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	<title>ADHD Roller Coaster: &#34;Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?&#34; &#187; Guest Essays</title>
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	<description>News and Essays about Adult ADHD, with author Gina Pera</description>
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		<title>&#8220;One Man&#8217;s&#8221; Story Touches This Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD and Parenthood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I ran a guest post, One Man&#8217;s Rugged Reality of ADD, by Dylan Rosen. As the outpouring of supportive comments demonstrates, this first-person account of late-diagnosis ADD touched many minds and hearts among ADHD Roller Coaster blog readers. The ensuing comments are all well worth reading, but the one from &#8220;Brandy&#8221; stood out [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/guest-essays/one-mans-story-touches-this-mom/' addthis:title='&#8220;One Man&#8217;s&#8221; Story Touches This Mom ' ><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>
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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>When Adults with ADHD Become Caregivers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD and Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADHD and Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When the average ADHDer gets hit with the news that their life partner—and frequently, the point of stability in the marriage—is ill or terminally ill, more than the relationship has been threatened. Not only are we facing the loss of someone we love—and when an ADHDer loves, it goes deep—our whole stability is threatened.&#8221; So [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/adhd-and-relationships/when-adults-with-adhd-become-caregivers/' addthis:title='When Adults with ADHD Become Caregivers ' ><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>Happy 99th Birthday to My Mother, Rest in Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 8 would have been my mother&#8217;s 99th birthday.  Healthy as she was in body, no doubt she still would be alive today had stroke dementia not taken her down a slow and painful downspiral over six  years to her death, in 2000, at age 89.  Please forgive this departure from regular ADHD Roller Coaster [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/guest-essays/happy-99th-birthday-to-my-mother-rest-in-peace/' addthis:title='Happy 99th Birthday to My Mother, Rest in Peace ' ><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 Poetry: Newfound Clarity of ADHD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Gina, I have been diagnosed with ADHD 8 months ago—kinda tough to accept at 41. I&#8217;ve been under a doctor&#8217;s care and on medication, and it has really shown me a world I&#8217;ve never known. Shortly after taking medication, I was having an ongoing clarity and understanding of my past so I started writing, [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/guest-essays/one-mans-poetry-newfound-clarity-of-adhd/' addthis:title='One Man&#8217;s Poetry: Newfound Clarity of ADHD ' ><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;On With My Vent In All Its Offensive Glory&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Denial about ADHD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it feel like to have ADHD in a world that doesn&#8217;t always &#8220;meet you halfway&#8221; and can in fact feel devoid of empathy? What does it feel like to never meet anyone&#8217;s expectations or to be constantly admonished for what you&#8217;ve done wrong but seldom praised for what you have worked so hard [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/denial-about-adhd/on-with-my-vent-in-all-its-offensive-glory/' addthis:title='&#8220;On With My Vent In All Its Offensive Glory&#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>All About Medications for ADHD, Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 03:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Ted Mandelkorn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part I of &#8220;All About Medications for ADHD&#8221; focused on common questions and answers provided by ADHD specialist Ted Mandelkorn, MD, of Puget Sound Behavioral Health, a Seattle-based clinic that treats teens, children and adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and related conditions. In Part II, below, Dr. Mandelkorn details the categories of medications along with dosing, [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/all-about-medications-for-adhd-part-ii/' addthis:title='All About Medications for ADHD, Part II ' ><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>All About Medications for ADHD, Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 18:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Pera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD medication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to overstate it: Please be a smart mental healthcare consumer when it comes to ADHD medical treatment. That means not simply assuming that your prescribing physician, no matter how much ADHD expertise is professed, truly knows what&#8217;s what.  Learn the basics so you can &#8220;Trust but Verify.&#8221; For all the information flooding the Internet [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/all-about-medications-for-adhd-part-i/' addthis:title='All About Medications for ADHD, Part I ' ><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>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD in the News]]></category>
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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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