Jeff’s ADD Mind Keeps Expanding and Provoking
This blog referred to in this post no longer exists—though the links to his YouTube videos still work! I keep it here to honor Jeff— as far as I know, the first blogger on Adult …
Personal Essays
This category features a wide range of first-person stories about living with Adult ADHD—in oneself or a loved one.
ADHD Medications Guide, Part I
I cannot overstate it: We must be smart mental healthcare consumers. Especially when it comes to ADHD medical treatment. That means not assuming that your prescribing physician truly knows what’s what. No matter how “confident” that physician …
Gina Pera on ADHD Relationships and Her Own “Wild Ride”
A higher-than-usual number of “Help, Please!” e-mails appeared in my in-box this morning. What was up? Then my friend Doreen gave me the heads up on Facebook: MSN.com had featured a “When Your Lover Has …
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“Love Roller Coaster — Boo Hoo Hooo Hooo”
“Your love is like a roller coaster, baby baby. I wanna ride….ooo hoo hoo hoo.” (The headline’s poetic license courtesy of my husband.) What’s an ADHD Roller Coaster blog without a theme song, especially one …
Letters from the ADHD Roller Coaster Mailbag
Since my book was published (Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder), I have been receiving letters from readers worldwide. I have permission …
What’s This I Hear about a “Stimulants Package”?
These days, I feel like Gilda Ratner’s character Emily Litella. No, I’m not mishearing “Youth in Asia” for “euthanasia” or “violins on television” instead of “violence on television.” …
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ADHD Time Blindness and Understanding Life
A preeminent ADHD research scientist, Russell Barkley, PhD, calls it ADHD time blindness. That is, many people with ADHD have difficulty not just “being on time” but having a sense of time. Jeff discovered he …
Think Different—Differently—About ADHD and Being “Special”
The theme of this post? Think differently about thinking different—when it comes to ADHD and being “special.” The best part of having a blog is sharing thoughtful essays from friends and readers. My friend Lew …
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Husband to Me: “I’m Glad You’re Not Perfect!”
“Whoa, looks like I got a little carried away with the pitchfork,” I mutter to my husband. I had just glanced out the window, only to see a small fountain shooting from the punctured soaker hose. …
Thanks to Adults with ADHD Who Sound Off!
This Thanksgiving finds me with much to be grateful for: friends, family, husband, health, and a book that is being generously received. But this very day, my biggest, warmest THANKS goes to all those adults …
