ADHD-Fueled Fear of Change
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 …
Tools & Strategies
A major part of learning to thrive with Adult ADHD is identifying tools and strategies that can help with your particular challenges. Not a stereotype’s.
ADHD Relationships: 3 Strategies To Slow Your Roller Coaster
Let’s briefly talk about three ADHD relationship strategies—designed to counter three common challenges. If only my husband and I had a clue that we needed ADHD relationship strategies. If only we knew that ADHD existed. …
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All About ADHD Meds: Dr. Parker’s Guide
Only Harry Potter fans have awaited a book as I’ve awaited the book on ADHD medication treatment strategies from Charles Parker, DO. Nothing has frustrated me more in ten years of advocacy than hearing meds-gone-awry …
What Is Genetic Testing for ADHD Medications? — Pt. 3
“Gene-testing said that my daughter cannot take stimulants for her ADHD.” A reader sent that to me in 2015. As a result, the girl was taking only Strattera, at a “maxed-out dose,” and not experiencing …
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Gina & Dr. Goat Share Our ADHD Genetic Test Results
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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But Who is Dr. Goat, Gina? Our Story
In case you missed it, my husband has ADHD. Diagnosed in 1999. He is also a molecular biologist with an emphasis in genetics. His former girlfriend is a neurosurgeon. But who connected his lifelong “issues” …
Creating Order from ADHD Chaos
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 …
Reaching Past ADHD Denial In A Loved One
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 …
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Empathy and Mirror Neurons: Monkey See, Monkey Yawn
Two videos went “viral” among my Facebook friends this week. I share them with you here because who living in these rancorous times couldn’t use a little sweet-natured humor.
More germane to this blog’s brain-based focus, however, I was struck by how each video demonstrated qualities of empathy. Yes, I know. Recently, some politicians have publicly scorned empathy — perhaps because they mistakenly equate it with weakness. But , as a third video explains, leading neuroscientists say that our society depends on empathy. In other words, we’d do best to nourish empathy, not castigate it.
