The “NOW” Mindset
Those of us with ADHD often create our own emergencies by putting task off. Believe me, this does not come from a place of judgement. It is a fact. And, frankly, correctly treating your ADHD with right medication, dosage, delivery…
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How to turn your BATDL into getting things done.
The primary goal of the BATDL is to capture the task that you need to accomplish to move yourself and your life forward. That includes everything from food shopping to picking up prescriptions to scheduling a zoom with your best…
Big Pharma?
I’m a big fan of Pharma. Of course, big Pharma makes mistakes. Most big things that are driven by profit make mistakes. But life saving and life changing drugs are amazing and wonderful. I just want to reflect on the…
How many hours are in your day?
I’ve probably written on this before. It’s hard to keep track of 14 years of blog entries… But why is it that doctors don’t seem to understand that we need to treat our ADHD ALL THE TIME? I have so…
Why the BATDL? (badass to do list)
Maybe I buried the lead with the BATDL. The whole point is to be EITHER more productive, more efficient, or less stressed. Likely you will be all three. I can’t say I have ever had a client who truly did…
You are still a sample size of ONE.
it’s important for you to understand and own your individuality when beginning treatment for anything, especially ADHD. What is written on the insert with your new prescription is hardly a comprehensive list of effects or side effects. It is simply…
We are all a sample size of ONE.
A few years ago, at an ADHD conference, a doctor who was presenting on non-stimulant therapy noted the effectiveness statistic of stimulants and non-stimulants. Historically, almost every study has shown that 80 to 85% of people with ADHD respond to…
Step 10 to a BATDL
Celebrate. It is essential that you celebrate your victories. And every task that you cross off your BATDL is a victory. Unfortunately, I find that most of my clients attach what I call “Yeah, buts” to most of their successes.…
Step Nine to a BATDL
CROSS ITEMS/TASKS OFF YOUR BADASS TO DO LIST! Crossing completed tasks off your BATDL in something like real time is practically and psychologically important. From the most literal and practical standpoint, crossing items off your BATDL means that YOU ARE…
Step Seven to your BATDL
CHUNKING: BREAKING TASKS DOWN INTO THEIR CONSTITUENT PIECES. The easiest way to explain this is to say that, big things are scary and small things aren’t. Buy a house is scary. Get prequalified, decide on towns to look in, figure…
Step Six to a BATDL
Before I start with today’s entry, I want to celebrate for a minute. I finally finished my book last week. 209 pages of really good stuff. When I say finished, I mean version 4.2 or something like that. A relatively…
How to “interview” your new psychiatrist.
picking up where I left off last week… I think interviewing someone who is a expert in something in which you are not an expert is in large part about making sure you’re b******* detector is on full blast. I’m…