Posts by AADHDI

Medication, particularly psychostimulants such as methylphenidate (Ritalin), have become a first-line treatment option for ADHD. While medication has demonstrated high efficacy in reducing behavioural symptoms, adverse side-effects (sleep issues, anxiety, decreased appetite, and headaches in a high percentage of children) as well as very little long-term research have driven research into other non-medication areas. One…

A study by Copur & Copur (2021) has just been published, reviewing Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS) and its efficacy in ADHD (1). A Trigeminal Nerve Stimulator is the first medical device to receive FDA approval. When the supraorbital branch of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve is stimulated, the impulse is carried into the…