Raising awareness of all things ADHD!
It’s important to know what works with ADHD
Any parent knows that disciplining your child for inappropriate behaviour is a double-edged sword! You have stern words with your child? Instant guilt! You take something away from them? Instant guilt! You stop then doing something they enjoy? Instant guilt! Nobody said being a parent was an easy business and those who do say it have clearly never been parents. So yes, parenting alone is […]
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My names ADHD Girl and I’m addicted to Cornwall! For those who’ve never heard of it; it’s a really rural beautiful place in the Southwest of England (if you think of that leg at the bottom left-hand side of the UK, most of that is Cornwall!). For those who have heard of it but have never been, you are missing out big time!! So, what […]
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If you have ADHD that I’ll a wager a bet that when it comes to showering or even bathing that you’re not a quick in and an out person? Me I take a good twenty minutes, minimum. What if I told you there was a reason for these long showers or bathing sessions? Studies have in fact proven that showers can really help with emotional […]
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Well, I’m back from my holidays, well rested and raring to go. I even did some writing while sunning myself on the beach, but more on that in next week’s blog article. This week’s is all about the toll that masking can take on a parent. The other day I met with a friend for coffee, and she mentioned how rundown she’d become, she even […]
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The other day I saw an article in a national newspaper that stated there has been a huge increase in the amount of people claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in the UK for ADHD. PIP is basically a disability allowance for those who struggle to do normal daily tasks due to a health/ medical condition. Obviously the diagnosis figures around the world for ADHD continue […]
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Today I saw an article about a person who said that her ADHD prevents her from being employed. At first I was like I don’t like how she is using her ADHD as a reason, but then I caught myself and reminded myself not to buy into the stereotype of it’s only an excuse etc. I also remembered that when I was much younger, about […]
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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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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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