ADHD

When a doctor gave Steve Whiteley stimulant drugs, after he’d struggled for years with undiagnosed ADHD, he thought he had finally found the answer to his problems.Steve, from London, had hoped the medication, dextroamphetamine, used to…

It was the Second World War ditty that mocked not just Adolf Hitler but the whole Nazi high command for their lack of sexual prowess.Sung to the tune of the Colonel Bogey March, it went: 'Hitler has only got one ball,'Göring has two but…

Demand for weight-loss jabs and autism and ADHD assessments has fuelled a sharp rise in NHS waiting lists for community treatment, a report reveals.The size of the NHS community care waiting list for children in England has soared by 58…

When Georgie Robinson began weekly injections of Mounjaro, she hoped it would help her shed the excess weight she had carried for more than a decade.What she didn’t expect was the extraordinary effect the blockbuster slimming jab would…

Throughout her childhood, Cara Szellemes felt constantly misunderstood and like the 'odd one out'.It wasn't until she was in her mid-40s that she began to understand why. 'I grew up feeling like I was always either too much or not…

Since I started practising more than two decades ago, the number of people being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the UK has soared.In one year alone – between March 2024 and March 2025 – up to 20,000…

Scientists believe they might have found a reason why boys are three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism and ADHD than girls. Researchers from the University of Rochester have suggested that boys may be more vulnerable to…

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Mandi Masterpole was one of 16 million Americans taking ADHD medications — the only catch? She didn't have the disorder.She took drugs like Adderall and Ritalin without a prescription, using them to power through schoolwork, juggle…

When I began my career as an NHS psychiatrist more than 30 years ago, I was taught about a rare condition where children had such severe hyperactive behaviour that they had to take powerful medication simply to get through school.The…