My First CHADD Meeting: September 20, 2010
I did it. I went all the way. I exposed myself. I went to my first CHADD meeting. * * * I was excited! The blogger extraordinaire — ME!! — making his big, public debut. I brought my Jeff’s ADD Mind business cards. I brought copies of my latest post, the review of The ADHD [...]
PDF Sex And The Adult ADHDer: When Fantasy Meets Reality
Part I Part II Reality continues to ruin my life. – Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes) Damn! JLo looks mighty fine!! Curves in all of the right places and she’s looking right at me!! And once she gets with me, I’ll have her screaming in ecstasy!! She’ll beg me to stop!! She’ll wonder how she [...]
(Video Supplement) The “Education” of an ADHDer, Part II from the “He Said / She Said: Examining the ADHD Life” Series
In Part II of the “Education” of an ADHDer blogchat (part of the He Said / She Said series) I finally get to speak my mind about our education system. I believe it operates on the GIGO principle: Garbage In/Garbage Out. In that chat I said that: …we have no clue how to educate people. [...]
A Ransom Note From The Kidnapper
(Transcription of ransom note: I am holding you hostage You must give in to my demands I am not kidding If you do not do everything I ask, you will be mine forever) I have given in to all your demands so why are you still holding me hostage? I did exactly what you wanted. [...]
ADHD vs Normal (Non-ADHD) Adult Thinking
Here is one way to visualize and compare the thinking patterns of an ADHDer and a Normal (non-ADHD) adult. In this example, they are both faced with an ordinary task: paying their phone bill. Interestingly, despite having the same goal, they end up in different places. Print PDF
He Said / She Said: Examining the ADHD Life
I’m excited to announce that I will be collaborating with Zoë Kessler (check out her blog! ADHD from A to Zoë and my post about her blog) in what we believe will be a fascinating examination of the ADHD experience. I’m looking forward to having lively discussions with Zoë and sharing them with you. I [...]
OMG! I <3 Her Blog!!
It’s not often that you find a blog that so resonates with your soul that all you can do is read post after post after post while having a silly grin on your face as you nod in agreement with so, so many things and…yet… that’s exactly what happened to me when I found Zoë [...]
ADHD-Related Magazines
What if some magazines were specifically made for an audience of ADHDers? Well…they may look like the magazines below. – Jeff The one below is not ADHD-related but…what the heck. Print PDF
You Didn’t Fail (For A Dear Friend)
I know you think you failed but you did not. You had a setback. You didn’t do enough planning. You didn’t do enough research. You didn’t wait for the right moment. When children learn to walk, they fall many times before they succeed. But they do not fail. They stand up and try again. That’s [...]
Overcoming ADHD Without Drugs
Note to the Reader: This post was written by Ian Ford. He has managed to control his ADHD, not with “meds and therapy” but using alternate methods that have given him the ability to be in control of his life. I think you’ll find his story to be interesting. – Jeff When I was a [...]
Filling in the Gap: Some Thoughts on Dr. Parker’s “Psychiatric Diagnostic Labels: Functional or Static?”
Transcription So you’ve got the “traditional” psychiatric community on the left that engages, to some degree, in the “talking cure” whereas, on the right you have the neurophysiology that underlies those terms and have a tangible physical existence within the brain. The problem is that gap between the left side and the right side, the [...]
Advice for the Adult ADHD Newbie
So you just found out you have ADHD. Now what? Here’s some advice for the ADHD newbie.
The Metamorphosis
What happens to an ADHDer when he succeeds at overcoming some of the negative aspects of his “gift”?
Part Four: Inside the Mind of JeffsADDMind – A Conversation
Based on the popularity of the blog — JeffsADDMind — and the willingness of its author, known only as “Jeff,” to discuss most any issue that touches on Adult ADHD (and even issues that don’t touch on Adult ADHD), one would be surprised to learn that there is another side of Jeff that is not [...]
The Power of Positive Thinking & ADHD
Note: This post, written by Bryan Hutchinson, is in response to the two-part post (links are here and here) from Paradigm of Thought (POT). To: Paradigm Of Thought, Jeff, I very much enjoyed reading this entire post, more so than the first one. The first part just seemed to be missing too many points and [...]
