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The Small Tasks — ADD Tip o the Day 389
With ADD or ADHD, we are victims of distractions, and things don’t get finished. Here’s a simple rule – if you’re doing a small task, don’t let anything interrupt it until you finish. Make this a rule. If a distraction … Continue reading
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Not Me! —- ADD Tip o the Day 384
I was looking forward to La Cruzada, the weekend spiritual retreat. I packed my suitcase and my bedding, printed out the google map, found the church on my GPS, and drove to it. I was able to find it, tho … Continue reading
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Puryear’s Principles —- ADD Tip o the day 379
This is just human nature, but these issues are more critical if we have ADD or ADHD: 1. we will struggle and struggle with a problem; once we find a solution, we will stop doing it (AA, antidepressants, regular exercise, … Continue reading
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Frazzled, or, does ADD get worse? — ADD Tip o the Day 367
I don’t think adult ADD or ADHD gets better or worse over time, but it certainly does fluctuate. Right now I’m feeling frazzled. Too much going on, too much to do. I’m forgetting things, losing things, making mistakes - My … Continue reading
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Sticking With It, Part 2 — ADD Tip o the Day 366
My wife, who knows a lot about ADD or ADHD after all these years, said I misquoted her on the last post. I thought she had asked, “Is it working?”, meaning the whole thing. She says she was specifically asking … Continue reading
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Procrastination? — or Not? — ADD Tip o the Day 351
With ADD or ADHD, you’ll know about procrastination, one of our main symptoms. But I think this is about a problem with time, not procrastination. I wasn’t putting off getting my wife’s Christmas present, it’s just that Christmas seemed so … Continue reading
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Procrastinating Again! — ADD Tip o the Day 342
If you have ADD or ADHD, you probably know a lot about procrastinating. It is one of our major and most common problems. A very intelligent man is talking about his dishes, which are piling up in the sink. The … Continue reading
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FREE BOOK — ADD Bonus Tip o the Day
thanks to bryan hutchinson, you can win a free copy of Your Life Can Be Better, signed ( if that matters) clik here and scroll down a little. offer ends in November. thats right – a FREE copy of YOUR … Continue reading
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Things that are good for ADD or ADHD — ADD Tip o the Day 300
(ADD tip o the day 300! imagine!!!) These things are good for ADD or ADHD: sleep, exercise, structure, get out of doors Someone just posted that taking the ritalin just before bedtime helped him calm his mind enough that he … Continue reading
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Organizing — Tip of the Day 299
Kenn comments on people with ADD or ADHD, “We organize very differently than other people.” I’m thinking about that, don’t know. Certainly I function better if my desk is orderly and organized. I’ve given up on trying to keep it that … Continue reading
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Commitment — ADD Tip of the day 296
One of the hardest things for us with ADD or ADHD is to follow though, to finish, to persist after the novelty and the initial enthusiasm have worn off (is that one or three things?) One strategy is commitment. First, … Continue reading
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Hard days — ADD Tip o the day 295
Some days are hard. I feel overloaded, not at my best, disorganized, and I can’t get started. That’s all part of ADD or ADHD, and we need strategies. 1. if I have more than 5 things on my list of … Continue reading
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Self flogging — ADD Tip o the Day 293
I don’t know if self flogging is a part of ADD or ADHD, or if we just have more occasions to do it. Roni posted about this on ADDer World, and she plans to stop it, which is good. Self flogging … Continue reading
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Notes — ADD Tip o the Day 286
With ADD or ADHD taking notes is essential, like making lists. But we need strategies even for that. For notes to be useful, they need to be legible, understandable, and locatable. 1. I use the index cards that are always … Continue reading
OCD and ADD — ADD Tip o the Day 284
Remember the movie, As Good As It Gets? Jack Nicholson with OCD. That’s the disorder, with symptoms. But there is a spectrum, from style, traits, personality disorder, to (neurosis) disorder. The majority of American males have obsessive-compulsive style, which doesn’t really … Continue reading
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Expectations — Add Tip o the Day 282
We with ADD or ADHD tend to overexpect, of ourselves. We underestimate how long something will take to do and overestimate how much we can get done in a day. Then we get disappointed with ourself and tend to feel … Continue reading
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More irritation — ADD Tip of the day 279
I’ve previously noted that I am very irritable. It was a blessing to learn that irritability is a part of ADD or ADHD and not just another of my character flaws. But it is annoying to be so irritable, at any little thing. … Continue reading
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Things I am not good at —- ADD Tip o the Day 278
1. sports – lack coordination, not much I can do about it but am improving a little at balancing on one foot (sposed to help ADD or ADHD???) 2. technology —- got book - i phone, the missing manual– quite good, … Continue reading
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Trying too hard? —– ADD Tip o the Day 277
Maybe I’m trying to change too many things at one time (willpower? with ADD or ADHD we tend to overdo): 1. learning to just sit — making progress 2. getting on the net only 3 times a day –slo progress … Continue reading
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The stress of coping with ADD — ADD Tip o the Day 273
She had read the book, and said, “It seems like you try so hard, it might be easier to just have ADD.” or ADHD. Well, no. A) if I didn’t have strategies and keep working at it, my whole life … Continue reading
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Psychology of ADD: Shame —– ADD Tip o the day 262
Shame is a deep core emotion, which we with ADD or ADHD tend to carry with us, from childhood failures, inadequacies and criticisms. Shame involves other people; it’s the way we feel when we think our bad stuff is exposed … Continue reading
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comorbid: depression and ADD —- ADD Tip o the day 258
We with ADD and ADHD have a 2.7 times higher rate of depression than the general public where the rate is about 10%. reasons: 1. Childhood abuse, shame, failures make us vulnerable to depression. 2. our continued failures and poor … Continue reading
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Long e mails —- ADD Tip o the day 239
When I get a long e-mail I have trouble reading it. I usually get one idea or maybe two and then my attention is gone and the rest of it might as well not be there. Maybe I just skim … Continue reading
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alone part 2 — ADD Tip o the day 236
People with ADD or ADHD tend to do better if someone else is around. My wife is back home and I’m glad, but I didn’t unravel or fall apart this time. OK, she wasn’t gone that long, but she was … Continue reading
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Putting it off — ADD Tip o the day 234
Most of you are too young to know the song The Arkansas Traveler. The traveler finds an old man sitting in his flooded cabin playing his fiddle in a downpour while the roof is leaking. The traveler asks why the … Continue reading
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Cause or effect? ADD Tip o the day 206
I see a lot of confusion, even among scientists, about cause and effect. Recently heard a great lecture on the negative effects of stress on our bodies, brains, and minds. Dr. said that studies show that people who take short … Continue reading
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Side effects —ADD Tip o the day 202
When I recommend a medication to someone (with or without ADD or ADHD), they often ask a very reasonable question, “What are the side effects?” If I tell you the potential side effects, you are more likely to get them. So I … Continue reading
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ADD and crisis —ADD Tip o the day 171
We were having a steak lunch at a Kairos weekend and the guy to my left lifted both hands up in the air. Strange. Then he put his hands around his neck. The guy to his left asked if he was OK … Continue reading
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Overwhelmed again part 2 — ADD Tip o the day 157
There are two main strategies for overwhelmed: 1. Make the big list, everything you need to do. Make a short list, the most urgent or important. Pick one, maybe break it into small steps. Pick one, usually the hardest, focus … Continue reading
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Driven — Tip o the day 141
One of the worst things about ADD is feeling driven so much of the time, like there is giant fly-wheel inside that won’t stop, that I have so much to do, so much pressure and have to keep going and … Continue reading
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“Bill”, the lazy slob — ADD Tip o the day 140
How many of you read today’s Annie’s mailbox (the new Ann Landers), “Husband’s laziness irritates his wife”? How many of you figured it out? “I have to remind him frequently to pick up after himself and finish what he started. … Continue reading
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What could go wrong? — ADD Tip of the day 137
I noticed that there were some newspapers on the front of the counter, and touching behind them a vase. It suddenly occurred to me that if I accidentally bumped the newspapers they might knock over the vase which could break. … Continue reading
Hurry!! — ADD Tip o the day 136
I sent the book to the publisher and they sent me back a sample chapter so I could check and revise the way they had set it up, the chapter headings etc. I was very excited. I was in a hurry … Continue reading
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Distraction — ADD Tip o the day 135
My wife and I had a running disagreement about my colleges grades, she thought I was putting myself down and saying they were worse than they were. So I ordered my transcript. I didn’t know that I had ADD when … Continue reading
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