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[ad_1] Unreliable. Unpredictable. Unfathomable. These are the qualities of an untrustworthy person – qualities I lived and breathed while (trying) to manage my undiagnosed ADHD. ADHD...
[ad_1] My daughter shouts at me every day, and sometimes I shout right back. ADHD gives me plenty of skills I can model for my kids,...
[ad_1] Losing track of time – while a maddening manifestation of ADHD time blindness – is not a hopeless certainty. From alarms and task chunking to...
[ad_1] “Call a dog by a name enough times and he will eventually respond to it.” I read these words shortly after I was diagnosed with...
[ad_1] Our descent down the rabbit hole of in-app purchasing started innocently enough. My youngest child, Luca, asked me to let him spend $1.99 of his...
[ad_1] The following is a personal essay, and not a medical recommendation endorsed by ADDitude. For more information about treatment, speak with your physician. Since October...
[ad_1] My 9-year-old son has always been a firework, from the very second of his surprise existence. If my pregnancy test could have displayed two zigzags...
[ad_1] Dear Neurotypicals, When I reveal that I have ADHD, I often hear about how “brave” I am for being so “open” and “vulnerable.” Granted, I...
[ad_1] To live with unmanaged ADHD is to face chaotic fires that threaten to burn our sense of self-efficacy and damage our connection with loved ones,...
[ad_1] I have a pretty cool job. A few years ago, I was sitting in an office at Velcro International. They needed a creative ad that...
[ad_1] When my husband and I published a book called ADHD is Awesome we knew we’d have some explaining to do. After all, so much of...
[ad_1] In my first year of college, I found myself with a brand new problem: I was totally unable to write an essay. My professor had...
[ad_1] I was 15 when I experienced my first overstimulation meltdown. I was at the mall with my family, fresh out of an argument with my...
[ad_1] I discovered my ADHD indirectly, thanks to my 20-year-old daughter’s TikTok. As she listed 25 symptoms of inattentive ADHD, with examples from her life, I...
[ad_1] At first glance, some of my ADHD traits make me very ill-suited to my job as a college lecturer. My slippery focus and shoddy working...
[ad_1] At first glance, some of my ADHD traits make me very ill-suited to my job as a college lecturer. My slippery focus and shoddy working...
[ad_1] Gus Walz was appointed an unintentional ambassador for neurodivergent youth during the third night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 21. Millions...
[ad_1] I am wildly creative, surprisingly good with a paintbrush, and skilled with words. I know how to make jewelry, soap, candles, and pretty paper. I...
[ad_1] “The reality is that, while Maria is clearly a cognitively bright young lady, she wouldn’t necessarily be considered gifted in any particular area.” “In talking...
[ad_1] Long before I knew my first fact about ADHD, and well before my own ADHD diagnosis, I knew that to be around people was often...