Dairy and ADHD

There has been continuing research over the last few years that suggest that a diet that is gluten and casein free can help minimize ADHD symptoms. Gluten is found in grains like wheat, barley and rye. Casein is found in dairy products. I eat gluten free because I have a condition called Celiac disease. Recently […]

Goals and Tasks

Setting a goal seems simple enough. Figure out what you want to accomplish and set a goal. In real life, however, things are rarely that simple. Especially for those of us with ADHD. A goal is usually a big thing, something that will take longer than 10 minutes and more than one step to accomplish. […]

Setting Goals

Setting goals is the most effective way of achieving what you want in life. We all know that, right? So why do so many of us ADDers seem to flounder and drift through our days with not much to show for them? For a long time, I thought that setting goals was a left brained […]

Get Organized: Start with Your Head

I love Lorie Marrero’s site, The Clutter Diet. She has a ton of information to share (really – you’ll be amazed at how much is on her site) and she always has good advice to share. Today on her blog, Lorie shared a post that she did for the Connections for Women site about how […]

Anxiety: My Secret Weapons

Anxiety is one of the many gifts that you may receive along with Attention Deficit Disorder. And like ADHD, it may be mild or severe, depending on variables like your general health and the environment around you. My daughter Caitlin suffers from acute anxiety; my anxiety is far milder yet seems to be present far […]

Ever Changing ADHD

Have you noticed that your ADHD symptoms can change from day to day or even hour to hour? Or maybe you’ve noticed the long term changes; things that used to challenge you don’t anymore, but you have other ones that do. One of the reasons that medications for ADHD work as well as they do […]