Eliminating Distractions

When you have ADHD, it’s easy to get distracted. In fact, it’s sort of required – or else maybe it wouldn’t be ADHD. 😀 But just because being easily distracted is part of ADHD doesn’t mean that you can’t do something about it. One of the things that you can do about it is to […]

Chicken and Rice

Pantry meals are a Friday feature. If you like the recipe, buy the ingredients and keep them in your pantry. When you have one of those days when there’s nothing to eat or you’re short on time, pull out the ingredients and put it together. Dinner in a flash! I am a from scratch kind […]

Ennui and ADD

For those of you who didn’t take French in college, here is Dictionary.com’s definition: en·nui ? ?/?n?wi, ??nwi; Fr. ???nwi/ Show Spelled[ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee] Show IPA –noun a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui. Can you see why I […]

Using Every Minute

Today I have a lot to do outside my home. It’s one of those days when I’ll be running errands all day and doing lots of waiting in between. I went back to college to finish my degree five months after my first child was born and I had my son just a few weeks […]

Anxiety and Decision Making

A recent study has shown that people who have anxiety – which is a lot of those of us with ADHD – can also have difficulty making decisions, especially when you are anxious. As I understand it, when you are anxious, it triggers neurons in your brain that block other neurons from being able to […]

Tuscan Bean Soup

Today I am starting a new feature here at ADD Moms called Pantry Meals. All moms, ADD or not, have days when things get out of control and they find themselves searching for something for dinner with not much in the house. Each Friday I will provide a recipe for a quick and easy pantry […]