Re: Women w/ ADHD Inattentive Type – anyone out there?

[anniea]

Hello all,

glad to revisit this topic. My mom had a GREAT saying… MY HOME IS CLEAN ENOUGH TO BE HEALTHY AND DIRTY ENOUGH TO BE HAPPY.

I grew up with clutter, papers, stuff in the basement, you know.. (Dad was ADHD probably)… my mom was his secretarty/coach…. We always had fun with my parents, camping, and they supported anything we wanted to try.. me and my sisters more artsy/fartsy and my brother more athletic.. My Dad managed to write, submit and defend his thesis for his Masters in Education. He had to work at focusing, but he did it. When I realized everything they did.. I was/am truely in awe of them.

So when I had my girls, I have clutter, but no filth (there is a difference). I figure the dust is protecting the surfaces of the furniture. I have been working on the clutter, and it gets better, for a while.. I try to be gentle with myself, as I am only one person.. we always have a box in the dining room for give away. This is for everyone to contribute to… we take it in every couple of months sometimes more often.. depends on if the tidy bug has hit.

MED BOXs I RESISTED for years… I am a nurse, and I set them up for mentally ill clients… and I am NOT mentally ill… until my gimpy friend told me she had one and to quit whining and just do it… shoot… it works.. I hate when she is right.. I wasn’t even 50 at the time. Now I can tell how I have been with taking the supplements and ritalin and anti depressants very importnant.. and how many times in the week I missed them, which helped me see when I missed more than I took how my weeks went.. I am a hard sell really.

KIDS are only little for such a short time, so buy more underpants, and when they are old enough to do their laundry I was off the hook for their cloths. and they can do towels and sheets… The house can wait… fun with the kids is important.. as long as there aren’t vermine, and bugs cohabitating in the house… ( I personally will not tolerate that).

I ate better after I had the girls I ate more regularly and a balanced diet and everything.. it helped like crazy.. but now I am back to meat and potatoes… and cereal for dinner sometimes.. PROTEIN really helps like crazy for focus.. hey eating regularly is the first step..

CHANGES HAPPEN BUT not all at once, and NOT OVER NIGHT… two steps forward, one step back.. breath.. eat, sleep, there is always tomorrow to do different.. gently, one day at a time please.. A SANE MOTHER is a good thing…

Just what I am thinking today anyway.

Thanks for

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