Advice for the Adult (and not so adult) ADHDer
We’ve all grown up with stories like the tooth fairy who exchanges teeth for money, or a Santa Claus who brings gifts for the children, or the miraculous healing power of mommy’s kiss for your scraped knee. (Editor’s Note: In homophobic cultures, “tooth fairies” may be known as “tooth deliverymen.” In non-Christian cultures, “Santa Claus” [...]
PDF Marko Ferek and the Holy Trinity of Self-Delusion
For years I assumed that everyone could see the things that I could see. Wasn’t it obvious that our lives are shaped by hundreds of years of history? Wasn’t it obvious that luck is an essential part of success? Wasn’t it obvious that the education system has less to do with “educating” and more to [...]
What If ADHD Really Was A Gift?
What if ADHD really was a gift but the government insisted that there be a warning label attached to “the gift” much like the warning label on a pack of cigarettes? What would the label say? “Warning: Contents May Cause Explosive Anger” or “Warning: Contents May Cause Sexual Promiscuity” or “Warning: Contents May Cause Self-Destructive [...]
The “Brilliant Reality” of ADHD
In my head I’m a brilliant writer and I’m chock full of ideas that are, quite frankly, brilliant. I’m often amazed at my own brilliance, the ways in which I can turn a phrase, analyze a complex situation or solve a vexing puzzle. Perhaps that’s the “brilliant reality” of ADHD. As a legend in my [...]
Thoughts on a Wellbutrin-less Theme, or My Search For the Gift of Adhd
Thoughts on a Wellbutrin-less Theme, or My Search For the Gift of Adhd if only I could sit if only I could sit I’m sure that I can write a novel or three a history book or two. if only I could sit I could write a new computer game, or create a painting or [...]
The Midnight Confession of an ADHDer
Listen my Children and You shall Hear, About a Confession to Make that I Hold so Dear. It is Not Easy for Me to Say this Out Loud, ‘Bout the Very Thing of Which I Was Not Proud. It Came Upon Me Like a Bolt of Lightning, And the Realization, it was Very Frightening. [...]
My Head Hurts: Life As A Natural Born CTD
Must ADHDers struggle with the same issues? Admittedly, I am not like every other ADHDer so perhaps my situation is unique. For example, I’m quite good-looking, intelligent, witty, entertaining, creative and modest. I was also diagnosed late in life so the benefits of ADHD (in addition to modesty), such as the inability to handle money, [...]
I Can’t Decide On A Title: “Memory, Anger & ADHD” or “Take This Gift and Shove It” or “Taming Your ADHD”
I’m pleased to report that the Verizon issue, as described in my post Don’t Worry…Get Angry, has been resolved. On March 9, 2011 I received the following email: In case you can’t read that email (even after clicking on the image), here’s the text of the email: Dear Valued Verizon Customer, We have processed your [...]
Don’t Worry…Get Angry
I use Verizon for all of my communication needs. I have four cell phones (one for each family member), one land line and one FIOS internet connection. I receive two monthly bills. One bill is for my cell phones, the other bill combines the charges for my land line and FIOS internet…well…it used to. On [...]
Have You Seen This Missing…And Angry…ADHDer?
I receive emails from many of my blog readers and I’ve decided to use the opening of this post to respond to a number of them. To those who have been wondering if I have been leaving her satisfied or wanting more, the answer is, “satisfied.” Therefore I have no need for those enlargement pills [...]
How To Cure ADHD In Just 380 Easy Blog Posts
About mid-December I had the most startling thought. I realized I have run out of ideas for my blog. Though there are fifty or more proto-posts — ideas in draft form that could eventually become a new post — I wondered, “What more could I write?” Since June 2007 I’ve written over 380 posts. While [...]
How To Live With The Gift of Adult ADHD
Have you ever heard a man say, “I have the gift of prostate cancer! I can’t pee straight, sh*t straight, or get an erection! This is the best gift a guy could ever have!!” Not likely you’ll hear a man say that. Instead, you’ll hear how he is figuring out how to get around the [...]
Have The Gods Lied To Us: The Mythology of The Gift of ADHD
When I hear the words “gift of ADHD,” a venomous rage transforms me into a modern-day Jack the Ripper. I want to disembowel the person who spoke those words. Once I have found that person, I imagine kneeling down over their eviscerated body, holding their warm entrails as the blood drips onto my thighs and [...]
A Positively Honest View of ADHD
Three videos examining the “gift” of ADHD. Enjoy! Jeff Siegel Providing a Positively Honest View of the Gift of ADHD WARNING!! The video below is rated PG-13 Dr Russell Barkley – ADHD Is Not A Gift (from a lecture on ADHD at The Centre for ADHD/ADD Advocacy Canada (CADDAC) Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., author of “The [...]
Owning The “Curse” of Adult ADHD
For years I fought my ADHD as if it were a virus that invaded my body. I tried to eradicate it but it is more cunning, more resilient than I expected. So I tried a different approach. I would wrestle it to the ground, wear it down and constrain its movement. Once I got the [...]
