ADHD in Adults
| Adult ADHD
| Emotional Journey
By totallyaddauthorMany adults who have ADHD, myself included, don’t feel we worry too much or are highly sensitive, anxious, moody, mercurial, easily upset, or quick to anger. We don’t feel that our emotions are a problem.
But talk to our friends and family. Hear what they say. (Awkward clearing of throat.)
Adult ADHD
| Emotional Journey
By totallyaddauthorMastering ADHD challenges is an ongoing project. Always improving. Never perfect. My success requires an arsenal of mutually supporting tools. However when one strategy stopped working well for me, I would ‘try harder.’ And we know how that works…
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
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.’
Adult ADHD
| Medication
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
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
Adult ADHD
| Articles
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorI keep hearing motivational speakers, trainers, fitness coaches, and successful people declare, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Yes. Sometimes…
Guest Blog
| TotallyADD Blog
| Work & School
By Elaine Taylor-KlausWhether at home or in the workplace, human dynamics are complicated. As we start to plan for the post-summer-back-to-school-and-work season, we have an idea of how we want things to go once we get back into some routine. Wouldn’t it be great if everything could run smoothly? And still do what’s best for our selves, or our families, or our job?…
Adult ADHD
| Most Popular
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorHow do you overcome it? If you’re like me, you usually don’t. Many people draw upon willpower. I suspect most ADHD/ADD people would admit that willpower is not one of their top 5 strengths. Or top 55…
Guest Blog
| Holistic Strategies
| TotallyADD Blog
By Linda Walker - ADHD CoachDoes this ever happen to you? You have a task to do, but you don’t do it. Of course it has! Now, a tougher question; have you ever chosen a task that you really want to do, that you’re committed to complete because the results are desirable and one where you feel relatively confident you can accomplish, and yet still you can’t get started? When you think…
Comedy + Holidays
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorThe holidays are a challenging time for everyone. Whether you have ADHD, or you’re one of those ‘neuro-typical’ folks.
Santa himself has to do more than UPS and Fed Ex combined. And it’s not much easier on the rest of us…
Comedy + Holidays
| Rick Rants
| Videos
By totallyaddauthorThe end-of-year, crazy-making, crowd-crushing, high-pressure, time-sucking, energy-sapping, hysteria-causing holidays are here. Forget celebrating. How about surviving? Rick has a suggestion.