The toll of parenting kids with issues
I don’t know if I”ll end up finishing this post or leaving it up. It is somewhat personal. If you read my stuff, you know that I’m not one to shy away from personal stuff, but this has to do…
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Why ADHDers are late, pt. 4: Fear of being early
Most people with ADHD have a borderline pathological fear of being early. If you are always trying to walk in exactly on time, erring on the side of not being early… you’re going to be late a lot! So, why…
Why ADHDers are late, pt. 3: When we know we are late and do ‘it’ anyway.
But there are also many times that ADHD folks are late and are 100% aware that they are late or at least, if they took the time to slow down and be honest with themselves they’d know they were late.…
Why ADHDers are late, pt. 2: Overcompensating instead of skill building
When confronted with this situation and a lack of compensation skills, most people I work with will then over do it and create an entirely different set of problems. So, a person who is chronically late and realizes that it…
Why are ADHDers late, pt. 1: We suck at time.
In my experience there are a few reasons that ADHDers are chronically late. The most fundamental issue is our lack of time sensitivity. In my opinion, this stems from our basic neurochemical wiring. We don’t experience time as a constant.…
The most dangerous word in the English language: SHOULD
It does not matter if you should do it faster. It does not matter how fast the kid next to you does it. It does not matter how your grandmother did it back in the day. All that matters is…
New Entry
It’s no secret that I believe that exercise is one of the most important ways to manage ADHD. Even with successful medication therapy, exercise is key to managing our brain chemistry. And if you have depression and/or anxiety like I…
Great Article in ADDitude
Rarely do I come across something that is so perfectly said that I don’t feel the need to put it in my own words. Please check this article out: 6 Reasons ADHD treatment fails https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=05c078d02e79a07f64018da62&id=729ed9eeb8&e=56e9d42595
Great med research opportunity
See attached: Here are the details as emailed to me from the doc. Participants can either be diagnosed with ADHD or ADD or have symptoms and need to be evaluated. The medication is a long acting methylphenidate product (same as Ritalin…
Thanksgiving schedule
I’ve often posted my daily schedules as a visual aid. Having gone over scheduling with several new clients recently, I thought it was time to post another one. But this one is pretty specific. This is my schedule for Thanksgiving…