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	<title>ADHD Roller Coaster: &#34;Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?&#34; &#187; Essays on ADHD</title>
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		<title>Seeking Your Stories of Resilience</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions about Adult ADHD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reading last week&#8217;s first-person essay (&#8220;The Rugged Reality of ADD&#8221;, by Dylan) and the many comments reminds me to tell you about The Resilience Through the Lifespan Project, conducted by Mark Katz, Ph.D., whom I wrote about recently here. I hope that you will consider participating in this important endeavor. Here are the details. In [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/questions-about-adult-adhd/seeking-your-stories-of-resilience/' addthis:title='Seeking Your Stories of Resilience ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>One Man&#8217;s &#8220;Rugged Reality of ADD&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Denial about ADHD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new friend has graciously agreed to share his Success Story story with ADHD Roller Coaster readers: The Rugged Reality of ADD, by Dylan Rosen Do not read this if you are looking for a &#8220;Happy ADD Story.&#8221; I do not have the gold medals of Michael Phelps or the arm of Terry Bradshaw. My [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/one-mans-rugged-reality-of-add/' addthis:title='One Man&#8217;s &#8220;Rugged Reality of ADD&#8221; ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD and Sleep: Your Elusive Dream?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD and Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADHD medication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I asked Australian writer Matthew Bush to contribute a guest column on his experiences with sleep and ADHD (below), I expected a well-written and engaging piece. What I didn&#8217;t expect was a happy ending, too, and perhaps a blueprint to help others. ADHD&#8217;s potential challenges to sleep include the behavioral (putting off sleep because [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/adhd-and-sleep-your-elusive-dream/' addthis:title='ADHD and Sleep: Your Elusive Dream? ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sing It: &#8220;A.D.D. You Know What I Got!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just for Fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this totally catchy song and hilariously clever video from a hot new band whose frontman, Will Loomis, has ADHD.  I love this band! So well done! If you do, too, spread the word. You can hear samples from their latest CD and purchase it on Amazon here. (Below is the information on Will and [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/essays-on-adhd/sing-it-a-d-d-you-know-what-i-got/' addthis:title='Sing It: &#8220;A.D.D. You Know What I Got!&#8221; ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>SCT: A New Type of ADHD for Next DSM?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD Diagnosis Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Eme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas E. Brown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before my friend Jack was diagnosed with ADHD, he used to call himself &#8220;Sluggo the Wonder Boy.&#8221;  Highly educated, hard-working, and his heart set on big achievements, Jack still had problems around being, well, sluggish. For example, when he sat in a chair, within five minutes he invariably slumped and slid  until his head was [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/adult-adhd-diagnosis-issues/a-new-type-of-adhd-for-next-dsm-revision/' addthis:title='SCT: A New Type of ADHD for Next DSM? ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff&#8217;s ADD Mind Keeps Expanding and Provoking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finding Support]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Techno-wizard and ADHD Blog-Veteran Jeff at Jeff&#8217;s ADD Mind has really been pushing the media envelope lately — movies, magazines, and more — and has now re-designed the entire site with a slick new look and easy navigation system.  It&#8217;s jam-packed with fun, philosophy, and irony (the precursors of healthy neurotransmitters!).  Among my favorites: Jeff&#8217;s ADD Mind [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/jeffs-add-mind-keeps-expanding-and-provoking/' addthis:title='Jeff&#8217;s ADD Mind Keeps Expanding and Provoking ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Procrastinating&#8221; and &#8220;Getting Ready&#8221;: The Films</title>
		<link>http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-view-from-the-roller-coaster/procrastinating-and-getting-ready-the-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it great when others express your own secret struggles? Especially when they do it in a clever, entertaining way?  Isn&#8217;t it liberating? Even amusing? If you wrestle with procrastination and/or all the myriad issues involved in &#8220;getting ready,&#8221; you will no doubt enjoy these two short animations (below) by Levni Yilmaz. Lev has also created [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-view-from-the-roller-coaster/procrastinating-and-getting-ready-the-movies/' addthis:title='&#8220;Procrastinating&#8221; and &#8220;Getting Ready&#8221;: The Films ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing the Facts Makes You &#8220;Gaslight-Proof&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://adhdrollercoaster.org/adult-adhd-myths/knowing-the-facts-makes-you-gaslight-proof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew that wearing my new t-shirt to the farmer&#8217;s market would cause such a fuss?  Instead of my usual sharing of brief assessments about sugar-snap peas or shitake mushrooms with other shoppers, I was drawn into a &#8220;debate&#8221; about ADHD. Sure, I&#8217;m accustomed to ranting ADHD-denyers on the rough-and-tumble Internet, but not while strolling amid [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/adult-adhd-myths/knowing-the-facts-makes-you-gaslight-proof/' addthis:title='Knowing the Facts Makes You &#8220;Gaslight-Proof&#8221; ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Making Progress, One Ex-Naysayer at a Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week: A guest post from ADHD coach Cynthia Hammer, founder and former executive director of Seattle-based non-profit ADD Resources (click here to visit her blog, &#8220;Pinnacle Coaching&#8221;). I&#8217;ve always enjoyed Cynthia&#8217;s personal essays (look for more to come), and we both appreciate the thoughtful perspectives of Judith Warner, who writes the &#8220;Domestic Disturbances&#8221; column [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/making-progress-one-person-at-a-time/' addthis:title='Making Progress, One Ex-Naysayer at a Time ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD Can Affect Sex, Sleep?  Who Knew?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe we so often associate ADHD challenges with schoolwork, paperwork, and housework that we don&#8217;t often think of ADHD putting a kink in, um, bedroom fun. Or, that activity that we assume most people can do &#8220;in their sleep&#8221;: sleep. Ah, but what you don&#8217;t know can hurt you. It can hurt your love life. [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/adhd-can-affect-sex-sleep-who-knew/' addthis:title='ADHD Can Affect Sex, Sleep?  Who Knew? ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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