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Monday January 12, 2009

Do you ever receive emails of fun photos, comics, stories, lists, etc. forwarded from friends or family? Sometimes these emails are funny and help lighten the day. Other times they are insightful and inspirational. I recently received an email from an About.com reader with a list of “wonderful advice” that is not only practical, but one that can be easily incorporated in to our daily lives to improve health and happiness.

Click on Wonderful Advice to read more.

Feel free to add any more tips to the list by posting in the comments section below.

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Lost Identity...and Hope

Monday January 12, 2009

I just wanted to share with everyone a post from our ADHD Forum. The original post was started right before the holidays and was given the name “Lost Identity” from the Forum member who initiated the thread. People shared very openly about the pain they often experience with ADHD. There was a tremendous amount of empathy and understanding expressed and the thread ended with a very hopeful message from a parent with ADHD. I would like to share her post with you. This post is for all who are affected in some way by ADHD.

“Thanks for the well wishes, back at you on that one! You know what I would wish for some of you? I would wish you could have a fast forward day to see down the road where you are and what you accomplished!

A couple weeks ago, I was in the mode of crap. I am sick of my mind. I am sick of not coming across as the person that I really am. I am sick of fighting myself every day. I am sick of being that small kid inside me that was abused, rejected, institutionalized and abused in there, put in jail, and a bunch of other stuff!

I felt the same way as a lot of what I read here when people are just starting to deal with the problematic symptoms of ADHD. I felt locked and hopelessness. I felt inadequate in all parts of my life except for my job. I felt stupid! At times I felt dead inside, like a ghost walking around on earth!

BUT, I did what saved my life. I am not real sure why I did it, but I reached out for some serious help, hooked into a great head doc, laid it out on the table, committed to some serious agreements with him if I would just work hard and make changes! I also hooked into some really great people on some reputable forums and reached out there - not easy, but I did it and still do. I hope you all can start seeing some of the hope that is in my life now that will help me move, get unstuck, feel worth something and believe people when they tell me I do good things or they point out some value I have!

I also hope that parents really study this stuff for their kids’ sake and tell their kids how great they are and tell them all the time. Support your kid through right or wrong. Never make them feel alone or damaged. That is what I see for all of us that deal with ADHD!!!”

Strategies for Sticking with Those Resolutions

Tuesday January 6, 2009

The New Year is here and you may have made a resolution or two. Do you ever find that some of your resolutions are similar to ones you made last year? We may start the new year with lots of good intentions, but as the year moves forward, our work toward our goals may lose steam with all the other obligations buzzing around us. Here are a few very simple strategies to help you stick it out and reach those goals.

Click on Reaching Goals to read more.

Your Resolutions

Tuesday January 6, 2009

Thank you to all the readers who shared their New Year’s resolutions. Your responses were so thoughtful and enthusiastic. I know you will inspire others! Below are some of the goals you shared.

Goals for 2009:

  • Make resolutions that I actually intend to keep.
  • Not only write in my planner, but look at it afterwards when thinking about my day.
  • Keep a food diary more regularly so I might actually pay attention to what I'm eating.
  • In the blank book I keep by my bed, at the end of each day before going to bed, write 5 things I am grateful for.
  • Stop speeding in a car.
  • Avoid alcohol at all costs; it makes me unable to inhibit my impulsiveness at all!
  • Be more patient with my children and husband. Not get so upset with myself when I have a bad day.
  • Clean the clutter out of my house including the big messes in the closets and garage.
  • Take my medicine more regularly.
  • Finish gathering my art and developing the slide presentation to distribute to see if there is something to pursue there and to not care if people think it is too intense or that I am crazy.
  • Stop berating myself.
  • Start walking more regularly.
  • Get my bills paid on time. I am sick and tired of late notices and don’t want to get any more in 2009.

Feel free to post additional resolutions in the comments section below.

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