From the Archives: Scrambled Eggs for Brains
There are times when my brain feels like scrambled eggs. The day is like a fog and I can’t concentrate on a thing. This seems to follow periods of clarity when I am going through a manic state of hyper-productivity. It seems that it is the aftermath of the state of clarity as if an [...]
The A.D.D. “Memory” Panic
A.D.D.ers are prone to brief, intense waves of "memory" panic: a sickening feeling that their protective shell has peeled away, leaving them naked in the cold mist of broken memories. This feeling can last for minutes or hours. During the "panic" A.D.D.ers may frantically search through stacks of papers hoping to find some cryptic scribbling [...]
“Shoot Me Now” – The “Cure” for Adult A.D.D.
Bugs Bunny: Would you like to shoot me now or wait ’til you get home?
Daffy Duck: Shoot him now! Shoot him now!
Bugs Bunny: You keep outta this! He doesn’t have to shoot you now!
Daffy Duck: He does SO have to shoot me now!
[to Elmer]
Daffy Duck: I demand that you shoot me now!
[Elmer raises his gun. [...]
“Emerging” from the Scrambled Eggs
I’m beginning to come out of the scrambled egg stage and a coherent, albeit manic, person is emerging. The puzzle is how to speed up this process, that is, to speed up the process between scrambled eggs and reemergence.
Scrambled Eggs…for Brains
There are times when my brain feels like scrambled eggs. The day is like a fog and I can’t concentrate on a thing. This seems to follow periods of clarity when I am going through a manic state of hyper-productivity. It seems that it is the aftermath of the state of clarity as if an [...]