March 11th, 2010
ADHD has a long history of not quite fitting in with the cool kids of psychology like Depression, Delusional Parasitosis, and the Oedipus Complex. The problem has been that no one has been certain what its criteria were. Now there’s talk of a new name. What does it all mean?
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Tags: adhd, adhd diagnosis, adult adhd, psychology
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March 9th, 2010
It is said by those in the know that adults with ADHD have a low tolerance for frustration—that they are impatient and quickly prone to think “Oh, no! Here we go again!” Then they either withdraw, or get behind a wheel and take their anger out on the world like I used to do.
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Tags: adhd, adult adhd, anger, Frustration, impatience, social gaffes, tastes like feet
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March 4th, 2010
Hooboy! My ADHD Fuddy Duddy System™ failed me last weekend. Perhaps more correctly, I should say I failed my system. Good thing I know how to laugh at myself.
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Tags: adhd, adult adhd, embarrassment, low self-esteem, punctuality, whoops
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March 2nd, 2010
I read an interesting article over at ADDitude Magazine the other day. Dr. John Ratey (of Hallowell & Ratey’s Distraction series) reported on the success Jackson, one of his patients, had with exercise in treating his ADHD. Jackson was able to treat ADHD and Depression with an intense running regimen, even taking himself off medications completely. Could others experience the same results?
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Tags: adhd, adult adhd, exercise, Tips
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March 1st, 2010
After two weeks of viral fun, I finally emerge into the sunlight slightly pudgy and pasty, but ready to introduce myself to the world in my first Youtube video. It’s not bad enough to go viral, but gosh! It’s not good.
In this video, you will find genuine ADHD “oooh, shiny!” moments of stupendous mirth. It’s a good thing I’m not going into politics, otherwise the opposition would have plenty of material to pound me with in the polls.
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Tags: adhd video, adult adhd, cbt, depression, distraction, laugh at yourself, tic disorder
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February 25th, 2010
There is a strong chance that I may not get most of my ToDo list checked off today. In fact, any day of the week that ends with the same three letters is likely to be such a day. Each night, I make a list of ten to fifteen items that absolutely have to get done, then I go to bed. When I wake, I stand as good a chance as the day before to end the current day with relatively few boxes checked. So unproductive. How do I not hate myself?
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Tags: adhd, adult adhd, distraction, laugh at yourself, prioritizing tasks, unproductive
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February 23rd, 2010
There you are knee deep in errands and you suddenly remember what it is you forgot to do last night before you went to bed. Quick! Write it down before you forget! Until I learned to do this simple act, many wonderful ideas were lost to the ether—never to be thought again.
Jotting down notes for people with poor memories is survival.
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Tags: absentminded, adhd, adult adhd, forgetfulness, poor memory, Tips
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February 18th, 2010
So far we’ve discussed how to help an ADHD loved one remember what they were doing from one room to the next. But what about us poor ADHD shlubs who can’t afford a personal assistant to follow us around all day and remind us not to leave things behind? Let me introduce to you my patent-pending ADHD Fuddy Duddy System™!
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Tags: absentminded, adhd, adult adhd, forgetfulness, Tips, whoops
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February 16th, 2010
Have a loved one with ADHD? Are they driving you as mad as a Johnny Depp character? Are you not only at your wit’s end, but into the dim area beyond? Here are six simple things you can try to help your ADHD challenged dearheart fight forgetfulness without taking your sanity over the brink.
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Tags: absentminded, adhd, adult adhd, forgetfulness, support, Tips
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February 11th, 2010
Who hasn’t forgotten what they were about to say in a conversation, or forgotten why they entered a room? Forgetfulness is part of life. We have many names for it: Forgetful, absentminded, dotty, ditzy, flakey, nutty, screwy, nitwitted, scatterbrained… So what makes plain ole forgetfulness different than the ADHD variety?
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Tags: absentminded, adult adhd, forgetfulness
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