575- An Adult's Guide to ADHD Treatment Considerations
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Join John Kruse, M.D., Ph.D., to learn about stimulants vs. non-stimulants; side effects of ADHD medication; how to determine optimal dosing; combining ADHD medications; and more.
Adult ADHD Treatments: Additional Resources
- Free Email Class: New! ADHD Treatment Guide for Adults
- Read: Adult ADHD: A Guide to Symptoms, Signs, and Treatments
- Read: ADHD in Adults Looks Different. Most Diagnostic Criteria Ignores This Fact.
- Read: Is Adult ADHD Real? Yes — and Still Heavily Stigmatized
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude Magazine. |
| 0:13.6 | Everyone, my name is Annie Rogers, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I am pleased to welcome you to today's ADHD expert's |
| 0:22.9 | presentation titled, An Adult's Guide to ADHD Treatment Considerations. Leading today's |
| 0:30.8 | presentation is Dr. John Cruz. Dr. Cruz earned a doctorate in neuroscience and completed residency training in psychiatry. |
| 0:39.7 | He spent three decades in San Francisco helping adults with ADHD, and he's the author of recognizing adult ADHD. |
| 0:49.4 | He's also written hundreds of popular articles on ADHD and mental health more broadly. He has more than |
| 0:56.8 | 200 informative videos on ADHD on his free YouTube channel, and he does frequent interviews about |
| 1:04.8 | living with ADHD. He currently lives on the big island of Hawaii with his husband. |
| 1:12.3 | Dr. Cruz is one of the world's foremost experts in ADHD treatment, and we're so incredibly |
| 1:18.0 | thankful to have him here today to explain the full range of treatment options available to |
| 1:23.8 | adults with ADHD. |
| 1:25.8 | Differences between stimulants and non-stimulants, benefits of medication, |
| 1:30.3 | risks and side effects, dosing guidance, and more. |
| 1:34.3 | Finally, the sponsor of today's webinar is Accentrate. |
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| 2:02.0 | to help you perform at your very best every day. To find more, please visit www.fenixhealthscience.com. |
| 2:13.5 | Attitude thanks our sponsors for supporting our free webinars. Sponsorship has no influence on speaker selection or webinar content. |
| 2:22.9 | Okay, without any further ado, I'm so pleased to welcome Dr. John Cruz. |
| 2:27.1 | Dr. Cruz, thank you so much for joining us today and for leading this presentation. |
| 2:38.1 | I'm delighted to be here today, So thank you, Attitude Magazine, for inviting me. And I appreciate all the depth of questions and variety of questions |
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