impulse control

Breathing for ADHD

by Brenda on March 8, 2011

Kind of sounds like a charity event doesn’t it? Instead of running a 5K race to raise awareness about ADHD, we’re just going to breathe instead. Well, no. Thats not exactly what I mean. Deep controlled breathing can actually help your ADHD symptoms. You can control your anxiety, improve your focus, and begin to relax. [...]

Excessive Behavior

by Brenda on February 28, 2011

Sometimes living life with ADHD can lead to excessive behavior – overeating, over spending, too many drinks (alcoholic or not), maybe even too many pills. Excessive behavior of any kind isn’t healthy. Even if your excessive behavior is going to the gym too many times a week. People with ADHD have poor impulse control. An [...]

Spending and ADHD

by Brenda on February 17, 2011

The challenges that ADHD presents can be especially challenging when it comes to money. Not paying attention, being forgetful, lack of organizational skills – these can really impact your financial situation if you are the one in charge of the money. Depression or low self esteem can cause trouble when it comes to credit cards [...]

Structure and ADHD

by Brenda on November 3, 2009

Yesterday I wrote a post (and included a drawing ) about my out of control life. I have to say, today was not a lot better. I am beginning to see through the fog, though, to figure out what’s going on and how to fix it. The word structure plays a big part. All of [...]

As You Are

by Brenda on October 13, 2009

The other day on Facebook, I asked my friends what they wanted to know about ADHD. One replied, “How not to have it!”. OK, I guess I understand that. Although I have said before that given the choice, I would still chose to be ADHD, I can understand how it does make life more difficult [...]

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