Alternative Therapies for ADHD

Many people, including parents of ADHD children, prefer to use alternative therapies for treating ADHD rather than prescription medication. There are a lot of options out there; some might work and some might not. Even if you or your child take medications for ADHD, many of the treatments available can enhance the effect. Here is […]

Alternatives to Medication for ADHD

This afternoon on Twitter, I asked my followers what I should write about. I was delighted with the responses I got, so if you were one of them, thank you! If you weren’t on Twitter, but have some ideas, feel free to comment. I’m going to try and get to all of the subjects mentioned […]

Who Are You?

Who are you? And what do you base your perceptions on? Sure, you might be a wife or girlfriend, a mom (or an ADD Mom), a daughter, a sister…the list could go on and on. (Feel free to substitute male terms if it applies). But those things are mostly facts. Who are you, really, deep […]

ADHD Fun

The other day while twittering, I met someone new. His name is Chris and he writes a blog about ADHD called Hunter in a Farmer’s World. He’s sort of an ADD Dad, and you should check him out. He has a great style of writing. The other day while chatting, I mentioned to Chris that […]

5 Time Management Tips

I once showed up at the hair salon on the right day (Wednesday) and at the right time (2:00 pm) but in the wrong week. I was exactly a week early for my appointment! Embarrassing, inefficient – yeah. After that day, I decided I had to really find a system to manage my time that […]

Divorce and ADHD

There was an excellent article today in the Monterey County Herald about divorce rates among parents of children who have ADHD. A recent study done by Brian Wymbs and William Pelham and published in The Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology found that the divorce rate of parents with an ADHD child was 22.7% versus […]