Share the ADD
I know that in my last post, I promised to tell you about one of my favorite summer memories, but I felt the need today to write about something else. Summer memories will have to wait a little longer. I’m sitting here today feeling completely overwhelmed. I have a series of house guests due to […]
Improving ADD/ADHD Symptoms – Mindfulness
Hmmm….. I think maybe I have ADD or something. I re-read my last post, about mindfulness, and realized that it didn’t really say what I had intended. The practice of mindfulness is a good one, in my opinion, and I hope I was clear on how to do it. There were two points that I […]
ADHD – Living in the Moment
I lost my debit card the other day – always a distressing thing, but made even more so because it was for the account that I share with my dad. The money in it is his; I have a card in case of emergencies. I went through all the usual stuff when I realized the […]
BlogCatalog Fundraising Event Challenge
ADD Moms, along with thousands of other blogs, is participating today in a fundraising event initiated by BlogCatalog. BlogCatalog has partnered with DonorsChoose.org, a non-profit organization that “provides students in need with resources that public schools lack”. Here’s a quote from the BlogCatalog site: “Let’s come together on May 28th. and prove that bloggers can […]
New ADD/ADHD Medication
Shire Pharmaceuticals has just received FDA approval on a new ADD/ADHD drug called Vyvanse. It should be available to consumers by prescription as early as July 2007. Like other ADD medications, Vyvanse is a controlled substance, but it is different from other similar medications in a couple of significant ways: In order for Vyvanse to […]
8 Tips on ADD Medication
Edit: 3/15/19. This blog initially began as a blog for women raising children with ADHD, thus the reference below. I kept the post because the information is just as relevant for adults. It’s Always About the Medication Whenever the subject of ADHD comes up, or when faced with a diagnosis of ADHD, the first thing […]