Deciding to look into ADHD testing in NJ often comes after months, sometimes years, of wondering whether what you have been dealing with has a name. Maybe a pattern of missed deadlines finally caught up with you at work. Maybe…
A ten-year-old sits at her kitchen table, laptop propped against a cereal box. She’s walking a therapist through the same worksheet she’d do in an office. Say the thought out loud. Notice the feeling. Find the smaller reaction underneath it.…
A parent sat in our office last month holding a stack of report cards, asking a question we hear almost every week: is ADHD a disability, or is that word too strong for what my child is dealing with? The…
A school email about accommodations, a pharmacy two blocks from the pediatrician’s office, a form asking about dosage: pieces that show up at the ADHD, Mood & Behavior Center before parents have even said the word ADHD out loud. A…
The question comes up in almost every first appointment at the ADHD, Mood & Behavior Center. A parent describes the missed homework, the third phone call from school this month, the bedtime meltdowns, and then asks quietly: did we do…
Parents sitting through a first ADHD evaluation usually have plans to leave with a prescription pad. Instead, a clinician hands over a plan that includes therapy, medication, or both. Increasingly, it also includes a way to do most of it…
A girl who finishes her homework, keeps her desk neat, and rarely talks out of turn does not look like the textbook picture of ADHD. That picture was built around boys who could not sit still. So, when ADHD in…
The phone call comes in mid-October. Their teacher has noticed a pattern: a student goes quiet during classroom transitions and loses track of multi-step instructions. The parent has been watching this same child at the kitchen table for months, also…
Parenting a child with ADHD is not a straight road. Some mornings run smoothly, homework gets done without a battle, and everyone goes to bed on time. Other days, a simple request to put on shoes can ignite a 45-minute…
ADHD symptoms in women can go missed for years. Sometimes decades. A woman in her late 30s sits across from a clinician. She describes what her life has felt like since childhood: the mental noise that never quiets, the projects…