Re: self help tips?

[Anonymous]

It’s certainly troublesome that I keep reading that some of us are not able to access a diagnosis because we either don’t have health insurance or we can’t get a referral to the specific professional we need to see to get the proper diagnosis.

Suggestions for regrouping? Drop by your bookstore or library and pick up the most recently published books on Adult ADHD/ADD. Read! Read! and then do some more.

I’m sure your eyes are rolling right now at my suggestion but if you can get your hands on a few of the books out there it will certainly help you out. I’ve read a few that were written for Adult ADDers and organizational skills. Knowing where everything is certainly helps us get on track with getting things done. If you can’t find something we need for a project we’re working on, it certainly doesn’t bode well with us getting that job done.

Knowing that my brain works a bit differently than other people’s brains helps me out. I don’t beat myself up over that fact, I just acknowledge it. We’re no less of a person for the fact we’re a little different in some areas.

I’ve tried to build some new habits into my lifestyle. Simple but silly little things like always putting my keys in one place……EVERY single time. It’s amazing how much time I’ve saved in my day just by doing that one little thing.

Another thing I do is try to write things down in a little notebook. I use the pen and ink method rather than using my Blackberry because it doesn’t look good for others to see me, a primary teacher, pecking away on her ‘phone. To a casual observer walking by my classroom, it would appear I’m texting with a friend instead of working. (Believe me, I’ve seen the principal remove the hide from a teacher for using the phone during class time.) Putting it directly into my phone would work better but my little memo pad works okay, too. Besides, in reality I’m just a dinosaur and I still remember and know all the ‘old’ technology well.

😳 Years ago, I remember one of my ‘loving’ adult children telling my husband that he’d made a big mistake buying me a laptop. She told him he should have just bought me an Etch-a-Sketch and I’d never even notice the difference. Kids! Gotta love ’em!

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