Mental health articles covering ADHD, depression, anxiety, Suboxone, psychiatric care, and more.
Can Prozac Make ADHD Worse? Yes — Prozac (fluoxetine) and other SSRIs can make ADHD symptoms worse for some adults, even when they’re effectively treating depression or anxiety. The mechanism is not that SSRIs cause ADHD; it’s that SSRIs work on serotonin while ADHD is primarily a dopamine and norepinephrine condition. For some adults, increased … Read more
How to Lose Weight With ADHD Adults with ADHD lose weight on the same biological terms as everyone else — sustained calorie deficit, adequate protein, sufficient sleep, regular movement. The reason it usually fails is not biology. It is that nearly every conventional weight-loss approach depends on executive functions the ADHD brain does not have … Read more
ADHD and Depression: When You Have Both at the Same Time Roughly 30% of adults with undiagnosed ADHD with ADHD also meet criteria for major depressive disorder, and the overlap is not coincidence. ADHD increases depression risk through years of chronic underachievement, executive function fatigue, social rejection, and relentless self-criticism. Treatment that addresses only one … Read more
Does ADHD Cause Anger Issues? Yes — ADHD causes anger issues in a clinically specific way, and the mechanism is emotional dysregulation rooted in head injuries affecting the prefrontal cortex dysfunction. If you already know you have ADHD and the question keeping you up is “why am I this angry, this forgetful, this stuck in … Read more
Can a Head Injury Cause ADHD? The honest answer is more nuanced than yes or no. After a traumatic brain injury, somewhere between 30% and 50% of adult patients develop ADHD-like symptoms — inattention, distractibility, impulsivity, working memory deficits, and emotional dysregulation. Whether that constitutes ADHD as defined in the DSM-5-TR is still actively debated … Read more
How Long Does It Take to Get an ADHD Diagnosis? For most adults, getting an ADHD diagnosis takes two to four weeks from the first phone call to a confirmed diagnostic conclusion — and the bulk of that time is calendar wait between appointments, not active testing. The clinical work itself fits inside a single … Read more