ADD in the Family

The other day on Facebook, I asked my friends for some ideas of what to write about in this blog. If you’ve got ideas, please leave a comment and let me know. It’s hard thinking up what to write every day! I got a lot of good ideas, including this one from Tamara Clay Wilson: […]

5 Simple Things

Living life with ADHD can be hard at times, but hey, life can be hard for anyone, ADD or not. You can take medication to manage your ADHD, hire a coach or see a therapist, or you can just try to get along the best you can. Here are 5 simple things that can help […]

ADD-pression

I wrote a similar post to this yesterday and somewhere between writing and publishing it, it disappeared. If you should happen to find it, please let me know. 🙂 ADHD always comes with friends – extras who tag along for the ride. They can be learning disabilities, anxiety, depression, and even asthma, just to name […]

Updates

A little while back, I mentioned a couple of things – Mind 1st USA, the Omega 3 Fish Oil and the Family Manager Program from Solutions for Busy At Home Moms. In both cases, I was trying a product or a program and promised to let you know the results. Brian McEvoy wrote an article […]

Hormones and ADHD

Did you know that hormones can have an effect on ADHD? Changes in hormonal levels at any stage of life can affect your ADHD symptoms, almost always making them worse. Studies on teens with ADHD showed that ADHD medications often stopped working with the onset of puberty, or at least became less effective in treating […]

Substance Abuse and ADHD

Most doctors and scientists agree that ADHD is genetic; that it is passed from one family member to another. This same thing has been noted in families with alcohol, drug, or other addictions. Some research even claims a link between alcoholism and ADHD; that both are the result of the same gene. In fact, alcoholism […]