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Dang, That Was Fast!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
First thing I saw when I woke up yesterday was a new email from the agent. Unfortunately, it is not good news. Turns out that although the agent agrees with me that my revisions have improved the story, he isn't sure my story is strong enough to capture a publisher's attention, which could simply mean he's not that excited about representing the story. Or the story isn't his cup of tea. Or the story stinks. There were no more helpful suggestions. End of the road with this particular agent. I will be getting a lot of this kind of news throughout the year if I'm serious about this project.Since I manage Depression I am alway...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - February 2, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Writing Depression Rejections ADHD Source Type: blogs

Spitting in the Eye of MorpheusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although it is 6:30am now as I write this, yestermorn's insomnia was worse. I retired to bed at 9am and lay there awake and unsleepy. The CPAP mask hugged my face with its life-giving embrace. A dark blindfold was tied around my head to thwart the sun's purpose. The sounds of brown noise ebbed in the background, while my headphones were sounding the lilting oddness of binaural beats. Yet, sleep still eluded me. After twenty minutes of lying there trying to think of sleepy thoughts, I suddenly realized how to fix my easy reader manuscript. ADHD had struck. Off came the blindfold, and up came the iPhone. Held over my head...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 31, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Insomnia Writing Upsides Goals ADHD Source Type: blogs

Child Symptoms of ADHD & Sleep Loss Can Be ConfusedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Australian pediatric sleep expert Dr. Chris Seton recently told the Sydney Morning-Herald that it is very possible to confuse symptoms of ADHD with the effects of sleep deprivation in children.“A tired five-year-old and a five-year-old with ADHD can both act in the same way," he said. "There's probably a common pathway, but so far researchers have been unable to find what it is."Last year the Sleep Education Blog reported that children respond to sleep loss in a different way than adults. Sleep-deprived adults tend to be sleepy and sluggish during the day. But sleep-deprived children are often hyperactive. What could be ...
Source: Sleep Education - January 31, 2010 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: parents sleep deprivation ADHD children Source Type: blogs

Adult ADHD Coaching Presentation at Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group This TuesdayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths I’ll be doing an interactive presentation on Adult ADHD coaching at The Vancouver Adult ADD support group this Tuesday, February 2nd from 6.30-8.30 at Ravensong Community Healthcare Center, 2450 Ontario St, near Main & Broadway. As part of the presentation, I will also be doing a short live demonstration of Adult ADHD coaching of someone that I haven’t coached before. If you want to be coached at the meeting, please come with an openess & willingness to change yourself and 1, not 3, very specific practical goal or problem. I.e., get organized, get focused is too general an...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - January 31, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Coaching Vancouver Source Type: blogs

A Divine Book Launch PartyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here's something I forgot to blog about. My friend, Bree Despain, had a book launch party in the beginning of January for her paranormal romance, The Dark Divine. You may recall that I put together a silly video for her a few months ago to help promote her book. I can't say the video had much impact, but the launch party was packed with eager readers, surprising the staff and Bree with the turnout. You can see photos of the event below. In fact, King's English Bookshop sold out of Bree's book quickly. Almost makes me feel guilty that I bought three copies. Maybe I'll have to give one of them away?Bree's launch was importan...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 30, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Motor Tic Disorder Insomnia Writing Goals Contest ADHD Source Type: blogs

Adult ADHD and Depression - In Which I'm Interviewed & Make Goofy Faces When I Think No One's LookingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There won't be an article today. I put my all into the interview with HealthyPlace TV, which I'll embed below.The glitches were annoying, but humorous. I would wait for my video feed to be active and it would be black, leading me to believe there was a problem. And then there'd be this big window with a red X in it warning me of impending doom. All the while, my video was being recorded and sent out into the ether. Good thing I didn't do anything embarrassing during those moments.As for the content, aside from my interstellar performance and funny faces, the commentary by the hosts was insightful, especially Dr. Croft's. B...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 28, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Video Depression ADHD Source Type: blogs

Will the iPad Make Me a Better Writer?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Over at HealthyPlace.com I wrote this morning about how ADHD tastes to me. If you've followed my blog here you'll know that social gaffes and I tend to go hand in hand. The gaffe I reference in that article was perhaps mild compared to past mistakes, but certainly not anything to dismiss lightly—though I do my best.While it is true that my blogging over at HealthyPlace.com has been going well, something I feared might happen is very much indeed happening: I'm not writing my books; I'm just blogging. There are two solutions. One is to quit blogging over at HealthyPlace.com, but I can't emphasize enough how distasteful tha...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 28, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Distraction Writing Goals Blogging Epiphanies ADHD Source Type: blogs

ADHD and Mixed-Handedness, College TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s been a rough week for kids and young adults with ADHD — attention deficit disorder. Attention deficit disorder is characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Someone with ADHD has a hard time focusing and concentrating on work or school work, often finds it difficult to sit still and concentrate in meetings or classes, and will often act in an impulsive manner that they later regret. It’s estimated that between 3 to 9 percent of school-aged children and young people suffer from ADHD. First came news on Monday that a significant portion of college campuses’ health services do ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: ADHD and ADD Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders General Medications Parenting Policy and Advocacy Psychotherapy Research Treatment Academic Careers Adhd Adults Adhd Medication Adults With Adhd Ambidextrous Childr Source Type: blogs

DysTalkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.dystalk.com/dysTalk provides information to parents regarding learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD. For: ConsumersTopics: ADHD, Abnormal, Attachment, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Health and Social Services, Life, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Self-help, Teaching, Teaching Psychology, YouthFeatures: Articles, Databases, Forums, Glossary, Information, Links, e-learningdysTalk provides information to parents regarding learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD. So, what is dysTalk? Launched in September 2008, dysTalk is an inf...
Source: PsychSplash - January 26, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Abnormal Articles Attachment Consumers Databases Editor's Pick Educational Psychology Features For Forums General Psychology Glossary Health and Social Services Information Life Links Mental Health Quality of Life Source Type: blogs

This Is As Exciting As My Life GetsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This 3D picture represents the incredible rocket ride I live through every day. Why, I can hardly stop to catch my breath. Look at that cane—a 3D metaphor for my life. Doesn't your heart just pound in your chest with excitement⸮ It's better than Avatar.Sickness, insomnia, ticking, and teenage insurrection. These four horsemen of my own personal apocalypse have kept me quite busy lately. Truthfully, I could use a little less of that kind of excitement. Winter cannot end fast enough for me.I attended a dinner party on Saturday that I would love to tell you about, but I am pressed for time. I can say that I had a great ev...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 26, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Photography Musings ADHD Source Type: blogs

the beginning of the misdiagnosis discussion : it was not childhood bipolar in 1999 and it still isn't, a decade long journey part one: a rambleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: soulful sepulcher - January 24, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: 1999- 2008: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis 1999- 2007: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis Source Type: blogs

I'm Elbow Deep in WordsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's 7am and I should be in bed, but I'm up writing instead. This is a good thing, though perhaps the AM could be PM. My life has been busy writing, which makes me immensely happy. However, I have not finished "Take a Hike!". Two stanzas await my attention. They don't exist yet, but when I'm done with them I will wonder how my story managed without them. How could I be happily writing if I'm not writing my picture book (now an early reader), my chapter book (most likely now a younger middle grade novel), and my novel (still an older middle grade novel, but perhaps soon a 19 volume treatise on singing magic before I'm d...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 22, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Writing Upsides Blogging ADHD Source Type: blogs

Shannon Hale Wears a Wig!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
So how's your book coming along, Douglas? Um, errr, hey! Did I tell you what I did on the 9th? I was supposed to be in line early to hear Shannon and Dean Hale talk about their new book, Calamity Jack. I had planned to attend for days. Me. A library. Authors. Adult conversation. What could go wrong⸮ [Cue family drama to rear its cutely coifed head.] I can't recall (thankfully) the exact events, but when the drama dust settled, I was an hour late and I hadn't even left yet. I was thinking of not going at all, but my fifteen year old practically pushed me and the eleven year old out the door. I ended up having a grea...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 21, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Writing Mind Over Mood Goals Family ADHD Source Type: blogs

Mindfulness - Emotional Intelligence for Personal Growth Part IIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is the second in a series of articles on emotional intelligence for personal growth. The first part is here. Mindfulness is a non-judgmental, present-centered awareness in which each thought, feeling, or sensation that arises is acknowledged and accepted as it is. It is a skill that is learned by committed practice. The object is to focus one's attention on thoughts, feelings and events in the present moment while remaining curious, open, and accepting whatever occurs. The idea is to take on the role of an observer of your own mind. Notice everything that happens without holding onto anything, having a "Teflon Mind"...
Source: Ψ Dare To Dream... - January 15, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Psychotherapy: What Works The Function of Emotion Treating Depression Treatment of ADHD Wellness Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Emotional intelligence Source Type: blogs

Update: Expo Day; Top 15 Articles of 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this January issue of our eNewsletter, we will first brief you on the enlightening demos that will take place on Wednesday, January 20th, as part of the SharpBrains Summit, and then present the 15 most stimulating SharpBrains articles of 2009. Expo Day If you want to see and discuss the latest programs and technologies for brain fitness, presented by Summit Sponsors, Wednesday January 20th is your day. Each demo will last 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. 9am. Baycrest/ Cogniciti will introduce the new Memory@Work workshop, designed to teach what memory is, how lifestyle factors such as distraction and stre...
Source: SharpBrains - January 7, 2010 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Brain Fitness Industry Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Monthly eNewsletter -memory-problems adhd Allstate Arrowsmith Program Arts Baycrest brain-age brain-functions brain-training-software Source Type: blogs

I'm getting married!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I suddenly realized I should inform my few readers of the news: as of Christmas morning, I am engaged!The details will all be posted over at our wedding blog, so if you're interested that's where you'll want to go. I may well post here about the trials and tribulations of attempting to plan a wedding with unmedicated ADHD, but for the actual wedding information, you'll want the wedding blog.Oh, speaking of medication, I have concluded that I do, indeed, need meds in my life. I've asked my doctor, but she only prescribes Strattera, and we all know how horrible that is, so I'm waiting for a referral to a psychiatrist. I hope...
Source: ASD :: Commentary on Autism, Disability, and the World. - January 7, 2010 Category: Autism Tags: My Life Medication ADHD Source Type: blogs

Stage One: Doi!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Long before there was Homer, there were the kids of Cape Cod, circa 1984. Every goof you made in school was greeted with a chorus of "Doi!" from helpful peers. ADHD + Klutzy Teenager = Chorus of Doi I heard that word an awful lot. It seemed then to be the corollary of my life. Last night I was so focused on getting the new blog design up that I forgot one teeny, little detail: to check the site on PCs. Remember that bicycle incident I wrote about earlier today? Doi. Well, this is not really a big deal. I'll just revert to the old design until I bang the bugs out of the new one. It does show me, though, the importanc...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 6, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Insomnia Writing Blogging ADHD Source Type: blogs

The Splintered Books ProjectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Goal:To finish a picture book, a chapter book, and a novel by December 23, 2010 and submit them to a publisher. Each project has its own unique challenges, not the least of which is actually reaching the end after the beginning has been written.The Writer:A sad, sap of a guy. Douglas Cootey is a married, full-time dad raising four girls in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah who has long ago overcome his aversion to the color Pink. Until this point, Douglas has blogged about overcoming AD/HD & Depression with humor & pluck, but now he wonders if there is something else out there for him—something more noble than telling the...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 5, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Motor Tic Disorder Distraction Productivity Insomnia Writing Mind Over Mood Depression Goals Family Boredom ADHD Satire Source Type: blogs

Deep, Dark Secrets Exposed to LightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the fourth year of my blog comes to a close, I've lived through some interesting events. I saw drama with the jeopardy of my marriage, pain from a dark secret revealed by an old friend, and a waist line that refused to acquiesce to all my best efforts. I realize that last bit is slight, but when your disabilities strain your loved ones and they want out, and you learn an old friend got kinky with your three year old, you look for laughs where you can. I had written about both events several times—even a version or two that my wife approved of—but since both events happened in the same 30 days, I wrote about them at...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 31, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Motor Tic Disorder Depression Goals Family Anxiety Musings ADHD Source Type: blogs

Web buzzingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Just wanted to share some cool things I found recently! INSECT-RELATED FUN Amazonian ants apparently adore Tetris – ’tis a tee from Threadless Tees. and, NPR has a short episode with guest comments by the inimitable entolomogist and highly entertaining author, May Berenbaum, There has been a worldwide proliferation of urinal flies, observed May Berenbaum, head of the department of [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:)
Source: Andrea's Buzzing About: - December 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: andrea Tags: ADD/ADHD Accessibility Gardening Geeks Humor/ Fun Stuff Insects & Arachnids Source Type: blogs

Adult ADHD And Sleep ProblemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Sleep disturbances that are not attributable to comorbid mental health conditions or ADHD pharmacotherapy are associated with ADHD in adulthood. Clinicians and researchers should consider the potential contribution of sleep disruption to the clinical presentation of adults with ADHD." While I don't necessarily buy researchers' implied argument that going to sleep before midnight is the gold standard of sleep (especially if someone works swing or graveyard shifts. Do Biederman et al. really believe that everyone works 8 to 5 and that that's the appropriate standard for poking into sleep and ADHD? Ah, ivory towe...
Source: Furious Seasons - December 28, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

Shire Implements First Ever Integrated Phone-Assisted Social Network Marketing Campaign for ADHD!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In what has to be a truly innovative use of Twitter, Shire Pharmaceuticals launched a phone-assisted ADHD Support Twitter account (@adhdsupport). Instead of following other Twitter users and building up a community where followers can "direct message" the account, @adhdsupport suggests that people call the Shire Customer Service Center if they want to provide comments. The reason given: "At this time we aren't able to follow other users" (see screen shot below).I decided to call the 1-800 number listed and ask why @ADHDSupport is "not able" to follow other Twitter uses "at this time" and when it will be able to do so. LIST...
Source: Pharma Marketing Blog - December 22, 2009 Category: Pharma Commentators Tags: Shire social media marketing ADHD Source Type: blogs

Adult ADHD and Depression - In Which I'm Interviewed & Make Goofy Faces When I Think No One's LookingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There won't be an article today. I put my all into the interview with HealthyPlace TV, which I'll embed below.The glitches were annoying, but humorous. I would wait for my video feed to be active and it would be black, leading me to believe there was a problem. And then there'd be this big window with a red X in it warning me of impending doom. All the while, my video was being recorded and sent out into the ether. Good thing I didn't do anything embarrassing during those moments.As for the content, aside from my interstellar performance and funny faces, the commentary by the hosts was insightful, especially Dr. Croft's. B...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 16, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Video Depression ADHD Source Type: blogs

Information Overload in 1755Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths Information overload is not a new thing. Here’s a piece from Stowe Boyd’s thought provoking /message blog Denis Diderot, “Encyclopédie” (1755) As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when it will be almost as difficult to learn anything from books as from the direct study of the whole universe. It will be almost as convenient to search for some bit of truth concealed in nature as it will be to find it hidden away in an immense multitude of bound volumes. Some of us ADHD Adults (l...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - December 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD and Technology Source Type: blogs

A few thoughts and a storyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I think I've written about this sort of thing before, and I doubt this is going to bring out a lot of new information. But I want to share something I wrote this morning as a comment on another blog entry, and I want to share the story of an encounter I had this fall. I'm hoping that this will help add to the discussion - or maybe begin the discussion - about diagnosis, treatment, society's response to disability, and myriad other topics I may or may not end up commenting on in this post. (In case you weren't aware, I tend not to plan out my blog entries ahead of time. That's why a lot of them get rather rambly.)As you oug...
Source: ASD :: Commentary on Autism, Disability, and the World. - December 15, 2009 Category: Autism Tags: My Life Prejudice ADHD Media Communication Advocacy Awareness Source Type: blogs

Bipolar Disorder in Children May Be Linked to a Circadian Clock GeneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study found that the circadian clock gene RORB may be involved in bipolar disorder in children.The study analyzed the genetic make-up of 305 children with bipolar disorder. They were compared with 140 controls.Results show a positive association between bipolar disorder and four variants of the RORB gene. The authors suggest that this gene may be an important target in the search for the molecular basis of bipolar disorder.The study also notes that bipolar disorder often involves a decreased need for sleep. This symptom helps discriminate children with bipolar disorder from those with ADHD.The NIMH reports that bipol...
Source: Sleep Education - December 13, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: genetics depression ADHD circadian clock children bipolar disorder Source Type: blogs

Medicaid Children Get 4x More AntipsychoticsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you’re a child in Medicaid, you already have a more difficult life than average ahead of you. Children in Medicaid programs have nearly twice the number of mental health problems than other children. But now new research suggests it gets even worse for children in Medicaid, according to an article in The New York Times — they are prescribed four times the amount of atypical antipsychotic medications than other children: New federally financed drug research reveals a stark disparity: children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parent...
Source: World of Psychology - December 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: ADHD and ADD Antipsychotic Bipolar Children and Teens Disorders General Health-related Medications Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Research Schizophrenia Treatment Antipsychotic Medicines Attention Deficit Hypera Source Type: blogs

Child Mental HealthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.childadvocate.net/childmentalhealth/Addresses mental disorders, behavioral disorders, child abuse, trauma, among other things. For: ConsumersTopics: ADHD, Anxiety, Attachment, Autism, Behaviour Management, Child and Adolescent, Depression, Educational Psychology, Emotional Health, Family Therapy, General Psychology, General Science, Life, Mental Health, Pediatric Depression, Self-harm and suicide, Sexual Assault, Stress, Substance Abuse, YouthFeatures: Articles, Databases, Information, Links, e-learning Addresses mental disorders, behavioral disorders, child abuse, trauma, among other things. Gives lo...
Source: PsychSplash - December 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Anxiety Articles Attachment Autism Behaviour Management Child and Adolescent Consumers Databases Depression Educational Psychology Emotional Health Family Therapy Features For General Psychology General Science Infor Source Type: blogs

Sleep & Hyperactive BoysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study examined the link between sleep duration and hyperactivity in preschool children.The study involved 2,057 mothers in Quebec. They answered annual questionnaires until their child reached 5 years of age.Results show that nightly sleep duration and hyperactivity were significantly associated. Highly hyperactive children were five times more likely to have a short sleep duration. Short sleepers were four times more likely to have high hyperactivity.Boys were more likely than girls to be a hyperactive, short sleeper. Other risk factors included living in a low-income home and having a mother with a low education.�...
Source: Sleep Education - December 10, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: sleep duration ADHD children Source Type: blogs

Eyelids Opened WideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Family drama from the other night knocked my fresh, new sleep schedule out of bed and onto the floor. Here I am two mornings later at 6:08am, tired but unable to let go. Awake, but too tired to do anything productive. There's no way I'm going to make it to church this morning. Since my daughter gave us an appendicitis scare last night at Primary Children's hospital, I will need to stay home and miss church anyway so that I can be on hand if she needs me. She'll likely sleep the morning away, but it would be more of a noble sacrifice if I was actually awake during those hours instead of sucking air through a CPAP. Fortunate...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 6, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Insomnia ADHD Source Type: blogs

Music to Bounce ByEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My five-month old grandson, AKA Tigger or Mr BoingBoing, has loved to bounce from the get-go. Even when he was in utero, my daugher remembers how the sonography technician ended up sighing when she visited, because the baby was so mobile that it was hard to get a measurement. Later on, the mom-to-be said that [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:)
Source: Andrea's Buzzing About: - December 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: andrea Tags: ADD/ADHD Family Parenting Sleep Source Type: blogs

Study Touts Depakote For ADHD Kids Who Are DisruptiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study points the way to a more complicated, but ultimately more realistic, polypharmacology in developmental psychiatry that should produce better results for our patients, rather than some of the unfortunate 'polypsychopharmacology,' where a high number of agents is combined in suboptimal doses in hopes of producing desired results." Look, I'm all in favor of getting away from the wild polpharmacy advocated by the Harvard child psychiatry crowd and others, which has resulted in tons of aggressive kids on antipsychotics for non-psychotic issues, but it is more than a little Pollyannaish to suggest that a little old p...
Source: Furious Seasons - December 3, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

Australian ADHD Guidelines Conflicts Allegedly Properly ManagedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I noted on November 23 that the Australian government had pulled draft ADHD treatment guidelines due to concerns that they leaned heavily upon the work of Harvard's Joseph Biederman who's embroiled in all kinds of controversy and investigations due to his taking millions from pharma companies while allegedly doing unbiased research. A couple of days later the Royal Australasian College of Physicians announced that no such pull back would happen. "The body charged with setting new guidelines for the treatment of ADHD has refused to release details of payments by drug companies to its experts, but has said conflicts of inte...
Source: Furious Seasons - December 1, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

How To Learn About Controlling ADHD Without MedicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first thing to learn about controlling ADHD without medication is that a multidisciplinary approach is by far the best way to cope with ADHD in children. In Northern Ireland, the Education Minister has granted £2.5m to the setting up of the Pupil Emotional Health and Wellbeing (PEHAW). A similar programme exists in Scotland called the Mental Health First Aid Programme. Lots of teachers and parents are aware of child protection issues but when it comes to mental health problems like autism and ADHD, there is a severe shortage of knowledge. The second thing to learn about controlling ADHD without medication is that medi...
Source: Life With ADHD - November 25, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Medication Source Type: blogs

The Truth About Fish Oil and ADHDEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The topic of fish oil and ADHD has been often discussed lately in the news, magazines and on the internet. By the time you finish reading this, you’ll have a better understanding of how the use of fish oil impacted a group of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and also why fish oil and ADHD are so often used together in the same sentence. From the findings of this research you will be able to draw your own conclusions on whether fish oil is an effective means of treating ADHD and if it is a course of action you would want to take in your own life either with yourself, or a loved one. ADHD h...
Source: Life With ADHD - November 25, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

Australia Pulls Guidelines For ADHD MedicinesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Why? There are concerns that the guidelines, which are based, in part, on work by a Harvard University researcher, may have been undermined due to his financial ties to drugmakers, according to The Daily Telegraph. A Congressional investigation revealed last year that Harvard’s Joseph Biederman had earned far more money from drugmakers than he had reported to the school (back story and more here). The probe found about $1.6 million in payments and by failing to report income, he may have violated federal and university research rules governing conflicts of interest. Harvard Medical School is supposedly investigating the ...
Source: Pharmalot - November 24, 2009 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized ADHD Australia Conflicts of Interest Harvard University Joseph Biederman Royal Australasian College of Physicians Source Type: blogs

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder InformationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder information which is unbiased, must be the most difficult to come by. It also must be the longest acronym in the world so it is conveniently shortened to ADHD, which makes everybody’s life much easier. Where can one get information on ADHD and can it be considered reliable? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder information is not hard to find or to discover. Actually it is often noticed first at school and the teacher may well bring it to the attention of parents. However, there are often signs of ADHD in the child’s behavior at home so the two will usually dovetail. ...
Source: Life With ADHD - November 23, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Drugs Source Type: blogs

I am SICK of this kind of garbage.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I got a piece of SPAM in my e-mail this morning because I "have expressed a public interest in advancing education and research regarding Autism." Just so everyone's clear here: this blog doesn't mean I want spam in my Inbox. In fact, if you've read my blog, you will know that this blog doesn't mean I want information about curing autism or ADHD, either.Yup, you've guessed it: that's what this e-mail was about. *sigh* I've unsubscribed and told them in the feedback that they're insane and that if they'd read my blog they would know my reply and wouldn't have sent me the spam. But come on, people. Ignorance is not an excuse...
Source: ASD :: Commentary on Autism, Disability, and the World. - November 23, 2009 Category: Autism Tags: My Life Medication Prejudice ADHD Advocacy Source Type: blogs

Less is More: Smaller Corpus Callosum Correlates with Greater Divergent Thinking & Creativity - Dyslexia, ADHD Anyone?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although these results were not predicted, perhaps, as suggested by Bogen and Bogen(1988), decreased callosal connectivity enhances hemispheric specialization, which benefits the incubation of ideas that are critical for the divergent-thinking component of creativity, and it is the momentary inhibition of this e hemispheric independence that accounts for the illumination that is part of the innovative stage of creativity. Alternatively, decreased CC size may reflect more selective developmental pruning, thereby facilitating efficient functional connectivity."The data are particularly interesting given our work...
Source: Eide Neurolearning Blog - November 23, 2009 Category: Neurologists Tags: creativity dyslexia divergent thinking interhemispheric gifted dyslexics adhd brain Source Type: blogs

Problems And Challenges On How To Define ADHDEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you were to ask a doctor, paediatrician on the best way to define ADHD, you would probably get quite a few varied responses. There might be an ADHD definition as a mental disorder which should be treated as a mental illness and therefore the use of antipsychotic drugs would be perfectly acceptable. Nobody can agree or knows the cause of the disorder, the diagnosis is sometimes vague and the treatment of this condition has led to fierce arguments among child carers, teachers, parents and doctors. One of the main problems is the actual diagnosis of this condition which is also why it is so hard to define ADHD! Brain scans...
Source: Life With ADHD - November 23, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Medication Source Type: blogs

ADD & ADHD Disorders – Must Know Facts For ParentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Is there a difference between ADD and ADHD? ADD and ADHD disorders are usually lumped together as one disorder, the only difference being that ADD is sometimes used to distinguish those children who have the inattentive type while the hyper and impulsive kids usually get the ADHD label. In some of the older manuals used by doctors,ADD and ADHD disorders were one and the same thing. If we are still using the ADD label or (ADHD Inattentive type) as it is most commonly called these days, these children frequently are spaced out and have a lot of problems in finishing a task and may flit from one task to another. These childre...
Source: Life With ADHD - November 23, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Medication Source Type: blogs

Australia Pulls ADHD Guidelines Over Harvard's BiedermanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Proving that there is some sanity on Earth, the Australian federal government has pulled ADHD guidelines, which were in draft form, because some of the underlying studies were authored by controversial Harvard child psychiatrist Joseph Biederman. Biederman has come into disrepute in the US because there is evidence that he promised one drug maker positive study outcomes before conducting the actual studies and because of approximately $1.6 million he got in payment from pharma companies, much of which he did not disclose, while taking federal research money. (His breathtaking arrogance has not helped his credibility much e...
Source: Furious Seasons - November 23, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – How Can ADHD Behavior Therapy Help?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Whoever invented the longest name for a mental disorder such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder maybe suffered from the condition himself and was not able to focus and was all over the place! Anyway now this condition is referred to as ADHD. That’s a relief. Now it has become a four letter word! Can ADHD behaviour therapy help? ADHD behavior therapy together with medication is now recognized as the best way of treating ADHD . The great example is Michael Phelps who was diagnosed at the age of 9 years. He was put on medication but apparently that did not last long and then went on with ADHD behavior therapy. ...
Source: Life With ADHD - November 21, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

Calif. Docs Using Medical Marijuana On Teens With ADHDEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An eye popping article in the New York Times today on how some doctors in California are advising some teenagers with ADHD to use medical marijuana. "Counterintuitive as it may seem, however, patients and doctors have been reporting that marijuana helps alleviate some of the symptoms, particularly the anxiety and anger that so often accompany A.D.H.D. The disorder has been diagnosed in more than 4.5 million children in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." I cannot even begin to attempt to sort this one out. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - November 21, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

Live AD/HD Feed on TwitterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here's a live Twitter search I've been experimenting with. Many people comment on AD/HD in their daily lives on Twitter. Some accept it; some deny it. Some mock it; some praise it. I've filtered the search to leave out the several million blog posts so you should be able to get a good idea of what real people think about the subject by looking over the stream. It's likely not work safe, but any attempts to filter out cuss words have them posted in bold at the top of the page when you "Join the conversation". It made me laugh out loud. So terribly NOT what I had intended. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'search', sea...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 20, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

ADHD & Sleep Disorders in ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study examined sleep problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.The Italian study involved 55 children with ADHD. They had an average age of about 9 years. They completed a sleep interview and were monitored during an overnight sleep study.Results show that most of the children had disturbed, fragmentary sleep at night. The authors found a significant difference in almost all sleep variables between ADHD children and controls. Fifty percent of the children struggled with restlessness; 21 percent had a complaint of snoring; and about 12 percent had leg discomfort at night related to restless le...
Source: Sleep Education - November 19, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: parasomnias ADHD children Source Type: blogs

Mailbag: An Anxious Cry For HelpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Despite what others may think of me in my local community and family, I am not the mess I used to be. I have come a long way. I have still a long way to go, but I am happier and better and more productive today—more so now than in any time in my life. I take no medications, and in truth shun them. They made my life worse. I live in fear of side-effects and worry about my readers who write about the cocktails they take to deal with all the side-effects yet they still are no better off for them. Mental illness is a difficult malady to overcome, yet there is hope if we can find focus and motivation to tackle it. The other d...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 17, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Photography Mind Over Mood Depression Anxiety Coping Strategies ADHD Source Type: blogs

ADHD - should nurses take over diagnosis and management?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the United States, approximately 9% of the school-age population is diagnosed with ADHD. It's the most commonly diagnosed behavioral condition in children today. Twice as many boys are diagnosed with ADHD as girls.ConcertaThe race continues in the USA to get 5 million children on psychoactive medication for behaviour problems. Drug companies in the UK are not allowed to advertise directly to the general public but the internet means that is only a theoretical restriction. In the USA, the makes of Concerta have a highly sophisticated pitch aimed directly at parents. Listen to the soothing guitar music as the virtue of me...
Source: NHS Blog Doctor - November 17, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: Concerta methylphenidate nurse prescribing ADHD Source Type: blogs

Living the AD/HD Hunter Analogy—or How Castle Distracted MeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ah, do you smell it? The scent of The Hunt? Do you hear the crisp, cool clacking of the keyboard, and feel the eyes darting over the glowing screen seeking out clues… Nothing thrills my AD/HD mind more than the solving a puzzle in The Hunt. As an art geek of sorts, I love pen & ink. I write notes with an old school fountain pen. I prefer the skritch of metallic nib on paper over the tactile-less glide of stylus over pad. Maybe one day soon I'll take my art gear and go out and actually draw something again. When I came across the Dux Variable Precision Sharpener and successfully hunted it down, I set off a chain react...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 16, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Upsides Boredom Fun Distractions ADHD Source Type: blogs

In Which Douglas Pretends to Write a Short Entry About Free Books & FertilizerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ideally, this is a short entry because I'm supposedly working as much as I can on my novel. We'll see how that goes. The spirit is willing, but the mind is weak.You may not have caught it earlier, but I was asked to review a book for ADDitude Magazine. That review is now up on their site (See Trainwreck - My Life As an Idoit). It's short & sweet and hopefully not shared here too late for Claire, who won the book a few weeks ago. Give it a read and let me know what you think of it. Speaking of winning things, I'm giving out free books here. Are you sure you want to lurk? It's not as if I'm giving out old copies of TV Guide,...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 13, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Music Pharmacology Writing Goals ADHD Source Type: blogs