The Problem of “Keeping It Up” & Other Random Thoughts
Random Thought Number 1023: It can be difficult to keep it up each and every time. There’s the pressure to keep it up. There’s the embarrassment of not keeping it up. What’s even worse, you work so hard to make sure you can keep it up and sometimes you just fall flat on your face. [...]
Just Another Manic Adderall Monday
I’ve got a new doctor and new medication. Random Thought Number 4807: Two months without medication and I finally understand why ADHDers think they are “gifted.” They assume that their ability to turn off their prefrontal cortex (PFC) by neglecting to take their stimulant medication, thereby neutralizing its civilizing effects and opening the floodgates of [...]
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 [...]
Toccata and Fugue In The Keys of ADHDminor
- They’re back. – What’s back? – Those piles. I thought they were gone. (Bows head. Long pause) But now they’re back. (Walks away…stares down at his feet…curses sotto voce.) – Don’t walk away. Do something about it. – I can’t. I’m paralyzed. I wanna fucking scream. – You got rid of them before so [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
“The Gift of ADHD” Documentary Wins An Award At The Sundance Film Festival
On January 20th, 2011, Jeffrey Siegel silently accepted the prestigious Sundance Film Festival Award for best silent film The Gift of ADHD. When asked for comment he replied:
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
