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These are my messy late night thoughts about Komi Can't Communicate from months ago. It's long sorry, but thank you if you read it. 😊♥️ It's just sometimes so hard to tell to someone, who doesn't have these kind of problems, how your body and mind reacts in these sitsuations. I would love to have a big group of friends and talk about everything. But something just takes you in a black hole, where you feel safe and horrified at the same time. That's how it feels. Oh and don't forget shaking body and voice, crazy beating heart and sweaty hands of course. 😏 I just hope people would be more kind to each other... If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything. Even that helps. At the same time there's so many sad things happening around, that it's so difficult for this cat to keep my tail upright... But I'll try!
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
Revised for the first time in a decade
With over a quarter million copies in print, You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! is one of the bestselling books on attention deficit disorder (ADD) ever written. There is a great deal of literature about children with ADD. But what do you do if you have ADD and aren't a child anymore? This indispensable reference—the first of its kind written for adults with ADD by adults with ADD—focuses on the experiences of adults, offering updated information, practical how-tos and moral support to help readers deal with ADD. It also explains the diagnostic process that distinguishes ADD symptoms from normal lapses in memory, lack of concentration or impulsive behavior. Here's what's new:
The new medications and their effectiveness
The effects of ADD on human sexuality
The differences between male and female ADD—including falling estrogen levels and its impact on cognitive function
The power of meditation
How to move forward with coaching
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Kate Kelly is a pioneer in the field of adult ADD. She is an ADD lifecoach and the founder of the ADDed Dimension Coaching Group. Peggy Ramundo cofounded the ADD Council of Greater Cincinnati and was lead instructor for the Optimal Functioning Institute. She is a senior staff member of the ADDed Dimension and conducts workshops nationwide. Both authors have ADD. They live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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“Tonight I Met A Guy Who Worked On Developing Adderall” (Shout Out to Mike: Thanks For All The Adderall!) 3/7/23 - #adderall #adhd #meds #heavilymedicated #bigpharma #shoutout #mike #thanksforalltheadderall #drawing #sketchbook #drawingoftheday #photooftheday #sketchoftheday #artistofinstagram #collage #coloredpencil #ink #inkdrawing #art #artwork #artschool #artistlife #radicalhonesty #watercolor #markers #alcoholmarkers #bww #adhdmeds #attentiondeficitdisorder #add https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpg6TgJMG1I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Why would I change what I enjoy so much. Life is like a toilet bowl, sometimes you have to scrub. Still, it's good to have one. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 20. That brings impulsiveness and sensory overload, but also a lot of creativity and fun. It hasn't made my life better or worse, it's made it as unique as any other. Look what an attractive moon I am!🌝
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So after almost 3 weeks of my Dr prescribing it, I have FINALLY gotten my adderall. I took it as soon as i could and within a couple hours i can definitely tell ive taken it.
Im not hungry at all and the last time i ate was 7 hours ago, which is not like me. My body feels heavy. My thoughts have slowed down.
These arent necessarily bad things, just different from my normal.
So i am hoping that my mind and body get used to it, so i can begin to be more productive, have more energy and motivation, and to actually be able to focus on something that isn't my favorite xbox game 😂
As a whistle-blower to the world, Chet Shupe speaks with urgency about the need to rediscover people’s connections with their own nature, if we are ever again to experience the contentment of sisterhood and brotherhood that is our natural heritage...
Between my ADD and the hot summer flashes under this beauty these poppies where very trying. 🤪 so glad to be done. #poppies #afghan #blanket #crochet #CAL #crochetalong #2020mandala #yarn #flowers #mandala #wow #attentiondeficitdisorder #add #hotflashes https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCJL9Gh1fk/?igshid=1cyyang1f6glq
Friday, July 30, 2021
It's a common misconception that ADHD simply means being hyper and/or being unable to focus, when a more accurate way to describe it would be not as an attention deficit, but as an executive function deficit. That's why so many parents of children with ADHD are skeptical of the diagnosis--they see that little Timmy has trouble sitting still and paying attention to homework and chores, yet he can sit down in front of a video game for hours at a time! See, he must be slacking off, he doesn't really have trouble focusing!
A true ELI5 on how this actually affects people is 'ICNU': Interest, Challenge, Novelty, and Urgency. If something doesn't meet one of those four categories, someone with ADHD just isn't going to be able to do it. Let's use doing the dishes as an example--is it interesting? Not even slightly. Challenging? Not really. Novel? Nah. Urgent? Not yet--but once that person with ADHD actually needs clean dishes, then it gets done, because it now meets one of those four criteria. In that sense, putting things off until the very last second is essentially a coping mechanism for ADHD, rather than a symptom of it itself.
And on a related note, That's also why video games in particular are like the stereotypical ADHD hobby/addiction--most video games check all four of those ICNU boxes at once. They were practically made for us.
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I do not hide the broken parts of myself; and while my mental AND physical ailments help shape who I am, they do NOT define me. As soon as King Ezekiel said the words, "and yet, I smile", I felt it in my soul. Yeah, sometimes it's a defense mechanism, but regardless, I WILL keep smiling, and my story is NOT over.
Thank you @brodywilliamsart for your friendship and amazing talent to bring my vision to fruition, and thank you @kharypayton for breathing life into these words that are engraved in my heart as they are now inked onto my skin 💚🧡