The best 'system' for laundry is to buy enough clothing at 2nd hand shops that you don't HAVE to do laundry except maybe once a month. I have found this to be an enormous help in my life. Also, the same goes for cooking... I would recommend the book…
I dont know whether to cry for joy or embarrassment, but this is a good topic. I realized I had ADHD when my social worker friend saw me bump into the wall in the hallway (while we were talking and he was reminding me that I had kept a patient waiti…
My vegetables always got left in the microwave until the next morning. This was so common my husband joked (endlessly) about it. I've moved on to steaming or stir frying because these cooking methods are more 'visible'.
Sometimes I end up nibbling on what I DO find, when the cheese is still missing. Then I'm too full when the cheese finally 'appears'. Earlier tonight I couldn't remember a close friend's name for the life of me... still can't. I'm sure that by tomor…
I loved Judo as a child, but gave it up to learn to play the piano (my parents couldnt afford lessons in both, and I was doing better than my 2 brothers at Judo, at the time). Physical mind-body activities are wonderful for ADHD kids and adults.
Nancy's article reinforces my belief that seasons and cycles are important grounding factors for people with ADHD. Our minds record / have a sense of 'where we left off' when we depart from an activity. What Nancy calls follow-through (a sports-orig…
ADHD researchers and those investigating other psychiatric disorders try to find 'pure' subjects with no comorbid conditions, but in real life most people have some mental illness comorbidity, including people with ADHD. I have a tendency towards an…
Well, this forum is quite therapeutic (speaking for myself). I grew up in a family that must have been 'mostly ADHD', so we all connected easily and it was 'never a dull roar' in our house (although others say my family is kind of intense, everybody…
I've done 'technical' writing that is published, but in my secret life I write poems and short stories that just sit on my computer. I am interested in helping children to grow through mutual storytelling techniques and love this part of my practice…
Just read a description you wrote of your family...always interrupting and nobody minding, the dull roar...it totally cracked me up because it's like you have MY family! Unfortunately now that I'm being treated the pleasant chaos drives me crazy sometimes, lol :) About large families: my father, who clearly has undiagnosed ADHD is from a family of 15, and my mother is one of four. Anyway, appreciated your family description...my friend would always say "your family is so intense and why are they always arguing!?". They weren't arguing, just shooting ideas around the room constantly, and loudly, lol...