5 Ways to Decompress
When you have ADHD, anxiety often accompanies it. And if you have anxiety, you know how important it is to be able to keep it under control. I am an anxious person by nature, but taking care of someone for 7 months and calling in hospice cranks my stress and anxiety levels way up. I […]
Managing ADHD Naturally, Part 6
The Great Outdoors Despite my lack of athletic or gardening ability, I’ve always loved being outdoors. Then the other day I read something that made perfect sense to me. Two researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found that spending time in natural settings, like forests or grassy parks, helps lessen symptoms for […]
Winter Blues and ADHD
The winter solstice – the shortest day of the year – is about a week away. Shorter days mean darker days. Where I live – not too far from Chicago – it has been getting dark at about 4:30 each day. For a lot of us with Attention Deficit Disorder, the arrival of winter also […]