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Vitamin D for ADHD????— ADD Tip O the Day 716
I intended this post to be about vitamin D, but I have ADD ADHD, so here: I’m not a big fan of “natural” treatments for ADHD. There is little evidence to support using most of them and some evidence against … Continue reading
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More Apps for ADHD – – – ADD Tip O the Day 710
I am taking the easy way out and just posting Hold’s comment here in case you didn’t see it. Many cool apps, get what you like: Hey doug, I apologize. In classic ADHD fashion I’m a week late in seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged @addstrategies, @adhdstrategies, ADD, ADD and technology, ADHD, ADHD and technology, adult, adult add, adult adhd, applications, apps, attention deficit, cope, coping, coping strategies, coping with ADD, coping with ADHD, help for ADHD, living with ADD, living with ADHD, managing ADD, managing ADHD, problem, Problems, tech, technologically challenged, technology, Your Life Can Be Better
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My New Year’s Resolution — ADD Tip O the Day 681
First, I hope you each have a wonderful 2016. Keep identifying problems and working on strategies. It’s bound to help. My New Year’s resolution is not to make any New Year’s resolution. They don’t work for me, probably because of my … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADD ADHD, ADD problems, ADHD, ADHD problems, adult add, adult adhd, attention deficit, cope, coping, coping strategies, coping with ADD, coping with ADHD, disorder, goals, help for ADHD, living with ADD, living with ADHD, managing ADD, problem, Problems, resolutions, strategies, strategy, Your Life Can Be Better
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Structure and Routine And Strategies for ADD ADHD — ADD Tip O the Day 656
Structure and Strategies Structure is essential. I don’t consider it a strategy though. Not quite sure why. Probably because it is so basic. Basics include sleep, structure, exercise, and maybe getting outside, mediation or yoga or something like that. Basics … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult add, adult adhd, attention, attention deficit, coping, coping strategies, coping with ADD, coping with ADHD, help for ADHD, living with ADD, living with ADHD, managing ADD, routine, schedule, Your Life Can Be Better
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ADHD Medications: Side effects, Dangers, and other Boogey Men — ADD Tip O the Day 646
Why we don’t take the medicine: Some people just don’t like to take medicines. It’s just a thing. OK. Some people think all medicines are harmful. Well, that’s OK, too, I guess. Some people are uninformed or misinformed. Well, … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, add and drugs, ADD and medicine, ADHD, adhd and drugs, adhd and medication, ADHD and medicine, adult add, adult adhd, attention deficit, help for ADD, help for ADHD, medication, medications, medicine, medicines, stimulants, stimulants and adult ADHD
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Do they know what they’re talking about? – – – ADHD Tip o the Day 538
Find someone who knows I keep telling people to make sure that the professional they go to really knows about ADD ADHD. Unfortunately, many don’t, and unfortunately, many don’t know that they don’t know. So Rachel asked me, how do … Continue reading
Bad Things About Ritalin — ADD Tip o the day 347
What bad things have you read or heard about Ritalin (methylphenidate)? Many of us with ADD or ADHD function much better with help from Ritalin. It helps us focus, which is a primary issue. It also helps with motivation and … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult add, adult adhd, attention, attention deficit, help for ADHD, methylphenidate, ritalin
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I’m Too Disorganized To Organize — ADD Tip of the Day 333
My good friend with ADD or ADHD says she loves the blog posts but doesn’t have the compulsiveness to put them to use, too disorganized to be able to get organized. She makes notes and lists on yellow stickies but … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, appointment book, attention, coping with ADD, coping with ADHD, deficit, help for ADD, help for ADHD
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Get outdoors —- ADD Tip o the Day 308
Why does getting out doors help with ADD or ADHD? It’s a big help, up there with getting enough sleep and exercising. I don’t know why. Maybe it helps clear our mind for awhile, like sitting. My sitting works best when I … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult, adult add, adult adhd, attention, deficit, help for ADD, help for ADHD
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Criticism reviews —ADD Tip o the day 307
Are you excessively sensitive to criticsm? I don’t know that ADD or ADHD makes us extra sensitive, but maybe it does – our self esteem can be pretty fragile. I’ve had two negative reviews so far. I’ve been told that … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult, adult add, adult adhd, attention, deficit, help for ADD, help for ADHD
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Staying Ahead of the Game —- ADD Tip o the Day 305
With ADD or ADHD we can procrastinate, let things pile up, get behind, and set up a vicious feedback loop as we get demoralized and find it even harder to do anything. And we never know what’s going to pop … 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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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult, attention, deficit, help for ADD, help for ADHD, living with ADHD, managing ADD
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Good news and bad news — ADD Tip o the Day 294
with ADD or ADHD, things happen: bad news – I can’t believe that I drove off with the gas hose in the tank again! 3rd time. I thought wouldn’t ever happen again, have a habit of checking before I drive off. … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult add, adult adhd, coping strategies, coping with ADD, coping with ADHD, help for ADD, help for ADHD
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The Blue Book — ADD Tip o the Day 290
I recommend this book, The Quiet Mind. This is a spiritual matter, but you will see that you can apply these principles to anything. The book is new agey, left field, a little weird, kind of Christian. It has short little … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, add and spiritual, ADHD, adhd and spiritual, adult adhd, help for ADD, help for ADHD, managing, strategies for adult add
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bleeping insurance company and ADD — ADD Tip o the day 283
Those of us with ADD or ADHD are probably fortunate if we have a touch of OCD also; it helps to counterbalance the impulsiveness and the difficulty motivating to start or to finish. But it has its drawbacks too. We … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, adult add, adult adhd, coping with ADD, coping with ADHD, help for ADD, help for ADHD, insurance, OCD
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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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Tagged ADD, ADHD, adult, getting started, help for ADD, help for ADHD, living with ADD, living with ADHD, overwhelmed
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Comorbid: ADD and addiction —- ADD Tip o the day 260
We with ADD or ADHD are more prone to addictions: alcohol, pot, stimulating drugs because they make us more focused, sedating drugs because they calm us, gambling, exercise, the internet -email, facebook, freecell, porn, etc – because these help us escape … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADD and alcohol, ADD in adults, ADHD, ADHD and alcohol, ADHD in adults, adult, help for ADD, help for ADHD
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Anxiety and ADD —- Tip o the day 259
30-50% of us with ADD or ADHD have a comorbid anxiety disorder also. Many people with anxiety problems turn out to also have ADD. Anxiety alone can produce some of the symptoms of ADD, but I doubt if it can … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADD and comorbid, ADHD, ADHD and comorbid, adult, attention deficit, help for ADD, help for ADHD, living with ADD
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good links ADD Tip o the day 247
here’s links for some particularly good blogs we all struggle with the same stuff, and we can find strategies that help us make our lives better. then we can share them. bonnie mincu clik here anahi ortiz clik here for those … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, add blogs, add links, add sites, ADHD, ADHD blogs, ADHD links, adhd sites, adult, attention, help for ADHD
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Can you believe yet another overwhelmed? — ADD tip o the day 195
The book is out -Yea!! and in three bookstores – double Yea!! and of course on amazon. OK. Now its time to get the E book out. Paid John to format it, task seemed too overwhelming to try myself. He … Continue reading
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