This category features a wide range of first-person stories about living with Adult ADHD—in oneself or a loved one.
Is there a connection between ADHD and this phenomenon called gaslighting? Potentially. But, as with most ADHD-related topics, it’s complicated. In this post, I examine the topic from a few angles. I’m seeing more talk …
Welcome to the final post in this series on genetic testing to guide ADHD medications. My husband, Dr. Goat, and I greatly appreciate your enthusiastic response. We based this series on testing that is is …
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ADHD and fear of change. What’s behind it? That’s the topic of this post, a guest essay from a wise friend. First, let’s just acknowledge that change can be stressful when you have ADHD. Even …
Living with undiagnosed ADHD, in a loved one or in oneself, can feel like being lost in the fog—often on a roller coaster. In fact, after the term roller coaster, the word that people most …
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Toddlers medicated for ADHD. It’s a hot topic in the news lately. Did you miss Part 1? 10,000 Toddlers Medicated for ADHD? Part 1 Here in Part II, I continue to educate the public …
Do I recommend the new revision of Understanding Girls with ADHD: How They Feel and Why They Do What They Do? Consider the opening lines of my review on Amazon.com. After, you’ll find a personal …
In this post, we share our own results from genetic testing for ADHD medications. We hope this helps make the information a little more concrete, less abstract. My husband, Dr. Goat, and I share many …
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A universal challenge for people with ADHD is disorganization — of things, priorities, and time —so how do you transform chaos to order? In my experience, the first step comes with recognizing the pain that …
Understanding denial sometimes associated with ADHD is one thing. Reaching through ADHD denial in a loved one is quite another. In previous essays, we learned about what ADHD is, how it affects the brain, how …
. When we talk about a late ADHD diagnosis, we mean the diagnosis comes a few decades into one’s life. In the case of this post’s guest writer, the ADHD diagnosis came well into her …
A woman I’d met at a conference wrote to me: “I was addicted to meth for 5 years until I was diagnosed with ADHD.” You would never take Katherine for a drug abuser. A realtor …
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