Creating Order from ADHD Chaos
How to transform ADHD chaos to order throughout your life? In my experience, the first step comes with recognizing the pain that disorganization is causing you or your loved ones. The next step: Adopting a …
Tools & Strategies
An Astronaut’s Tips for Adults Dealing with ADHD
Astronauts might have particularly useful tips for adults with ADHD—and everybody else, of course. These tips include how to manage risk–and fear. After all, when you sit in a spaceship hurtling around the Earth …
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Driving While Distracted: Adult ADHD Hits the Road
ADHD and driving: For many years, Adult ADHD researchers made it a top priority. The evidence is clear: ADHD can impair driving safety. Also clear: Medication can improve driving skills. As for this cartoon, count …
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Talkin’ Trash: Targeting ADHD Treatment Goals
You might be surprised. It’s not on the symptom list. It’s not on the “Top Ten ADHD Relationship Challenges.” But “not taking out the trash” is a common complaint among the partners of adults …
ADHD and Sleep: Puzzling The Pieces
ADHD and sleep. It’s like any other ADHD-related topic: complex and variable with the individual. But maybe you’ve already figured that out: Nothing about ADHD is simple—or cookie-cutter. Good for you. That said, we can …
Can ADHD Affect Sexual Intimacy? Leading Sex Therapist Says Yes
What does leading sex therapist Stephen Snyder, MD, have to say about ADHD and sexual intimacy? We’ll get to an excerpt of a compelling new book shortly. First, a little background. Twenty years ago, I …
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ADHD Roller Coaster Again Named A Best ADHD Blog
For the fourth year running, Healthline.com editors named ADHD Roller Coaster a Best ADHD Blog. They describe my work this way: For 17 years, Gina Pera has been dedicated to opening up dialogue on adult …
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ADHD-Fueled Fear of Change
ADHD and fear of change. Yes, change can be stressful—even “positive” change—when you have ADHD. First, there’s the anxiety that comes from expecting yourself to keep up that positive change. Day after day. Double …
Can You Be “Too Smart to Have ADHD?”
High intelligence does not protect you from the effects of ADHD, a recent study indicates. Unfortunately, too many people mistakenly assume that high IQ rules out ADHD entirely
Home Delivery of Prescribed Stimulant Medications
Home delivery for prescription stimulant medications? Yes, stimulants. If you haven’t tried it, maybe it’s time to investigate. “But Gina, you can’t get stimulant medication delivered to your home. That’s a controlled substance! There are …
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