adults with ADHD struggled to control how they express their emotions.

How you think and feel will determine how you behave, and the success you have will determine how you think and feel. A key to success in either effort, as we see it over and over in our work, is to feel comfortable with who you are and accept your challenges. If you are comparing yourself to anyone but yourself, you will suffer.

It takes practice to establish an executive habit—and people with FAST MINDS will always need reminders and extra effort to change behaviors.

How you impact other people may be noticeable only to them, not you—kind of like having garlic on your breath.

that there are many versions of this condition, so that two people with the same diagnosis can have very different issues. And people who can cope just fine in one situation may be completely overwhelmed in another.

Multiple studies show that in children and adults with ADHD, the anterior cingulate is less active, smaller, or less connected to other regions.

Research over the last twenty years has confirmed the existence of an “engagement” system in our brains that enables us to control what brain faculties we engage and thus what we do—whether it involves thinking, feeling, sensing, or acting. Several regions of the brain work together as a circuit to manage attention. This engagement system functions

There’s “The Struggling Student,” which sums up Eddie’s experiences during university and graduate school. A second category of people we often meet in our offices are—to evoke the old sitcom—“Married with Children.” Mary, whom you’ll meet in the next chapter, fits this description. Her energy, smarts, and creativity propelled her through school an

FAST MINDS and ADHD call for different strategies to thrive. With the right understanding and resources, life may be different—but just as fulfilling with ADHD as without.