Over the years, I've had many people ask me how to go about explaining to their boss, partner, friends and family their ADHD diagnosis. Often times, these are folks who have recently been evaluated for ADHD and are eager to explain their lifetime difficulties to people they know, with the hope that they'll be better understood.
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Imagine a world where drugs and medical procedures are released to the public without proper testing for safety or efficacy. Nine scientists from the FDA are concerned about just that and have shared these concerns by sending a letter to president-elect Obama and his transition team, stating there has been "gross mishandling" by FDA managers,... Read more
Living with ADHD can be a challenge, to say the least. Each day often brings a variety of struggles: keeping up at work, finishing what you've started, losing things, saying things you didn't mean to say, and more. Of course, ADHD affects each person differently. But regardless, there are chronic, lifetime struggles we with ADHD all... Read more
I must admit that I have never, ever made a list of New Year's resolutions in my life until a year ago, when I challenged readers here to list their resolutions. I also shared mine, as well. I think I've always hesitated to come up with New Year's resolutions because of the following reasons:
I'd forget what they were by January 2.
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In last week's SharePost, I discussed the different ADHD subtypes and wrote about the inattentive subtype and how the symptoms specific to those folks can make holiday festivities less than festive.
Today's SharePost focuses on the Combined Subtype of ADHD, which also happens to be the most common of the three subtypes.
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