Tag Archives: relax

ADHD Research — ADHD Tip O the Day 877

Posted on November 19, 2019 by doug with ADHD

  There is new ADHD research, but nothing that new. The stimulants sometimes cause insomnia. (This can usually be fixed by changing dose, schedule, or medication. I need to get my Daytrana patch off by 5:10 PM and I usually … Continue reading →

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A Radical Change — ADHD Tip O the Day 858

Posted on June 5, 2019 by doug with ADHD

Maybe ADHD Pushes Us Too Hard? I started school when I was five and started working when I was eleven. I’ve always liked working. And I was always competing, with myself and others. Now I’ve reached a certain age, and … Continue reading →

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Can I Relax, with ADHD — ADHD Tip O the Day 826

Posted on July 28, 2018 by doug with ADHD

On vacation again, but I haven’t relaxed yet.  Travel arrangements, glitches to fix, reservations to make, finding my way around the city.  Hard work. I recently wrote about vacation in Oaxaca, but didn’t post it.  Kept getting lost there, in … Continue reading →

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Vacation! and ADHD. Vacation? — ADHD Tip o the Day 794

Posted on July 31, 2017 by doug with ADHD

Have been on vacation a week now.  It’s wonderful!  But- I had two goals for this vacation: To relax.  It’s about time, To get some things done, get caught up. Unfortunately, the two goals are incompatible.  And guess what?  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Pause Part One — ADD Tip o the Day 352

Posted on December 21, 2012 by doug with ADHD

My sister, who does not have ADD or ADHD, recommended the Power of Pause, by Terry Hershey.  She said I would put it on my blog.  Here it is.  It is good.  How much is the being driven, hard to … Continue reading →

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Being and ADD —- ADD Tip o the day 269

Posted on June 3, 2012 by doug with ADHD

I’m trying a new discipline (strategy, skill) which is quite difficult with ADD or ADHD, of just being three times a day.  I will sit and just be for a few minutes.  This is not meditation, which requires not getting … Continue reading →

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Sit! —- ADD Tip o the day 243

Posted on April 5, 2012 by doug with ADHD

New idea!  – think it’s gonna be great!  if you have ADD or ADHD, or even if you don’t—– Went to weekend event, wasn’t what I’d expected, but was able to go into chapel by myself and SIT.  prayed a … Continue reading →

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Driven — Tip o the day 141

Posted on September 3, 2011 by doug with ADHD

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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