Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Join Gina in New Orleans for CHADD: 11/12-14/15

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Now's your chance—to learn in two-three days an amazing amount about ADHD and meet hundreds of other people on this journey. I invi...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

To Save Their Marriage, They Shot His Xbox—with a Gun

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Xbox, post shooting It’s true. They took it out and shot it. That’s the real photo above. Below, the wife in the couple tells thei...
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Friday, September 26, 2014

ADHD and the Automatic No—or Yes

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Have you heard of the " Automatic No "? It's one of those phrases that describes a phenomenon among some people with ADHD t...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Stop—And Smell the Gardenia

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“Ohhhh, smell this gardenia,” I said to my husband, lifting a freshly picked specimen to his face. Sniff. Sniff. Sniff. SniffSniffSniff....
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Monday, February 10, 2014

Cooling "Heat of the Moment" Despair

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Back in the “bad old days,” when my husband and I were getting whipped around on the ADHD roller coaster, we desperately needed better ...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

If You Think Fear-Based Management Works for You—Think Again

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  Prior to being diagnosed with ADHD at age 37, my husband says his best coping tool was "Fear-Based Management"—fondly refer...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Fired Up and Ready for CHADD 2012!

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In less than two weeks, Nov. 8-10, 2012, CHADD's 24th Annual International Conference takes place right in my backyard! The Hyatt ...
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

The Couple That Gets Fit Together...

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This month,  YouMeADD  blog kicks it up a notch, following last month's Nature Sufficient Syndrome and the hikes my husband and I enjo...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Adult ADHD and Nature-Sufficient Syndrome

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My husband (pictured above, with San Francisco in the background; more photos below) and I had just parked the car last Sunday and were ...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Communicating ... Mindfully

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This month's guest post comes to you from Mark Bertin, MD , a developmental pediatrician and author of The Family ADHD Solution: A Sc...
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

"Our Weekend Without Meds"

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The most common question I am asked about Adult ADHD (other than "Is it real?") is this: "Does the medication really make ...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

ADHD and "Cyber Junkies"

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Once my boyfriend starts on the Internet, there's no turning back. It seems the perfect trap for people with ADHD: He can drift aimless...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Reaching Out to Your Community

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How can we best reach adults with ADHD who have no idea they have it? Based on my 12 years of advocacy, I'd say it is through people ...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Q & A: When to Disclose – And More

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Dear readers - I hope you like this blog's new, cleaner design! A few years ago, I participated in an Ask the Expert Chat on ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Wearing “ADHD Eyeglasses” with Care

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Maybe this has happened to you. As soon as you started learning about ADHD, you suddenly saw it all around you. No, it's not that ne...
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