This post is adapted from an excerpt of my book Order from Chaos. Most of us with ADHD have heard the refrain, “but this happens to everyone. You just have to power through it.” Nobody loves paying bills or doing housework. Everybody feels scattered sometimes. Why should some people get to use ADHD as an […]
Category: Medication
Canaries in the coal mine
Sometimes, I don’t know if I’m managing my ADHD effectively. After all, the right type and dose of stimulant medication should feel pretty unobtrusive. It doesn’t make ADHD’ers feel drugged, hyped up, or otherwise not ourselves. Once the novelty wears off, we don’t sit around and say, “wow, things seem awfully normal around here!” Those of us with supportive, […]
Unfortunately, every parenting win springs from impulse control.
An interaction I had with my three-year-old a couple months ago blew me away. I should’ve been delighted. Instead, I felt deeply sad. And I knew I couldn’t say a thing. We’d talked about his books before. He had too many to fit on his shelves. One day, he looked at me and said, “Mommy, […]