Navigating The Teenage Years With Your ADHD Child Five Must Know Tips Navigating the teenage years can be challenging for any parent, but raising teens with ADHD adds an added layer of challenges. From school stress to social pressures to fast developing brains, teens with ADHD often face a unique set of struggles. … Continue reading Navigating The Teenage Years With ADHD – Five Must Know Tips
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Reset and Recharge: Starting the Semester Strong with ADHD
Reset and Recharge Starting The Semester Strong With ADHD It’s a new year, and for many high school and college students, that brings a new semester. New semesters feel like a chance for a fresh start. A reset and recharge time. If last semester didn’t go the way you wanted it to,… Continue reading Reset and Recharge: Starting the Semester Strong with ADHD
Making Resolutions With ADHD
Making Resolutions With ADHD The New Year is just around the corner. Everyone seems to be talking about their resolutions. If you are like me, and many people with ADHD, we set resolutions every night. “Tomorrow, I’ll……” Resolutions for us, no matter what time of the year, often start out great but fizzle… Continue reading Making Resolutions With ADHD
Unstuck and Unstoppable – Overcoming ADHD Paralysis
Unstuck and Unstoppable Overcoming ADHD Paralysis ADHD Paralysis is one of the more common hallmarks of ADHD. Sometimes it’s called Task Paralysis or Analysis Paralysis or something similar. But what is it, why do we struggle with it, and what do we do about it? Let’s chat about it. What Is… Continue reading Unstuck and Unstoppable – Overcoming ADHD Paralysis
Understanding Dopamine – The ADHD Fuel
Understanding Dopamine The ADHD Brain’s Fuel Dopamine is the brain’s “feel good” chemical. It’s what the ADHD brain is all about. Dopamine is essential for motivation, focus, and pleasure. For people with ADHD, dopamine plays a more critical role than in their neurotypical peers. This is because the ADHD brain typically produces less… Continue reading Understanding Dopamine – The ADHD Fuel
Celebrating 50 – 50 Things About Kat
Kat Turns 50 50 Things About Kat A few days ago, I turned 50! I thought a fun blog entry would be to tell you fifty things about me! I broke them up into 10 sections of 5 things each. I hope that you enjoy! Five Pieces Of Advice I’d… Continue reading Celebrating 50 – 50 Things About Kat
ADHD Gift Giving Ideas – Teens and Adults
ADHD Gift Giving Ideas For Teens and Adults The holiday season is under way! Need ideas for what to get your ADHD friends and loved ones? This is part two of my Gift Giving Ideas – for teens and adults with ADHD! Last Week Was my Gift Giving Ideas – for kids and… Continue reading ADHD Gift Giving Ideas – Teens and Adults
ADHD Gift Giving Ideas – Kids and Parents
What To Gift Your ADHD Loved Ones ADHD Gift Giving Ideas for kids and parents. The holiday season is starting! Need ideas for what to get your ADHD friends and loved ones? This is part one of my Gift Giving Ideas – for kids with ADHD and parents of kids with ADHD! Next… Continue reading ADHD Gift Giving Ideas – Kids and Parents
How ADHD Affects Memory – Tips For Managing Forgetfulness
How ADHD Affects Memory Tips For Managing Forgetfulness Many of us who have ADHD struggle with forgetfulness. We may forget appointments, where we put important items, multiple step directions, forgotten promises, and more. Sometimes this makes our friends and loved ones feel hurt, and then we feel as if we have personally failed… Continue reading How ADHD Affects Memory – Tips For Managing Forgetfulness
What’s Your ADHD Halloween Monster
What’s Your ADHD Halloween Monster? It’s Halloween Today! And it’s a fifth Thursday. I thought I’d bring you a something a little fun. What Is Your (or Your Child’s) Halloween Monster? Count Clockula – Vampire Time Blindness Like the infamous Count Dracula, Count Clockula is always in the dark when… Continue reading What’s Your ADHD Halloween Monster