A Story About Adult ADHD
The Everyday Health website has a post about an ADHDer who managed to control his symptoms. It was a challenge but he did succeed. I hope you find the post to be of interest. After years of ADHD symptoms and struggles — dating back to elementary school — Jeff Siegel was diagnosed with ADHD at [...]
PDF 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 [...]
Russell Barkley: The Plato of the ADHD World
…the history of philosophy is but “a series of footnotes to Plato”. – Alfred North Whitehead …all current and future research about ADHD is but a series of footnotes to the work of Russell Barkley – Jeff Siegel Executive Functions Intention Deficit Disorder Emotional Regulation Print PDF
How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer?
Note to the reader: This is my 400th blog post How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer? At the mere mention of the word many will conjure up images of a disheveled boy who is literally bouncing off the walls. (Of course girls can have ADHD but that’s not the first image that usually [...]
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 [...]
The Public Record of a Personal Transformation: Blogging About Adult ADHD
I am now in my fourth year of blogging about Adult ADHD. My thoughts about ADHD have changed. I’ve entered my post-ADHD phase.
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 [...]
Do You Agree With This 5 Min. Description Of Adding Negative Numbers, or Wadda Ya Think About Dis Theory of ADHD?
The question I ask is pretty straightforward. After viewing this video – Addition & Multiplication Practice – please let me know if you agree that the sum of two negative numbers is itself a negative number. For example, do you agree that -7 + -7 = -14? (You can leave your thoughts about this in [...]
An ADHD Year In Review or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And To Accept ADHD
It’s that time of year to reflect and ponder, to look at our triumphs and failures. It’s that time when we swear a solemn oath that next year there will be more triumphs and hopefully fewer failures. We look at our list of resolutions knowing hoping, no…PRAYING that next year will be different. Wait a minute! Stop! What [...]
Time To Grow Up
There comes a time in life when we all must grow up, a time when we dispense with the mythology that brought us to our current stage in life. We stop believing in Santa Claus. We stop believing in the tooth fairy. We stop believing that ADHD gives us superpowers. Yes. You read that correctly. [...]
ADD / ADHD Candid Health Series Videos
I’m proud to present this series of video interviews with ADHDers. In these videos you’ll meet Meagan, who talks about how she deals with her learning disability. You’ll meet Cardon who discusses his early diagnosis and his problems with his prescribed drugs, and you’ll hear how Dozie was able to succeed in school once he [...]
Integrationists vs Separatists: The Two Worlds of Diagnosed Adult ADHDers
Ptolemy versus Copernicus. Integrationists versus Separatists. Both are describing the same reality yet arrive at radically different explanations for the things they observe. For Ptolemy, the evidence pointed to a planetary system and universe where the Earth is in the center; for Copernicus, the evidence was best explained with the sun in the center of [...]
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 [...]
i want to cry
i want to cry each time i read a blog post by a recently-diagnosed ADHDer i want to cry because i know what he is going through i want to cry because i know what the future holds for him i want to cry because it is painful to watch others go down the tried [...]
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. [...]
