We ADHD-ers are often brilliant, fascinating and inspired. One thing that we're generally are not is organized. Our minds just don't work that way. We really would like to avoid losing things, forgetting appointments and leaving things we need at home, but our minds just don't run along that organized track.
In the past we managed to... Read more
Two of the biggest problems that anyone with ADHD faces are staying organized and finishing tasks. So the prospect of looking for a new job is often enough to send us into a tailspin. How can we possibly pull things together well enough to knock out the competition that's out there also looking for a job in this economy? In my last thirty years,... Read more
At the end of my first year in college I did the usual exam week cramming. I don't test well (my brain completely freezes up), so I had opted to write term papers instead of take exams whenever possible. Because I was given to procrastination, the papers weren't even close to completion on the second to last night. On the advice of a dormmate, I... Read more
"Grandma Nancy," my son informed me tonight, as he has done several times before, "does a much better job scratching my back." "Yes, I know, honey," I sighed, as I tried to slow down the tempo of said back scratching. "It's because she's much calmer than me." Since Lawrence was a toddler, my stepmother has, on demand, indulged him with a few... Read more
I have “suffered” from depression and ADHD since I was a child. (I hate that term “suffered,” but what are you going to say – I “enjoyed” depression and ADHD?). The depression made much of my childhood through early adulthood just plain miserable, and my ADHD contributed its share of frustration. I remember putting my head down on... Read more
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