Category: ADHD

When “just focus” doesn’t cut it, how noise impacts adults with ADHD. Sirens blare in the distance. Fingers tap on a keyboard. Somewhere, a fridge hums its steady tune. For many adults with ADHD, these everyday sounds don’t just fade into the background. Noise isn’t just noise when you have ADHD. Some crave just the…

So, what does happen to untreated ADHD in adulthood? I live with someone who I suspect has ADHD, but she has not seen a doctor for it. I am by no means a doctor, but I know the symptoms, and she definitely has most of them. She keeps telling me she doesn’t want to be…

What it’s really like to live with ADHD or autism. Which is worse ADHD or Autism? Neither, they’re both pretty special in my book. A diagnosis doesn’t define who you are, your personality does. I always call a diagnosis of some sort “extra baggage” that you have to carry around. How heavy it becomes is…

How to kick predominantly inattentive ADHD in the but and then some. Predominantly inattentive ADHD is a hard diagnosis to live with. Your thoughts are scattered all over the place. It’s hard to concentrate on one thing. Not that I take pleasure in it, I observe my roommate going up and down the steps to…

Inattentive ADHD: I just can’t seem to focus. Forgetfulness, disorganization, and time management…do they sound familiar? It’s funny, some inattentive ADHD symptoms coincide with Parkinson’s disease, especially the forgetfulness. I lose track of people’s names, and I also get distracted easily. I know that with inattentive ADHD, focus is a problem for them. Consequently, I…

How to decipher adult ADHD symptoms. Living with someone with most symptoms of ADHD, but refuses to get help for it, makes life interesting. By far, I’m not making fun of her, but her actions are consistent with ADHD. It’s like she has a ritual each morning getting ready for work, which she is always…