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21/05/2024 - CADDAC Team

Finding Light in the Darkness by Alisha

Parenting with ADHD can be quite overwhelming. For most of my life, I was misdiagnosed. I was told I had major depressive disorder that was resistant to treatment, anxiety, and Anorexia Nervosa. I was hospitalized when I was 20 years old for Anorexia a

06/05/2024 - CADDAC Team

My ADHD Clutter Story by Melanie

I am Melanie (She Her), Or Mel as most people call me. I work as a middle manager in a corporate job and as a small business owner as a decluttering coach and professional organizer. This is my ADHD and Clutter story. I am an empty nester and have been

24/04/2024 - CADDAC Team

Down the Rabbit Hole by Dee

MY FRIENDS CALL ME DeeA journey of self-discovery, atonement and acceptance after a middle-aged ADHD DiagnosisOn a cold December afternoon in 2022, I requested a call with my family doctor that would change the trajectory of my life, and would be the m

11/04/2024 - CADDAC Team

Small Things That Make A Big Difference by Lisa

A few weeks ago, my child stepped off the school bus quietly, and grabbed my hand to walk home with an uncharacteristically quiet demeanor. He is usually bouncing, with his backpack unzipped and bubbling about new facts he’s learned - or about how he d

26/03/2024 - CADDAC Team

Living as an Older Adult with ADHD by Joan

As a woman nearing 60yrs, a young senior living with ADHD, it was important to me to be diagnosed late in life. This diagnosis became necessary as distractibility, time management, and persistent rejection sensitive dysphoria (RDS) unhinged me in both

27/02/2024 - CADDAC Team

The Know-It-All Who Didn’t Know by Sandra

When I first got diagnosed with ADHD just over two years ago, my therapist told to me about something she and her colleagues dubbed “The Three-Year Reckoning.” They gave it this name after noticing it happen time and time again in their practice; thing