ADHD in Adults
| Adult ADHD
By totallyaddauthorOne day, some time ago, I woke up early and did not do that thing I do so well to start my days—rolling over and falling back asleep for another two hours.
Adult ADHD
By Sandy PaceTreating ADHD requires a multi modal approach, this includes self-compassion, rest, routing and structure, and for some people it includes medication.
Adult ADHD
| Comedy + Holidays
By totallyaddauthorAh, holiday traditions. Every year, the familiar customs, gatherings, and celebrations.
Every year, seeing family… the cousin who always breaks something valuable. The uncle who tells everyone what’s wrong with this country. The sister-in-law who knows ADHD is crap and you just need to try harder.
Adult ADHD
| Experts
By J. Russell RamsayLet’s focus on a couple of unorthodox coping strategies. These are two of many clever innovations discovered by my clients themselves, ones that helped them successfully personalize some familiar ADHD strategies.
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorI’ve mentioned recently that at my lowest moments, despairing, I thought, “I wish I’d never been diagnosed.”
That’s not true, of course. Having an explanation for some of my challenges, an explanation that I can work with, has been hugely helpful.
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| Tools, Tips & Tricks
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorIn making our second PBS documentary, ADD & Mastering It!, Patrick McKenna and I share ADHD strategies we’ve found help with this mindset.
Some were strategies we learned after being diagnosed. Others were ones we had stumbled across before we knew what we were up against.
Adult ADHD
| Articles
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorYou’re reading this because at some point you, or a loved one, saw a video, read an article, did an online test, or took our Unofficial ADHD Quiz, and the penny dropped, you thought “maybe I have adult ADHD”.
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
By totallyaddauthorWhen I learned I had ADHD Google was a novelty, websites were primitive, Youtube and Facebook didn’t exist, and dinosaurs […]
Adult ADHD
| Rick
| TotallyADD Blog
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
| TotallyADD Blog
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.