Holistic Strategies
| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorShe shook my hand, “Thank you, so much. Your talk was so informative. Our son has ADHD, and I am pretty sure my husband might. But he refuses to get tested. Or even discuss it”
Adult ADHD
| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorHave you ever heard the term ‘Reward Deficiency Syndrome’? From what I understand, it came out of research by Dr. Kenneth Blum and others. They were searching for a specific genetic glitch that might increase the risk of alcoholism.
They understood that something as complex as an addiction can not be caused by any single gene, but the one gene being studied did seem to increase the risk…
Adult ADHD
| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorBY RICK GREEN
There’s a meme that keeps popping up on Facebook that has a great deal of wisdom in it: ‘Don’t believe everything you think.’ That simple phrase popped into my head when we were interviewing Dr. Edward ‘Ned’ Hallowell at his home in Massachusetts. I had driven down to Boston to appear on WGBH, the local PBS station, when they debuted our program, ADD & Mastering It! We were talking about anxiety and depression, two common spinoffs of life with ADHD, especially before it’s diagnosed. Ned said, “Never worry alone. Call someone.” He calls it Vitamin C. ‘C’ as in Connection. Connect with someone…
Guest Blog
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| Work & School
By Elaine Taylor-KlausTrick Question: who is school harder for? 1) A kid with ADHD. 2) The parent of a kid with ADHD. 3)The parent of a kid with ADHD who also has ADHD. Answer: YES! Any way you look at it, “back to school time” is a stress factory waiting to happen, regardless of whomever in your house is challenged (and gifted) with ADHD…
Adult ADHD
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| Work & School
By Team TotallyADDBy Dr. Robb Mapou, So your teenager with ADHD is in high school, and you are starting to think about […]
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| Work & School
By Edward (Ned) Hallowell, Psychiatrist1. Do The Impossible. People focus most intently when they take on a challenge, when they are working in an area where they are skilled, but where they are also stretched. Often, amazingly enough, what seemed impossible becomes possible. 2. Trust Your Way. Perhaps the single most clichéd song lyric ever…
Adult ADHD
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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
By totallyaddauthorGetting everything ready for our PBS appearance last week was a real lesson in motivation and procrastination…
Adult ADHD
| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorSo I’ve been blogging about how I, an ADHD adult, managed to train for a 368 mile/6 day bike rally in less than three months. Bearing in mind that I was out of shape, didn’t have a bike, hadn’t ridden in years, and the other 190 riders had been training for 6 weeks.
I pulled it off using the same strategies I’ve used to manage and even master my ADHD…
Adult ADHD
| Rick
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By totallyaddauthorOnce I’d committed to doing the rally, I started training. But I had to use a mountain bike with ancient knobby tires. Even adjusting the seat didn’t hide the fact that it was a girl’s bike.