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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 well known to the public, such as his involvement in the CIA. This part of his life is so well hidden that few know that he still has top security clearance. When there’s a crisis somewhere in the world, it’s not unusual to see Jeff leaving the map room shortly after the president has exited. My first encounter with Jeff was in 2004, the result of a FOIA lawsuit I filed when I was investigating the CIA’s Delta Team.1 His appearance in the courtroom and some of the...

3 Steps to Conquering ADD ADHD & How Women Can Regain Those Shapely Curves

After my analysis of the Total Transformation Program® I decided to revisit the concept of “miracle cures for ADHD.” I googled “3 step cure adhd” and found some very interesting things. What follows is a result of some of those findings. 1. Cure ADHD with Laughter: That’s not really what this particular website article was promoting as a cure for ADHD. However, when the cure is composed of three simple things – stop drinking milk; learn to meditate; get a good night’s sleep – I had assumed laughter must be the real cure that is being promoted. After all, I read this article and laughed for fifteen minutes and for that brief time I did not feel like I had ADHD. I’m hoping this researcher can find a cure that lasts longer than fifteen minutes. 2....

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Image source: http://noticefurtheruntil.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/out-of-the-summer-of-hibernation-im-back/ Each spring I’m reminded of the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)1. Once daylight hours begin to increase and the quality of the light shifts from dull to bright, I awaken as if from hibernation. During the winter months I used to go into a depressive, sleep-like state, a sort of human hibernation. Wellbutrin has worked wonders to solve this problem, at least the depression, and having “natural” light in the form of full spectrum lighting has had a bit of a beneficial effect. Still, there’s nothing that compares with the longer days and the bright sunshine of spring and summer. Think you might suffer from SAD? The Mayo Clinic has some information. FYI:...

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 wasn’t clear in some places. As a whole (almost), this comes across very well. However, P.O.T. you did yourself one powerful injustice and to a degree put your argument and your entire post back into question: “No, the only thing stopping you from success is you, nothing more.” Unfortunately, that single statement out of all of them, may make ADDers pause and question whether you have ADHD, or if you are simply doing research and trying to debunk the ADHD myth. This is my...