My name is Diane and I have ADHD. I was diagnosed three years ago as a 61-year-old. It was an astounding revelation to me. Previously, I had been diagnosed with depression and anxiety but neither of those diagnoses nor the medications used to treat the
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The ADHD diagnosis of a child is often a pivotal moment within families. Due to the heritability of ADHD, a child’s diagnosis often prompts parents to think back on their own experiences. Years spent wondering about differences may finally start to mak
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My name is Veronica, and I was a working mom to a 5-year-old little guy on the autism spectrum. My days were busy… 6am wake-ups to get lunches made and clothes ready. Drop-offs at school, driving to work, working all day, picking up my son, heading to
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Life inside an ADHD brain can be…unpleasant at times. When everything feels like too much, it’s natural to want to escape. For years, I felt guilty about the moments I needed to put my own consciousness on pause, largely because of how I did it: sugar
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Growing up, my late father told me that I was “born to move”. When I was born, the doctor who caught me almost dropped me because I was squirming so much. I am still fond of that story, because it is undoubtedly true. To me, it was normal to have an ab
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Many of us ADHDers have heard about the analogy that our brain is a Ferrari with bicycle breaks created by Dr. Hallowell. And while I respect him and understand that this is only an analogy and that ADHD is not easily defined, as a car enthusiast, I be
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