Springboard Clinic

Russ Leblanc from CADDAC’s Club ADHD recently interviewed Springboard’s Laura MacNiven on his podcast about adult ADHD. 

I have been thinking about grief lately. Not just the grief of losing someone, but also the kind you experience when something doesn’t go the way you thought it would.

At Springboard Clinic, we don’t offer “medication-only” treatment for ADHD because we know how powerful coaching and therapy can be. Without doing the self-work, medication can only help so much. That being said, when ADHD is properly and comprehensively assessed, medication treatment can change lives.

We often don’t see individuals or couples at Springboard until they have hit their personal low points. Perhaps because of stigma or a lack of awareness, by the time adult clients ask for help, they are in a tough place. Commonly, secondary emotional effects are ravaging their lives. They are unable to see straight and don’t know where to start. It feels like personal devastation..

It is time that we all realize how important it is to talk about attention issues, to put supports in place at a young age, and to share stories of success and resilience. Students with ADHD need us to speak up so that they can get the support they need - and can get that support early on.

Thank you TVO for airing this important and overdue dialogue!

It was at one of the many conferences that Dr. Gray has attended over the years that she heard Dr. Annick Vincent, a psychiatrist from Quebec, use an innovative but simple analogy for taking daily stimulant medication. An ADHD specialist and leader, Dr. Vincent has written books and used this description to help share how stimulants work for individuals of all ages. She is an important voice in dispelling fears about ADHD medication.