People with ADHD function differently - even when it comes to sleep and relaxation: they are often hyper in the evening, find it difficult to rest and are tired in the morning. That's not good. A ...

A new study suggests that common medications prescribed to help manage ADHD, such as Adderall and Ritalin, may work ...

“Despite the name ‘Attention Deficit,’ ADHD is a multifaceted disorder in which difficulty focusing attention is just one component,” Maggie Sweitzer, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

I’ve been interested for a long time in the relationship between ADHD and sleep; particularly in the risk of misdiagnosis of ADHD for what may be sleep problems. In both adults and children with ADHD, ...

Adolescents with ADHD experience sleep disturbances, including shortened sleep duration, as well as impairments in regulation of emotion. Abbreviated sleep contributes to poorer affective functioning ...

May 2 -- FRIDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say a lifetime of problems with getting a good night's sleep could be in store for any child diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity ...

After evaluating scans of almost 5,800 children with and without attention deficit disorder, US researchers discovered that ...

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2026 (HealthDay News) — For decades, doctors assumed ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall work by ...