
435- Emotion Regulation Difficulties in Youth: ADHD Irritability vs. DMDD vs. Bipolar Disorder
ADHD Experts Podcast
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ADHD and Stimulant Medication
There were quite a few questions about whether stimulant medication has any adverse or helpful impact on DMDD specifically. I think indeed MDD to the degree that ADHD is really present the then treatment with a stimulant can help both you know just the core ADHD symptoms and the emotional reactivity of the that's associated with disregulating emotions in ADHD. In rare cases stimulus can make a person's mood more irritable but a lot of times kids tell me they feel calmer on a stimulant.
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