Double D’s: Depression and D3

When you have Attention Deficit Disorder, you are always “gifted” with other things as well. ADHD never travels alone. Anxiety, learning disabilities, and depression are some of ADHD’s more common traveling companions. It’s important that you treat these things in a manner that’s comfortable for you. There is no shame in using medication for mental […]

Tell Me More About ADD!

Every night when I sit down to write a post, I get stuck on what to write about. I always worry that what I’m writing isn’t really what you want to know. So tonight I’m turning things around and letting YOU do the writing. Tell me what you want to know more about when it […]

The Donation Box

Everybody collects excess stuff. As ADDers, we are extra good at that. 🙂 Unfortunately we’re not so good at keeping our stuff under control. Someone I have known for a very long time (and who shall remain nameless) thinks that cleaning involves making neat piles of all of your stuff. No. Piles are piles, neat […]

The Not Paying Attention Part

If you have ADHD, you know that one of our biggest problems is not being able to pay attention. Duh. That’s why they call it Attention Deficit Disorder. Not being able to pay attention is a whole lot of what we struggle with in our lives. For instance, after my daughter Sarah got engaged, I […]

IKEA and ADHD

Last weekend while we were in Michigan we got a chance to visit the IKEA store because it was near our daughter’s house. I want to sell everything I own and IKEA-ize my house. This is really an amazing company with an unique vision. They focus on keeping prices low, packaging as minimal as possible, […]

Relationships and ADHD

Does your spouse, partner, significant other get you? Do they understand you in terms of your ADHD? Or are there problems in the relationship because of it? People without ADHD really have a hard time understanding those of us with ADHD. I guess that goes both ways; how well do we understand them? It can […]