The following questions are related to ‘ADHD’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I have an 8-year-old son, who has recently started hitting himself in his head when he gets angry. He’s also displaying an inability to focus on a task. I’m wondering what I could do to stop him from hitting himself and to help him focus more on the task at hand? A: The behaviors [...]
Q: My son has ADHD and is off meds right now. The last few weeks he has gotten out hand, comes and goes, stays gone days at a time. Recently he skipped the first day of school. I have him listed as a runaway. To get him help I would have to hold him down. [...]
Q: I am 26 years old. I am a professional musician. More recently when I am on stage I feel like my mind is always racing and I can’t focus. When I am soloing…I have no memory of anything I did during that period of time. I also feel very anxious. My hands get very [...]
Q: HELP!! My mother in-law has a severe case of untreated ADHD. It is very much the big family secret as it is painfully obvious, hurtful to everyone, but no one ever does anything about it. Having married into the family and otherwise not feeling the venom of someone with ADHD until now, I simply [...]
Q: Hi, I have a question about unintentional strange movements of a person’s mouth towards their back every 10-20 seconds. Whenever my relative, a 7-year old boy, is doing something, his mouth opens on one side towards his back. It happens like that every 10-20 seconds. He is fine when playing or doing other activities. [...]
Q: I am a 19-year-old female, and recently a friend suggested that I might have ADHD. We have been friends a long time, and she has just noticed that my symptoms match her cousin who has recently been diagnosed. My symptoms are lack of attention, chatting a lot, unable to finish tasks, butt in a [...]
Q: Hi there…I have a quick question…I have recently had a relaspe in my depression/anxiety that I had about 12 yrs ago. I won’t go into details about it too much. My concern is part of my symptoms: if I “think” too much, too in-depth, I can make myself get anxiety, and I feel as [...]
