Raising awareness of all things ADHD!
All of the Blog posts for ADHD and Me. These articles have been created by ADHD Girl based on her experiences of living with ADHD.
Well we’re now in mid-January and those of us with ADHD or raising ADHDers are not well aware of the medication shortage and feeling it’s effects. It’s becoming near impossible to physically get hold of ADHD medication in pharmacies nationwide and the main supplier of ADHD medication has said this issue will continue until April of 2024. It’s like us ADHDers are stuck in a […]
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I am writing this about nine minutes before this blog article is due to go live, so no pressure, ey? Everything just seems to have gotten away from my over this past week. As I’ve said in previous blog articles I suffer from seasonal affective disorder which means that November-January for me is definitely no picnic. Thankfully I’m over the worst part of it which […]
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Hey ADHDers! Hope you are all well rested and had a great Christmas however you decided to spend it. Happy New Year to all of you; I hope you have a year full of support and amazing experiences. My Christmas day morning was like something out of my own personal nightmare, and it wasn’t because anything went wrong, or anybody got hurt. It was because […]
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Hey Everyone This is the last blog article I’ll be doing until 2024!! I can’t believe it’s already that time of year again already! Lots to reflect upon; some good and some bad! I was wondering whether to do my last blog article next week, but currently I’m swamped with lots of plans for this website in the new year, so I really need those […]
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Sadly this week I’ve been really low on the emotional energy front which is common for people with ADHD. We either have too much energy that comes out as overexcitement or too little energy which means we lose a lot of motivation. There doesn’t seem to be much in between. Yet, because of the low emotionally energy I’ve had, I’ve been doing some reflection about […]
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There is a new graze going round in the ADHD community, which is called body doubling. At first, I was like what the heck is that it sounds rather interesting, but when I find out what it actually is, I thought does that really work? Is it a good idea long term? Body doubling is where a person with ADHD has another person around so […]
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Ok, I don’t usually publish more than one blog article a week because I have a lot going on, but I had to get this out because I am furious!! Of course us ADHDers are known for having a quick temper but in this matter I think logically I’m quite justified. Last night I was watching a well-known TV programme here in the UK on […]
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It finally seems to be happening! Adults with ADHD are heading towards getting the validation they deserve, at least on some level!! The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) announce in 2022 that they are working on diagnostic criteria guidelines for adults. As most of us in the ADHD community know, ADHD is falsely presumed to be a childhood condition, and this […]
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I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of the term masking, but it’s very common where ADHD is concerned. Maybe you have heard of it but think it only applies to children? Spoiler alert; it doesn’t! Let me break it down for you; masking is where somebody hides their internal struggles by pretending they don’t exist and fitting in with the crowd. It sounds bizarre […]
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When I started this blog two and a half years ago, I just wanted people to know what ADHD is and what it’s not. I thought by talking about my personal experiences of having ADHD then it might help others going through similar things. Of course, it’s not been without challenges, for example my bad memory means I have to check previous blog topics to […]
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So on this blog we always talk about the struggles we have, how we find daily tasks difficult, how people find us hard to take but rarely do we pause and think maybe the problem doesn’t lie with us? Firstly, of course ADHD exists and of course it makes our lives difficult and of course it’s hard for those who love us to manage it […]
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A few weeks ago, Philippa Perry, a published author and psychotherapist, made some rather concerning comments about ADHD in the mainstream media. She said that it is now considered fashionable to have ADHD, well not to burst her bubble but having ADHD has never got me anywhere in terms of being top of the pecking order, let alone the fashion catalogue. Of course, she did […]
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So I had a rather interesting discussion with an academic on Linkedin the other day. Firstly, I’ll admit I’m not great at keeping on top of all my social media channels and it’s something I’m trying to work on. I hadn’t been on Linkedin for several months when I spotted an article talking about the terminology of neurodiverse and neurodivergent. I’ve always been quite proud […]
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On the 27th of September, the UK government issued an alert over a shortage of ADHD medication in the U.K. The USA is also facing a similar situation, and though the shortage is due to be over by December it’s understandably a situation which have millions of ADHDers and parents of ADHDers up in arms. It’s difficult for those people who don’t have ADHD or […]
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