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What’s the best ADHD treatment?
Week 3 of ADHD Awareness Month’s question is one of the most commonly asked: What’s the best treatment for ADHD? If you missed the first...
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Kristen Stuppy, MD FAAP
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
ADHD Medication Side Effects and What to do about them
ADHD medications can be very helpful to control symptoms associated with ADHD, but they often come with side effects. Learn how to manage...
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Kristen Stuppy, MD
- Nov 20, 2019
- 8 min
Finding the Best ADHD Medication You Can Afford
If you’ve had problems finding a medication for ADHD that you can afford, you’re not alone. In years past generic medications were...
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Kristen Stuppy, MD
- Apr 3, 2019
- 4 min
Psychosis from Adderall?
If you worry about headlines reporting new research findings, look at the facts before making a decision.
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Kristen Stuppy, MD
- Mar 26, 2019
- 6 min
Tips to manage ADHD medication side effects
With everything we do, we must weigh risks and benefits. Many people with ADHD need help managing their symptoms, and that often includes...
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Kristen Stuppy, MD
- Jan 26, 2019
- 6 min
Brain Function 101- why medicine helps those with ADHD
There’s a commonly held belief that people with ADHD should just try harder, but this doesn’t usually work. The symptoms of ADHD are...
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kristen
- Jan 12, 2019
- 4 min
What if we don’t treat ADHD?
A lot of people worry about medication side effects, want to be all natural, or just plain forget to take their medicines. What’s the...
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Kristen Stuppy, MD
- Dec 29, 2018
- 3 min
Top 10 Posts of 2018
I know it seems like I’m jumping on the bandwagon, but posting the top 10 blog posts at the end of the year serves several purposes....
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kristen
- Nov 24, 2018
- 4 min
2018 International Conference on ADHD recap
I was excited to attend the 2018 International Conference on ADHD with a group of ADHDKC board members. I’ll try to recap some of the...
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Kristen Stuppy, MD
- Oct 27, 2018
- 3 min
My medicine stops working too soon! What can I do?
Teens have long days. The most common medicines they use to manage ADHD symptoms last 8-12 hours. It isn’t surprising that stimulants...
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kristen
- Aug 4, 2018
- 6 min
Stimulants decrease brain function? Say what?
If you heard the recent news that stimulants decrease brain function, don’t freak out and immediately think you need to stop a medicine...
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