FINALLY DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD AT AGE 50
My ADHD journey started just over three years ago in early 2017. I was having problems at home and at work with, as far as I was concerned, no identifiable reason, I just felt that something had changed in me.
My ADHD journey started just over three years ago in early 2017. I was having problems at home and at work with, as far as I was concerned, no identifiable reason, I just felt that something had changed in me.
“I had goals and ambition and big dreams. But after so many setbacks, I’ve kind of given up. My self-esteem can’t take any more hits.” Sound familiar?
‘Oh, everyone thinks they have ADD nowadays. It’s over-diagnosed. It’s the internet. And cell phones. And everyone’s trying to do 9 things at once. Fifty years ago there was no such thing as ADHD.’
It’s one thing to parent kids with ADHD and other complex issues in ‘regular’ times. It’s another, entirely, to parent complex kids in the kind of bizarre and unsettling world we’re living through at the moment.
Clear Explanations, Practical Solutions, Presented with Compassion and Hope There are hundreds of books on ADHD. Each contains some good […]
Have you experienced ADHD burnout or exhaustion? When you think of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder do you think of things […]
Let’s focus on a couple of unorthodox coping strategies. These are two of many clever innovations discovered by my clients themselves, ones that helped them successfully personalize some familiar ADHD strategies.
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If you’ve been in a relationship with someone with ADHD for more than a year, the initial whirlwind of courtship has most likely worn off, and you may be asking yourself, “What was that all about?…”
By Dr. Kirsten Milliken and Kris Mitchell When someone receives a diagnosis of ADHD, it naturally sparks all sorts of […]