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Medication Management 101: ADHD & Depression — Common Questions Answered
Since October is not only ADHD Awareness Month, but also home to Depression Screening Day, I decided to cover some of the most important topics related to ADHD and Depression Medications. If you’re seeking treatment for either ADHD or depression—or both—you might feel like you’ve entered the world of medications and you’re trying to read the road map. Let’s simplify it. I’ll walk you through what meds do, how long they typically take, common side‑effects, and importantly how
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Focus Renewals: Using Micro-Habits to Build Executive Function
If you’ve ever opened your laptop to “quickly” check your calendar and ended up deep-diving into why sea otters hold hands (important, but maybe not urgent), you’ve felt the impact of weakened executive function. And if you live with ADHD, burnout, anxiety, or depression, you know that your brain’s executive functioning—things like planning, organizing, initiating tasks, and staying focused—doesn’t always show up when you need it most. That’s where micro-habits come in. These
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Depression Screening Day: What Your PHQ‑9 Score Means and What to Do Next
Let’s be real — we all take quizzes online to learn something about ourselves. But what if a short quiz could actually help you understand something actually impactful, like the status of your mental health? That’s exactly what screening tools like the PHQ‑9 , GAD-7, and BADS-SF do. What is the PHQ‑9? The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ‑9) is a 9-question self-assessment designed to help screen for depression. It asks how often you’ve experienced symptoms like low mood,
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ADHD in Adults: 8 Practical Strategies to Improve Focus Today
Living with adult ADHD often feels like running dozens of open tabs on a computer that just can’t keep up. Your mind jumps from idea to idea, the to-do list never ends, and executive function seems to go offline at the worst moments. As both a therapist and someone with ADHD myself, I’ve spent years sorting through strategies—ditching the rigid ones and keeping what’s actually doable on real-life, low-energy days. These eight strategies are practical, evidence-informed, and f
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