Disabilities and ADHD
December 3rd (yesterday) was the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The day is meant to promote awareness, understanding, and support of people with all kinds of disabilities. Someone suggested that it might make a good topic for this site, but I wasn’t entirely sure of that because I don’t identify myself as […]
Changes
If you’re a frequent reader, you may have felt as though ADD Moms has had some sort of identity crisis lately. Rest assured. I am making changes to the look of the site and the functionality. There have been some glitches along the way but I am hopeful it will soon be resolved. Stick with […]
ADHD Friendly Snacks
What? You never thought of food as being ADHD friendly (or not)? Really? Let’s see…. choose a snack: a bag of chips and a cola or celery sticks with hummus and bottled water. Which do you think would be better for your brain? All brains need good food and healthy lifestyles in order to function […]
How Do You Know You Have ADHD?
My husband is a big Dr. Oz fan. I just happened to be in the room a few minutes ago when Dr. Oz did a promo for tomorrow’s program. Its about how you can tell if you have ADHD. That’s actually a good question. How did you know that you had ADHD? Did you figure […]
When Anxiety Accompanies ADHD
ADHD has lots of friends – anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, even asthma. ADHD never occurs by itself; it always has what is called a comorbidity or two with it. Anxiety, in one form or another, is often present with Attention Deficit Disorder. It’s easy to see how one would feed the other; your life can […]
Adult ADHD
The Saturday Evening Post has an article, written by Sharon Begley, about ADHD in adults. I challenge you to read it and not see yourself in at least one of the ADD adults that Ms. Begley profiles. Ms. Begley walks you through some common symptoms of ADHD and points out the differences between having ADHD […]