[Bill]

CMC,

I too have had issues waking up too early, feeling anxious and having trouble slowing my brain down at night. I started using relaxation recordings on my iPod. Whether you call them visualizations, guided meditations or self-hypnosis, they all have a similar approach – slowing down your breathing and calming your thoughts. They really worked for me. Now, I no longer need the recording. I can just focus on the feeling and go *there*.

Last week, I was actually a half hour early for my doctor’s appointment (I know! That NEVER happens.) so I tried a little experiment. I sat in my car and put on a 20 minute recording, so I was feeling pretty relaxed for the appointment. The doctor always checks my blood pressure and she commented that it had come down since the last appointment. Hardly scientific, but still good news.

There are lots of these recordings available for free on the internet. If anyone would like some, I would be happy to post some links.

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@Hayes – I couldn’t have said it any better myself, particularly the part about slowing down so people around me can understand.

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Thank you so much, 60InchTool, for the links between Myers Briggs and ADHD. Above, I noted that most of us are F and as I look through the group, I see a lot of P’s as well.

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Trumpet

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Rocky Road for me! “I love Rocky Road!” Weird Al, anyone?

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This is really interesting. I hope others post their Myers Briggs profile.

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Hey ZL,

What would help you *want* to practice? I hated my first musical instrument, partly because of the pressure to perform, but loved the one I chose in high school. Since then, music has been my *antidote* to stress.

If you are on the conservatory syllabus, then you don’t have as much choice, but still, would it help if you had some music for you and some for the teacher? Or change styles completely?

One thing that transformed practice for me was having the accompaniment on a recording. Now I can have a full band / symphony backing me up! I started with Music Minus One. Here’s the link: http://www.musicminusone.com/piano-c-16.html?osCsid=9m96fjq83jbostm5g7sf41ga14

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I’m on 36mg of Concerta taken in the morning. It has helped with the focus. I find that I feel depleted at the end of the day, particularly on Friday. I am also paying a lot of attention to sleep, diet (i.e. protein) and exercise. To “turn off* my mind, I use meditation and self-hypnosis recordings.

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The results so far:

ENFP (x2.5)

ESFP

ISFP

INFP (x1.5)

INFJ

ESFP

ENFJ

Clearly we are a “feeling” group!

The NF combination is called the Idealist:

Idealist is the nickname for the four Intuitive Feeler (NF) temperaments:

* INFP

* ENFP

* INFJ

* ENFJ

Intuitive Feeler (NF) Qualities:

* Spiritual

* Philosophical

* Relationship-oriented

* Original

* Passionate

* Creative

Intuitive Feelers (NF) are attractive to the following in their professional/career:

* A democratic environment

* Human resources

* Consulting

* Needy people

* Speaking

* Writing

* Mentorship or coaching

* Personal development

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@Stacerella – The ENFP profile looked so much to me like ADHD, that I wondered whether a lot of us were ENFP – clearly not! I too, shift between I and E and have decided that I need both.

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Hi njaddofUSA – you might have to delete your account and set up a new one under the new name.

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Let’s accept for a moment that finding car keys can be challenging, not to mention being on time for appointments and getting the paperwork done. So, even if we could do all those things, would anyone say, “How AWESOME!”? I don’t think so. I think ADHD’ers have the amazing potential of being AWESOME people, the game changers, the catalysts, the ones who can imagine a better world.

So yeah, we have to get through the day and do all the administrivia, but it’s a package deal. You get the negative AND the positive. If we focus only on the negative, then we get depressed and go nowhere. If we focus only on the positive, then we get labeled “dreamers”. It’s when we find realistic and disciplined ways of turning our ideas into reality that we can achieve epic awesomeness.

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Here is what the Canadian Revenue Agency says (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/disability/). It recognizes that one possible disability is not having the mental functions necessary for everyday life.

Mental functions necessary for everyday life

For the DTC, you are considered markedly restricted in performing the mental functions necessary for everyday life if, all or substantially all the time:

* you are unable to perform them by yourself, even with appropriate therapy, medication, and devices (for example, memory aids and adaptive aids); or

* you require an inordinate amount of time to perform them by yourself, even with appropriate therapy, medication, and devices. An inordinate amount of time means that you take significantly longer than for an average person who does not have the impairment.

* * * * *

Here is their discussion of a mental disability:

Mental functions necessary for everyday life

For some people, performing the mental functions necessary for everyday life may pose a challenge.

A person suffering from clinical depression for a period of three months who is responding well enough to medication to be able to continue living alone would not qualify for the disability tax credit (DTC). While this individual is clearly having difficulty with some mental functions, the fact that they are able to care for themselves means that their adaptive functioning is not markedly restricted at this point in time. Additionally, the medical condition is not yet prolonged in that it hasn’t lasted, nor is it expected to last, for a continuous period of at least 12 months.

Similarly, a child with behavioural problems who has been treated with medication and therapy for over a year and whose behaviour at home has improved would not qualify for the DTC. Although the child’s condition has been present for over a year and is likely to continue into the near future, the fact that improvement is occurring and that there is clearly a difference in behaviours between school and home, the impairment cannot be seen to exist all or substantially all of the time.

However, a person exhibiting dementia, who coincidentally also suffers from diabetes and is unable to maintain his diabetes logbook or keep track of his glucose levels and insulin usage and who must rely on someone else to provide required care, would qualify for the DTC. In this case, the patient qualifies because his or her impairment affects both his or her adaptive functioning and memory to the extent that he or she is unable to live independently.

Mental Functions necessary for everyday life include:

* adaptive functioning (for example, abilities related to self-care, health and safety, abilities to initiate and respond to social interaction and common, simple transactions);

* memory (for example, the ability to remember simple instructions, basic personal information such as name and address, or material of importance and interest); and

* problem-solving, goal-setting, and judgement, taken together (for example, the ability to solve problems, set and keep goals, and make approriate decisions and judgements).

Notes

A restriction in problem-solving, goal-setting, or judgement that markedly restricts adaptive functioning, all or substantially all the time, would qualify.

Learning disabilities affect many patients and are a serious concern for those affected. Generally, severe and prolonged learning disabilities would normally be associated with the mental functions necessary for everyday life criterion. The most common mental function that may be affected is adaptive functioning (for example, abilities related to self-care; health and safety; abilities to initiate and respond to social interactions; and common, simple transactions) or memory (for example, ability to remember simple instructions, basic personal information such as name and address, or material of importance and interest). The impairment(s) must exist all or substantially all of the time. When providing details in the Effects of impairment part of Form T2201, it is important to address not only what occurs in an academic environment, but also when the patient is at home or out in the community.

The following video is hosted on a non-CRA server:

Transcript

For more information, contact us.

Forms and publications

* Guide RC4064, Medical and Disability-Related Information

* Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate

Related topics

* Persons with disabilities

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I iron while watching TV, so yeah, I watch it standing up.

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There are a lot of practical tips on this site. Keep searching and experimenting. If you’re feeling overloaded, stop and decide on ONE thing to focus on now.

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