Anxiety and Decision Making
A recent study has shown that people who have anxiety – which is a lot of those of us with ADHD – can also have difficulty making decisions, especially when you are anxious. As I understand it, when you are anxious, it triggers neurons in your brain that block other neurons from being able to […]
You Are Good Enough
Note: this post may make a few twists and turns along the way, but hopefully in the end it will make sense. Hey, you’ve got ADD – you’ll figure it out. Yesterday was one of those days. You know the kind – it was too long, and too stressful, and there was too much to […]
Look Around You
Recently someone asked me how to find the motivation to clean and straighten up her house. She said that she would spend the day looking at all she had to do and yet not doing any of it. I know I can relate to that; can you? I’m afraid that the answer I gave her […]
ADHD in a Crisis
A very dear friend of mine is helping her dad through an illness right now. Getting through normal life with ADHD can be a challenge; I don’t have to tell you that. But getting through a crisis with ADHD can be even harder. The blessing is that, as hard as things might be, there is […]
10 Things to Do for YOU
Taking care of yourself is the most important thing that you can do – for your family, your friends, and yourself. And yet as ADD Moms, we often put ourselves last on the list, if we even make the list at all. Here are 10 things that you need to do for you. Note: don’t […]
You and Your ADHD
You know that a lot of things can affect your ADHD: your diet, how much sleep you get, if you have a cold, your hormones, etc. But your ADHD doesn’t exist outside of you, or separate from the rest of you; all of you is one big system and everything affects everything else. For instance, […]