Archive for June, 2008
Are You A Failure?
Posted by: | CommentsThis is a great video of the importance of failing.
If you don’t ever fail, you can’t succeed…
I think this video is a great reminder for everyone, not just people with ADHD.
Adult ADD – Going Beyond The DSM
Posted by: | CommentsThe DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association – and it the manual used to diagnose psychiatric disorders – including ADD and ADHD.
The DSM criteria used to diagnose ADHD were developed with children as the focus. The criteria have been criticized in how poorly they help in the assessment and diagnosis of adult ADHD (or ADD).
The Dollars and Cents of ADHD
Posted by: | CommentsA press release just came out today – publicizing a report which is available for purchase about the nature of the pharmaceutical market in ADHD. The press release documents that the ADHD market is worth $3.85 billion per year, and will have a compound annual growth rate of 1.2% over the next 10 years. They document that the adult ADHD ‘market’ is largely untapped, and they predict that it will likely be twice as big as the pediatric ADHD market.
Intuniv: One Step Closer To FDA Approval for ADHD
Posted by: | CommentsThirty percent of children with AD/ADHD cannot tolerate taking stimulant medications.
For these individuals, the recent news that Shire is one step closer to gaining FDA approval for its time-released non-stimulant INTUNIV is welcome news.
St John’s Wort for ADHD: Who Cares?
Posted by: | CommentsThis past week, a study was released in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, which documented that St. John’s Wort has no benefit in ADHD or ADD.
Brain Steroids
Posted by: | CommentsWe know that medications for ADD or ADHD help to improve concentration in those who have ADD and ADHD.
Some people – even if they don’t have the condition, take these medications to help to improve their focus and productivity (so called: ‘brain steroids’).
Each year, the press comes out with one or two stories (usually during exam time) talking about college students taking adderall to get through exams.
I must admit that the reason that I watched an episode of ‘Desperate Housewives’, was because a patient told me that one of the mothers on the show took her kid’s ritalin (I think that was in the first season).
