We all get that craving for some restaurant dish that we really can’t justify paying for more than once in a blue moon. Mine is Cranberry Bliss Bars from Starbucks. They’re only available at the holidays, too, so I’m SOL the rest of the year. Wisebread has spotlighted a couple of sites where you can [...]
Control your browsing What are your time sinks? I’m betting that one of them is browsing the Internet. It’s a real trap for anyone with ADHD. All those interesting links that lead to new places, and you tell yourself that you’re just going to surf for a couple of minutes. Next thing you know, an [...]
The other day, I took an impromptu break at work to buy something to drink. “I’m just so dehydrated,” I told my boss. “My blood pressure medication does that to me – maybe yours is having the same effect.” Aha. That was probably it. Due to my elevated blood pressure, my doctor had strongly suggested [...]
1. Be clear about your reason(s) for wanting to switch antidepressants. Is it that the side effects are intolerable, or is it that you are not satisfied with the response? If you want to switch for the latter reason, you need to determine exactly what you mean and communicate that to your doctor. Did you [...]
Two of the biggest problems that anyone with ADHD faces are staying organized and finishing tasks. So the prospect of looking for a new job is often enough to send us into a tailspin. How can we possibly pull things together well enough to knock out the competition that’s out there also looking for a [...]
We ADHD-ers are often brilliant, fascinating and inspired. One thing that we’re generally are not is organized. Our minds just don’t work that way. We really would like to avoid losing things, forgetting appointments and leaving things we need at home, but our minds just don’t run along that organized track. In the past we [...]
The other day, I took an impromptu break at work to buy something to drink. “I’m just so dehydrated,” I told my boss. “My blood pressure medication does that to me – maybe yours is having the same effect.” Aha. That was probably it. Due to my elevated blood pressure, my doctor had strongly suggested [...]
At the end of my first year in college I did the usual exam week cramming. I don’t test well (my brain completely freezes up), so I had opted to write term papers instead of take exams whenever possible. Because I was given to procrastination, the papers weren’t even close to completion on the second [...]
“Grandma Nancy,” my son informed me tonight, as he has done several times before, “does a much better job scratching my back.” “Yes, I know, honey,” I sighed, as I tried to slow down the tempo of said back scratching. “It’s because she’s much calmer than me.” Since Lawrence was a toddler, my stepmother has, [...]
We had a 3.2 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, the epicenter located less than a mile away. The entire house shook for about 1 second. Lawrence was in the living room down the hall, so I stepped out of our room and yelled, “Lawrence?” to make sure he was okay. He yelled back, “I didn’t do [...]
