Adult ADHD
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By totallyaddauthorThis quiz is as scientific as I could make it. Which is to say, I put on the lab coat I used to wear when I was a teacher at a Science Centre many years ago.
Adult ADHD
| Rick
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By totallyaddauthor‘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.’
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| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorAsk most kids what they want to be when they grow up and you’ll get very clear answers. Which may change from week to week, depending on the video game they’ve played. I had no idea.
“What do I want to be?” From age 8 to about the time my first marriage ended, that question invariably triggered a snowstorm of ideas, then brain freeze. I didn’t have an answer.
Then I realized what I wanted to be: Happy…
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| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorI want to talk about owning it. Owning it and taking charge of it and doing with it whatever you wish.
Adult ADHD
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By totallyaddauthorAfter a recent talk a woman from the audience shared her frustration with friends and family members who question her diagnosis. A loved one had announced, “ADHD is made up by drug companies. The way Greeting Card companies created Mother’s Day.”
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| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorIt might just be in my imagination. A lot of things are.
But I’m starting to wonder, is my ADHD seasonal? Do the symptoms abate in the warm, long days of summer? Then grow worse during February’s cold, grey?
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| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorPeople mean well, don’t they? I mean, usually.
Oh yeah, sure, there are hate mongers out there. But even when they are spreading lies, or terrorizing people or attacking their fellow human beings, it’s because they have decided that their beliefs; political, religious, or whatever, are more important than the other person’s freedom, or their right to choose, or even their lives….
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By totallyaddauthorThings I don’t want:
To take ADHD medication
To have to take a pill every morning
For you, or your child or a loved one, to have to take ADD medication
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| Holistic Strategies
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By totallyaddauthorAttention Deficit Disorder is frustrating. It leads to procrastination, burn-out, isolation, and overwhelm.
Even now, a decade and a half after learning what’s up with me, my ADHD can be a challenge. Daily. Sometimes hourly.
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| Work & School
By Laurie Dupar, PMHNP, RN, PCC, CPCCHow do you find an ADHD compatible job that you love?
There are many reasons we may not find the job or career best suited to us right away. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is not one of those reasons.