Personal Essays Archives - ADHD Roller Coaster with Gina Pera

Breaking Old Relationship Patterns, After Not Breaking a Fall

Here's what often happens with "ADHD and relationships": You're several years into a relationship … [Read more...]

By Katy Rollins I was out of Concerta for a couple of days. In the interim, it was funny watching … [Read more...]

September 9, 2016 by Gina Pera 4 Comments

What difference does it make later in life, to be diagnosed with ADHD and take … [Read more...]

August 20, 2016 by Gina Pera 8 Comments

Change can be stressful—even "positive" change. Then there's the anxiety that comes … [Read more...]

A reader wrote to me last week, "Gina, where are you??? Are you okay? Or, has something happened to … [Read more...]

ADHD and Denial. In previous chapters, we learned about what ADHD is, how it affects the brain, how … [Read more...]

February 24, 2016 by Gina Pera 18 Comments

A popular myth about ADHD is that it "pathologizes normal human behavior." Consider then Myth #10, … [Read more...]

February 17, 2016 by Gina Pera 10 Comments

"Denial" of ADHD symptoms hurts everyone. But we compound our hurt when we wrongly attribute this … [Read more...]

January 27, 2016 by Gina Pera 42 Comments

In all the misguided online chatter around "drugging children" for ADHD, what gets completely lost? … [Read more...]

January 20, 2016 by Gina Pera 5 Comments

It's a tragic fact: People with poorly managed ADHD are over-represented in the prison population. … [Read more...]