Raising awareness of all things ADHD!
Personal thoughts for. ADHD Girl.
Well Autumn has well and truly hit in the UK ADHDers, and with it my Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is in full swing. Though I’m a little more prepared this year because I’ve being taking muti-vitamins every day, including vitamin D for weeks now, and I’ve also been using my SAD lamp for an hour or two a day. For those of you who have […]
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Wow, how do I even begin to describe what I experience in Lucerne, the Saturday I was in Switzerland. First of all, let me start by asking you if you ever feel like ADHD is a constant noise in your hand that stops you being productive, emotionally exhausts you and makes your focus go out the window? Well for probably one of the first times […]
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I write this from the premium lounge at Manchester airport (yep, first child free holiday in years so you bet I’m going to book the first class lounge) and up until 15 minutes ago I was ready to implode with stress. I would probably describe myself as a frequent flyer so airports never usually stress me out, even when I have two young kids in […]
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My head feels like it’s about to fall off as a type this, and it’s not just because of the constant banging that’s coming from upstairs. Currently I’m having my bathroom completely remodelled, which has been long overdue because who ever did it last time, let’s just say if I saw them in the street I’d give chase. They’d obviously cut loads of corners when […]
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Sorry about the no show last week, it was the last full week of the summer holidays and honestly I was suffering from some major burnout from doing so much. My head just wasn’t in the game, but hallelujah my kids are back to school and I’m attempting to get back into a routine so hopefully it should be smooth sailing from here on in. […]
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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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Sorry for the non-article last week, to be completely honest it just get away from me amongst the mist of birthday party planning combined with planning for the end of the school year. Have you ever planned something out in your head, then tucked it away, only to go back to it nearer the time you need it and have a complete meltdown? I’d be […]
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Tomorrow is my 36th Birthday; Happy Birthday to me! I don’t say that to brag, but because it actually fits well with the topic of this week’s blog article which is all about how ADHD is affected by the aging process. I would say that my ADHD was at it’s worst in terms of managing behaviour and thinking until I was at least in my […]
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I always think it’s a fine balance for ADHD, we walk a tight rope between motivation and determination or demotivation and procrastination, usually we end up falling on one side or the other but if we get it right, we can utilise some really impressive skills. Unfortunately, getting it right can be influenced by all sorts of factors from mood and passion to environment. Recently […]
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Monday has never been my friend, it always slams into me like a fierce wave before tossing around before plonking me back on land then doing it all over again. It may sound dramatic but I can’t stress enough how dramatically Monday impacts my executive functioning. Executive functioning is basically all the skills required to get things done, so you can understand why its major […]
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These past few days feels like ive got a new lease of life and its probably because we’re finally getting a few sunny days here and there. This means goodbyeee seasomal affective disorder and hello clearer thinking. That probably explains why ive been totally decluttering my house lately and getting more organised. I feel like i can finally put the pieces of my life back […]
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I’ve seen so many people who get diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood state that they wish they were diagnosed with ADHD earlier, possibly when they were a child because it would change how they felt about themselves at the time. While I can sympathise with that and do think ADHD should be diagnosed as early as possible I personally don’t think it changed the way […]
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“Don’t be like that, do you want to be like Rachael? Everybody thinks she’s Ditsy!” is something that’s probably said by a mean high school bully right? Or maybe someone who doesn’t like you very much you’d think? Would you believe me if these were words my very first boss said to one of my colleagues?? Now before you feel sad for me, this all […]
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Today’s blog article is going to be a short and sweet because just like last week I’m still waiting for my brain to power back up to it’s fully functionally level, if only I knew when exactly that would be because I do with it happening like yesterday. Anyway in today’s blog article I want to talk about that think that kids don’t want, and […]
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