Editorial: A non-drug treatment for ADHD
Spoiler alert: this is not another negative article about ADHD medication. It’s easy to find negative articles about ADHD medication. Take the recent John Hopkins study that revealed ADHD symptoms … Read More
Five Simple Tricks to Remember to Take Your (ADD) ADHD Medication
For many people, medication is a powerful aid in helping alleviate the symptoms of ADHD. But before you take it, it’s difficult to stay focused, and when you aren’t focused … Read More
Is Ritalin good for you? New study says, Yes.
A new study released by Massachusettes General Hospital shows that girls taking stimulants to treat their ADHD are signficantly less at risk to start smoking, drinking alcohol or using drugs … Read More
Is ADHD Overmedicated?
You may have noticed that the Edge Foundation has never taken a position about whether or not to use of medication (ex. Ritalin, Adderall etc.) in treating ADHD symptoms. The … Read More
What You Need to Know: The Diversion of ADHD Medication
Edge Foundation Executive Director, Robert Tudisco, published this article in the June issue of Attention Magazine. Attention is published by CHADD [link] and is available online for paid subscribers.We are … Read More
ADHD Medication: A Safety Punch List
When your ADHD child is taking medications, it is important to educate yourself and your child about how to use them safely and effectively. We provide a checklist of things both you and your child can do to avoid common problems that often arise with ADHD prescriptions.
Stories from the Edge: Keeping ADHD meds to yourself
Editor’s Note: This month we’ve written two articles about the dangers of sharing your ADHD meds. This week, we get perspective on the issue from our recently graduated student blogger, … Read More
Are ADHD meds an excuse?
We’ve heard it all before: “The only thing scary about the shortage of these drugs is that now the parents may actually have to step up and be parents.” “The … Read More
ADHD from A to Z
Over the years we’ve written a lot of great posts about ADHD. We thought you might find it helpful to get a quick index to all of the topical posts. When you scan down the list it seems like there are few topics regarding high school and college students with ADHD that we haven’t covered!