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By totallyaddauthorLet’s talk about what may be the most important decision of your life.
No, it’s not who to blame for your ADHD.
Or whether to watch the entire second season of House of Cards all in a row, or spread it out over two whole days….
Adult ADHD
| Tools, Tips & Tricks
By totallyaddauthorYou know what ADHD is. (Not everything about it. Yet. Not by a long shot.)
But we have a good idea of what it is. So, my question is: what would you say is the opposite of ADHD?
After pondering that question, I’ve found a lot of people say Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. That’s what I thought for a long time.
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorSaturday morning and I thought I’d been spammed. My Email inbox was filled with the same headline about ADHD and the NYTimes.
But each Email was from a different person.
Of course, it turned out that The New York Times….
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| The Science of ADD/ADHD
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorMany of the college students who are not ADHD and were abusing ADHD medication, are doing so to get better grades.
Cause they think it will help them focus, learn better, be more alert.
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthor“Oh, I forgot we had this hot-air popcorn maker!”
“Oh, I didn’t know we owned all these old picture frames.”
“Hey, look! We have a single bed. I forgot about this.”…
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorIn my previous Blog I noted, somewhat awkwardly, that knowing I have a place for my car keys doesn’t mean they’re always there. Or, when life gets nuts, even mostly there. For example, ahem, I’ve had to borrow Ava’s key for the past two weeks. Not the end of the world. And yet, as I noted in the previous blog, it can fee like it. ADHD can be such a pain. Knowing what’s going on doesn’t automatically prevent me from making the same mistakes over and over again. And again.
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorWhen I browse through our Forums I’m always amazed at the brilliant stories about the difference the ADHD diagnosis has made. For better and worse. In our DVD, Embracing the Diagnosis, we explore the kaleidoscope of anger, regret, relief, and hope that we all stumble through, like a drunk in a Carnival Fun House….
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthor“I don’t know where the day went,” used to be a familiar lament of mine.
Eventually, I stopped long enough to find out where it went. Because I really was missing it.
I realized that the day doesn’t go anywhere. I do.
And where do I go?
Tools, Tips & Tricks
By totallyaddauthorMoney. Why don’t we ever have enough of it? And why does what we do have to keep disappearing? Is it really the economy? Or competition from China and India? Or Wall Street playing fast and loose with our savings? Perhaps. Probably. That’s part of it, I’m sure…
Adult ADHD
| Comedy + Holidays
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorI need to be 5 different people. Or hire 5 different people!
The overwhelm I have been feeling over everything that needs doing finally forced me to actually use some of the ADHD tools I have learned.
(ASIDE: Why is it I only turn to the tools when I’m in overwhelm? Rather than use them all the time? Sigh!)