ADHD and Procrastination

My birthday is this week, and that means that I need to renew my drivers license. I’ve been putting it off for way too long (I don’t want to say how long in case any law enforcement types are reading. Oh, it isn’t expired, just from another state.) I had my reasons for putting it […]

The Secret Life of ADHD

Do you keep secrets? I don’t mean the kind other people tell you; I mean the ones you try to keep people from finding out about you. I think everyone has a secret or two, but I think that people with Attention Deficit Disorder have more than most. That’s because we spend our lives trying […]

The ADHD Homemaker

Last night, my oldest daughter and I had a discussion about housework and organization. I don’t remember what brought it up, but we were talking about a specific time in our family’s life when everything just seemed to work. My family remembers the house that we lived in at the time as their favorite home. […]

It’s Not Always ADD

Don’t you hate it when someone gets into trouble, and somehow ADD gets blamed? The other day I was watching one of those true crime shows. This one was about a man whose wife had a fatal “accident” shortly after he had taken out a large life insurance policy on her. The prosecution made a […]

An ADD Moment

Last week I had an ADD moment. You know, one of those moments when you do something so, well, dumb, that you can’t believe you did it? Well, last week, I turned my cell phone off and told my family not to call me on it because I was at the end of my minutes. […]

The Art of ADD

Are you creative? I bet you are. It seems that most people with Attention Deficit Disorder are more right brained (creative) than left brained (logical). When you mention creativity, most people think of artists; of paint and canvas and ability. You don’t have to be Monet to be creative; you don’t even have to use […]