told ...

Do I Have Depression?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Or maybe some other type of disorder? I am currently a freshman in high school. You could say i'm smarter than your average kid, i could explain Einstein's theory of relativity to you, and i've been told i have a very powerful voice in my ...

Does my brother have ADD?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
My younger brother has problems at school.Often fails to give close attention to details, makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities. Often becomes easily distracted by irrelevant sights, sounds and extraneous stimuli. Often does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish ...

No Motivation/Concentration and Depressed

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, December 6th, 2010
Hello: My name is jackie and please help me. First, I’m going to give you some background on my history so you can better help me. I've always been somewhat depressed through my teen yrs, I had lots of friends but i seemed to be down ...