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 therapy and meds...

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 are tiny,...

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, fatigue, sleep...