Are you looking for strategies to improve your productivity? Perhaps work has become overwhelming or feel impossible? Or, you feel tense, on edge, or frustrated all the time? Balancing work, family, and your personal life can be challenging. However, when you add your struggles with Adult ADHD, many people feel like they are sometimes … [Read more...]
The 7 Most Effective Strategies to Overcome Procrastination and Adult ADHD
Do you have ADHD and Feel Stuck? Seven Ways to Overcome Procrastination Do you have adult ADHD and procrastinate with projects at work or at home? Do you have great ideas and know what you need to do but have trouble getting started? This is a common experience for adults with ADHD due to challenges with focus, sustained attention, … [Read more...]
Adult ADHD and Reading: 7 Strategies to Improve Your Comprehension
Many adults with ADHD struggle with reading comprehension. People with ADHD have a tendency to lose interest, miss important information, become easily distracted and have unrealistic expectations. Does this sound familiar to you? Since many of my patients struggle with this issue, I have developed 7 researched-based steps to improve their … [Read more...]
Adult ADHD : 5 Top Tips for a Calmer Home
Adult ADHD in Women Who are Moms: 5 Top Tips for a Calmer Home Are you a woman with adult ADHD and feel overwhelmed with trying to balance work and family? When you get home, are you immediately ambushed by your children? As a women with ADHD and a mom, are your mornings chaotic and stressful? ADHD in women often can present … [Read more...]
Carlat Psychiatry Podcast
NEW! From Dr. Shapiro in his own words. Part I: Behavioral Interventions for Adult ADHD Part II: Overcoming Shame and Adult ADHD … [Read more...]
Adult ADHD and Positive Psychology: 7 Proven Tips to Feel Better Now
Adult ADHD and Positive Psychology: 7 Proven Tips to Feel Better Now Adults with ADHD are more prone to anxiety and depression. The symptoms of ADHD make life more challenging. Fortunately, there is significant research from a field of science pioneered by Dr. Martin Seligman called Positive Psychology. This field … [Read more...]
Adult ADHD Test Near Me and in NYC
Adult ADHD Test + Screening Tool Perhaps you often know exactly the “what” and “how” of what you need to do, but can’t make it happen. You have always needed to work three or four times harder than everyone else just to keep up. And you have always wondered … [Read more...]
Adult ADHD: 7 Proven Productivity Tips
About Scott Shapiro, MD Scott Shapiro, MD is a New York City psychiatrist based in midtown New York City who provides assessments, evaluations, treatment, and counseling in person and remotely by video. He helps people with Adult ADHD, Depression and Anxiety reach their goals. To learn more about Adult ADHD, contact Dr. Shapiro … [Read more...]
Adult ADHD + 7 Effective Tips to Improve Your Energy
"My energy is often low. I just can't keep up with my work. School always came easy for me. But, during the last few years at my job and now in business school, I'm drowning and wonder if I have adult ADHD or something else?" Tina*, a 27-year-old married graduate student. Her primary care doctor referred her to me. She described … [Read more...]
Executive Function and ADHD
Executive Function and ADHD Many people view ADHD as difficulty with focus, attention, and hyperactivity; however, the research demonstrates that deficits in executive function cause more impairment in people's personal and professional lives. Executive function includes the following cognitive skills: planning, prioritizing, strategizing, … [Read more...]