Self-care is often presented as a one-size-fits-all routine, but for people with ADHD, traditional wellness advice can feel impossible to follow. Long meditation sessions, rigid schedules, or lengthy to-do lists may end up creating more stress than relief.

At Alleviant Integrated Mental Health, we believe self-care should be flexible, practical, and ADHD-friendly. The goal is to help you take care of yourself in ways that actually work for your brain and your lifestyle.

ADHD doesn’t just affect focus or work performance. It also impacts relationships. Partners, family members, and friends may notice challenges with attention, emotional regulation, or follow-through. While these differences can create frustration, understanding ADHD in relationships can help couples and families communicate more effectively and strengthen their bonds.

At Alleviant Integrated Mental Health, we believe that awareness, compassion, and practical strategies can transform the way ADHD affects your connections with others.

For years, ADHD has been thought of as a condition that mostly affects boys. Because of this, countless girls and women have grown up without answers, often struggling silently with symptoms that don’t fit the “classic” picture of ADHD.

At Alleviant Integrated Mental Health, we believe it’s time to bring attention to how ADHD shows up differently in girls and women, and why it so often gets missed.

When most people think of ADHD, they picture challenges with focus, organization, or restlessness. While those are important aspects, they don’t tell the full story. Many people living with ADHD also experience emotional symptoms that often go unnoticed or misunderstood.

At Alleviant Integrated Mental Health, we believe it’s important to talk about this side of ADHD so people can feel seen, understood, and supported.

It’s easy to talk about the importance of mental health, but real change comes when we take action. Supporting your mind doesn’t always require huge steps. In fact, small daily practices can make a big difference in how you feel and how you show up for others.

At Alleviant Integrated Mental Health, we encourage practical, doable actions that anyone can take to nurture mental well-being. Here are 10 things you can do today to support your mental health.

Psychiatric medications can play a vital role in restoring mental health. For many individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, or bipolar disorder, medications can offer much-needed relief. However, what’s less commonly understood is how these medications work at the cellular level—and why they sometimes seem to stop working over time.

At Alleviant Integrated Mental Health, we believe that objective, brain-based care is critical to lasting healing. Understanding medication mechanisms, limitations, and the importance of actually rehabilitating the brain (not just medicating symptoms) is central to our approach.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders in children—and increasingly recognized in adults. It affects not just attention and focus but emotional regulation, executive function, and overall quality of life. At Alleviant Integrated Mental Health, we approach ADHD differently—through a brain-first model that seeks to uncover the root causes rather than simply managing symptoms.

This blog explores ADHD’s underlying mechanisms, the impact of lifestyle and environment, common treatments, and how Objective Psychiatry (including spectral EEG or sEEG) offers a revolutionary path forward.

Struggling to focus? Feeling disorganized, restless, or distracted? You might assume it’s ADHD. But those same symptoms are also caused by anxiety or trauma, poor sleep, nutritional deficiencies, technology overuse, or inflammatory foods. That’s why, at Alleviant, we never rush to label someone with ADHD. Instead, we use spectral EEG (sEEG) to look at the brain’s real-time activity and determine what’s actually going on — whether it’s ADHD or something else entirely. 

If your child (or you) are struggling with focus, impulsivity, irritability, or poor emotional regulation — ADHD may be the first thing that comes to mind. But in today’s world, these symptoms are just as likely to be the result of an overstimulated brain.