Posts filed under ADD-ADHD Information
Worried Adult ADHD Will Make You Lose Your iPhone?
If you’re not yet a pro at being organized with adult attention deficit you lose things. A lot. Losing and misplacing things is one of the hallmarks of our scattered, unfocused lives. My ADHD coaching clients have taught me something interesting though. Most of them rarely lose their iPhone or smartphone. Because that iPhone is… (read more)
Real Life Consequences of the ADHD Medication Shortage
The ADHD medication shortage has consequences and they’re ticking me off. Not all my ADD coaching clients take meds, but those who do need them. Their medications play a key role in allowing them to live more easily with ADD. Take Janice, for example (no, that’s not her real name). Janice is a middle school… (read more)
Managing The ADHD Medication Shortage
If you take medication to manage your Adult ADD / ADHD you may have noticed an ADHD Medication Shortage at your local pharmacy. Actually, the ADHD Medication Shortage is effecting many parts of the United States. A number of my ADD coaching clients can’t get their stimulant medication prescriptions filled. Obviously, it’s posing problems. These… (read more)
Confessions of an Adult ADD Coach: Asking for Help
Something happened to me last week that has entirely refocused my life and my thoughts about what is important. Hence, I’m departing from my normal blog posts to write about something other than living more easily with Adult ADD / ADHD. Thanks for indulging me. Was it only a week ago I thought balancing ADD… (read more)
Coping with ADD / ADHD Overwhelm
I just hate being overwhelmed. Don’t you? It’s an awful feeling. Yet since overwhelm is a common symptom of Adult ADD / ADHD we ignore it at our own risk. When I’m overwhelmed I feel panicky and confused. Overwhelm makes me procrastinate which only makes everything worse. How do you overcome ADHD overwhelm? I’ve learned… (read more)
What ADHD Awareness Really Means
It’s ADHD Awareness Week. Frankly, I find calling something ADHD Awareness rather amusing. One thing adults with Attention Deficit lack is awareness. We go flitting through life, chasing the next shiny thing capable of stimulating our unstimulated brains leaving a trail of clutter and unfinished and/or unstarted projects behind us. We’re unaware of what embarrassing… (read more)
Zen and Acceptance of ADD / ADHD
How would your life be different if you calmly accepted living with adult ADD / ADHD instead of getting so frustrated you want to pull out your hair. If you were able to chuckle instead of fume the next time you left the phone in the freezer or forgot to put gas in the car…. (read more)
How To Stop Losing Things
I hate it when I lose things. Don’t you? For ADHD adults losing things seems a sad fact of life. Besides being annoying it wastes tons of time, makes us late and causes panic. Losing things also gives non-ADD people reason to treat us like we’re imbeciles. My stuff doesn’t go missing very often anymore… (read more)
Earth Shattering Articles About Organizing Adult ADD / ADHD
I’ve been ditzing around in my spare time all week attempting to come up with a clever blog post sure to knock your adult ADD / ADHD on its rear, yet I’m not having much luck. Oh, I’ve had lots of good ideas. Like Why ADD Adults Should Never Plant a Vegetable Garden and How… (read more)
Why Self-Care Is Important to Managing ADD Symptoms
Lately I’ve posted many ADD Success blogs about how to manage your ADD / ADHD symptoms with self-care: exercise, sleep, diet and supplements. Self Treatment for ADHD: Remembering To Take Your Supplements Why ADD / ADHD Adults Don’t Exercise Why Exercise Helps Manage ADD / ADHD Symptoms What’s the link between ADD / ADHD Symptoms… (read more)
