What is Good ADHD Parenting?
Many of you know PJ, our 12 year old son. To help those who are less familiar, PJ was diagnosed with ADHD at 6. As he grew older, other conditions came to light: Asperger’s, anxiety, periodic mild depression, school avoidance and as of late, school refusal. He has gone from one medication [...]
Keep Your Eye on the Prize
Are you the type who has this inner conflict: You have the ability to hyperfocus, but due to your distractibility that focus is often misplaced?
I don’t know about you, but I find it real easy to throw myself into a task with great abandon. The only problem is that the task I choose may [...]
Perfection or Completion?
We see the little things. We notice every brush stroke and every nuance. Our eye for detail is a component of our creative side. But sometimes we can miss the big picture.
With ADHD, we have the ability to hyperfocus, seeing things others miss. That can be a great asset in business – “Bravo! Very detail-oriented!” [...]
Is This Common Condition Making Your ADHD Challenges More Difficult?
You have been diagnosed with ADHD. You have been taking meds and working with a therapist in an attempt to reduce the impact of your distracted thoughts and impulsive actions. After several months or even years, you start to question why things still don’t seem right.
It’s possible that you are fighting more than [...]
You Just Have to Show Up
Woody Allen had said that 80% of success is just showing up. I can relate to that.
If I had shown up more often in high school and college, those experiences would have worked out better the first time around. And the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. These days, PJ is missing at least [...]
What Am I Doing Wrong?
Has this ever happened to you?
You develop friendships over time, always adding to the “good-will” bank, only to have the relationship go belly-up without knowing why? You consciously give more than you take. I don’t mean in some victim/doormat kind of way and not in a smothering way either. Just good relationship maintenance. I don’t [...]
An ADHD Miracle Cure?
To think that I have wasted all these years accepting ADHD as a mental processing and executive function disability, when I could have just “cured” it!
One ad indicated how its product can:
Reduce hyperactivity & support calmness
Maximize attention span & focus
Support optimal brain & synaptic health
Strengthen immune system health
Get results with zero side effects
Bold headlines described [...]
Some Setbacks…
Sorry for the delay in writing. We have had some good and bad days. OK – so we have had some bad days.
In my internet travels, possibly including here, I have mentioned the huge costs we have incurred with health insurance and out-of-pocket medical bills. I make a nice income, but when your medical [...]
A Hunter Walks in the Woods
I am sure many of you have heard of studies indicating that time spent outdoors in a green environment can substantially reduce symptoms of ADHD. The various studies indicate that being outdoors alone doesn’t have the same impact and also that just being in green surroundings indoors doesn’t appear to have any affect.
Few of the [...]
The Power of Choice
We have changed direction a little lately. As mentioned in earlier posts, our son was having increasing difficulties with school. His ADHD was getting the best of him. PJ was reaching his limits with how many reprimands he could face each week. His spirit was at an all-time low.
Strict discipline was not working. It only [...]
