Raising awareness of all things ADHD!
Note: Hey ADHDers and Allies! Sorry about the radio silence next week, I was in a difficult place between my S.A.D and PMS, but I’m back next and ready to tell you about you about how a little bit of understanding and kindness totally made our Belfast holiday great! After an early morning flight we arrived at our hotel in central Belfast fiarly early, but […]
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So, after listening to this month’s podcast released last week (available here), you might have heard that a little while ago I sought the help of a healthy lifestyle coach through my doctors. I’ve always been able to lose weight, but I think this year was the first time I realised that I have become what is known a yo-yo dieter and I hate it. […]
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This is going to sound strange considering I have ADHD and my brain needs stimulation, but sometimes I just miss the good old days of the 90s where there wasn’t as much technology around, especially if I’ve been doing a rewatch of the TV show Friends. At this time of year, with the weather being bad and the evenings getting darker early I subscribe to […]
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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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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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Nobody likes to think of themselves as getting older, but it’s going to happen whether we want it to or not. I read an article the other day that says as we get older dopamine levels decrease by 10% for each decade. Wait, hold on a minute, no wonder I feel like my ADHD is getting worse with age, but then what does that mean […]
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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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‘My children aren’t as bad!” is something I overheard said about me once and you’d think that comment would have come from a parent or even a colleague, but no ladies and gentlemen that comment came from a former teacher of mine at a university. To this day I’m not sure she knows I overheard what was said, but she possibly might if she reads […]
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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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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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