ADHD Expert Deborah shares ADHD management news and commentary at ADHDCentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689 http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689 http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/88456/adhd-lack-spontaneity Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:56:00 -0500 Deborah I just called the supervisor at the camp my son's attending this week, to let him know that my parents were going to pick Lawrence up tomorrow. I couldn't remember if they were on the emergency form or not. "I'll check on that when we get back from Berkeley Ironworks," he said. I knew they had a field trip planned (it's a climbing gym) but I had assumed they were doing it in the morning. It's now almost 2:30. And Lawrence had a 5:15 doctor's... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/88456/adhd-lack-spontaneity http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/93062/controlling-spending Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:56:00 -0500 Deborah About ten years ago, I went to a craft fair with my parents. My parents go to the type of craft fairs that have handwoven coats and custom made wood furniture. I fell in love with some custom-made leather boots. They created a mold for your feet and lower legs and made the boots from that. They cost $500 (I got the sterling silver buttons). They were definitely worth the price, but for me that was about half a month's pay. I hyperventilated the... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/93062/controlling-spending http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/93052/letting-things-cracks Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:00 -0500 Deborah I let the most bizarre things fall through the cracks. At home it's usually something small, like when I was steeping herbs in olive oil, and left them in the jars for over a year (it should have only been a month or so). At work it's usually something small too. Not all the time, but frequently enough to be a potential problem.   It only recently dawned on me that this is a pattern with me. I think I realized it somewhere at the back of... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/93052/letting-things-cracks http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/90198/lawrence-medication Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:04:00 -0400 Deborah My son Lawrence started kindergarten last year. It was kind of tough on him. The class was three hours long, and they only had a short, ten minute recess about halfway through. And unlike pre-school, there was a curriculum that had to be completed by the end of the year. Goodbye Show and Tell, hello learning by rote. His teacher was wonderful and very patient, but it eventually became clear that he was having trouble. Nearly every day he got a... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/90198/lawrence-medication http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/88457/hyper-meeting Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:59:00 -0400 Deborah I'm in a meeting at work (actually, a presentation) and I'm noting, as usual, how still most people (okay, pretty much everyone in the room) are compared to me. The word "still" rarely applies to me, but it's most noticeable in situations like this. I shift position, jiggle my knee, twirl a lock of hair, pick at my nails.   I look around the room. Most of the attendees are sitting with their hands folded, either in their lap or on the... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/88457/hyper-meeting http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/88455/tips-procrastination Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:52:00 -0400 Deborah I know, I know, it's a total writer's cliche, but I procrastinated when I really should have been writing this SharePost. I played Lord of the Rings Online for half an hour, using the excuse that since my son and husband were watching tv, I wouldn't be able to concentrate anyway. When the tv went off, I stared at the screen for thirty seconds, and then remembered that I really needed to put a load of laundry in. Granted, I really did need to do... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/88455/tips-procrastination http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/86001/adult-disorganization Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:17:00 -0400 Deborah As I mentioned in a previous SharePost, I tend to collect paper into piles. I wish it was just paper that ended up that way, but unfortunately, that's not the case. Let's take a tour of the house I share with my son and husband.   Living room - there's a pile behind my desk chair. I'm not sure what it is. I think it's a combination of books I've had to look at recently and my son's drawings. I can't decide what to do with the drawings.... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/86001/adult-disorganization http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/84952/bodily-intelligence Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:01:00 -0400 Deborah I'm reading "Green Eggs and Ham" to my son Lawrence before bed. Actually, he's reading it to me, which is very exciting. He's doing really well. I only have to help him with about one word out of ten. I read way ahead of my level when I was his age, and it seems that he's going to be just as good.   The thing I'm noticing, though, is that while he's reading, he's wiggling around on the bed, almost falling off sometimes, although his eyes... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/84952/bodily-intelligence http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/84950/paper-problem Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:58:00 -0400 Deborah I'm looking at my desk at work, trying to figure out what to do with this sea of paper that is covering every one of the three counters that make up my cube in the Office of the Registrar at UC Berkeley. I have a pretty large cube, and as usual the paper has expanded to fill the space allotted to it. Through the day, I'll scratch out a little space on a counter for eating or doing work. It's definitely not an ideal situation, and let's face it,... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/84950/paper-problem http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/78253/keeping-track-warcraft Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:59:00 -0400 Deborah As a card-carrying computer geek, I've been playing what are known as computer role-playing games (CRPGs) for close to twenty years. I'll try not to bore you with too many details, but basically the structure of these games consists of gaining experience for your character by doing battle and completing quests for non player (computer generated) characters. Since the internet really started going in the 1990s, I've also been playing online... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/8689/78253/keeping-track-warcraft