Adult ADHD
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By totallyaddauthorEvery year as Spring arrives I have this urge to do Spring cleaning. Decluttering. Giving things to charity. Planning out the rest of the year. Or at least the next two months. Heck, it would help to know what I should be doing this afternoon.
Coaching
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By totallyaddauthorThe other day, driving to the dentist, I almost had a serious car accident. (So, a typical day for me.)
Although I had checked my mirrors twice, a large SUV had somehow materialized in my blind spot. Normally, our car’s mirrors are perfectly angled so that there is no blind spots for the driver.
Adult ADHD
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| Tools & Tricks & Tips
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By totallyaddauthor“How can I get a good nights sleep?”
“I can’t fall asleep. I toss and turn. My mind races.”
“I’m sleepy all day, then wide awake at bedtime.
“I’ve tried everything, but I’m wide awake in the middle of the night.”
Sound familiar?
Adult ADHD
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By totallyaddauthorHaving kids adds to the stress. According to a number of studies the parental divorce or separation is 3 to 5 times higher when there’s ‘untreated or undertreated ADHD’ in the household.
Adult ADHD
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By totallyaddauthorWhen you have ADHD, building new habits, putting structures in place, mastering time and clutter, overcoming procrastination… is doubly difficult because ADHD is a problem with doing what you know you should be doing.
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| Parenting, Children, School
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By totallyaddauthor“I am ADD.”
Or…
“I have ADHD.”
How do you express it? Do you tend to say you have ADHD/ADD or do you tend to say, “I am so ADHD.” Perhaps even, “I am totally ADD!”
Adult ADHD
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By totallyaddauthorThis year I had the privilege to speak about ADHD to Learning Disability Associations, teachers, H.R. staff, businesses, civil servants, families, students, and even professional athletes at the Invictus Games in Toronto!
Adult ADHD
| Comedy + Holidays
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By totallyaddauthorI’ve always found holiday shopping to be stressful. In fact, even grocery shopping revs me up and makes me impatient.
But the holiday crowds amplify the stress. Noise. Rushing. Parking lots are packed. Too many customers, not enough cashiers. Rushing from store to store weighed down by bags, boxes, gifts, decorations…
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By totallyaddauthorIt’s been a few years since our friend Alan Foster called to ask, “What have you been up to? Got […]
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| Medication for ADHD
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By totallyaddauthorIt remains a hot button topic for parents and kids, fodder for scary headline writers, and of course ‘the enemy’ for websites promoting all-natural cures for ADHD.
How do you ‘cure’ ADHD? I mean it’s not like a wart or cancer where you can see it is there, treat it, and then see that it’s gone.