Archive for the ‘ADD Background’ Category

Tips On Dealing With Your ADD

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

  If you’re an adult with ADD, then you may be familiar with the concept that (at times), slowing down is a very difficult thing to do. There are many tasks to complete and so little time to complete them. So your mind starts working at high velocity, trying to achieve your whole "To Do" list, [...]

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Adapting to ADHD At Work

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

 Managing Your Job With ADHD Do you hate your job? Do you intensely dislike the people who work with you? Do you put things off until your boss roars because you’ve not gotten a project done? Are you just totally and horribly unhappy? If you have adult ADD, this could easily be true. The 40-hour [...]

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I Suffer From Adult ADD

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

I suffer from adult attention deficit disorder, and let me tell you it is not much fun to still be fidgetting and unable to pay attention at the age of 35. I have suffered from attention deficit ever since I was a child, and adult attention deficit disorder isn’t really much different from any other [...]

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ADD Sleep Problems

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

  Like many insomniacs, I have a hard time waking up in the morning, but I have an even harder time falling asleep at night. When I spoke to my doctor about this problem, she offered me a very simple solution: take 3 hours to "wind down" before bed. Don’t do anything stimulating in the evening that [...]

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