“Calm down.” “Stop being so sensitive.” “Why does everything bother you?” For someone with Ring of Fire ADHD, their internal experience may feel much more intense than other people realize. After analyzing over 300,000 brain scans, Dr. Amen and Amen Clinics have identified 7 ADHD patterns, each associated with different symptoms and patterns of brain activity. Type 6: Ring of Fire ADHD may involve racing thoughts, irritability, impulsivity, anxiety or fear, fast talking, inflexible thinking, and heightened sensitivity to noise, light, clothing, or touch. What makes this pattern particularly different in the Amen Clinics framework is its SPECT appearance. Rather than primarily showing decreased activity during concentration, Amen Clinics describes increased activity across several brain regions both at rest and during concentration. On imaging, that activity can resemble a ring, which is where the name comes from. Difficulty focusing isn’t always about a brain doing too little. In...