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If you had asked anyone in the 90s whether I was an ADHD kid, they would have laughed.I was quiet. I followed the rules. I wasn’t bouncing off walls or getting pulled from the carpet for talking. I was the type of girl teachers described as “smart, but inconsistent,” and I desperately wanted to be Read more
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The Juggling Act I am now working on a second Master’s degree and have also decided to stop taking Adderall. I’m still teaching full-time at a Title I school, and yes, I still have two wild boys under five. I also tutor a girl once a week in reading. My husband is a CPA. During Read more
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The fact that I have been MIA from writing a blog about ADHD is pretty par for the course. Plus with work and everything else life has been a little wild. But, it’s summer break and I’m back baby! I was thinking a lot about the idea of invalidation and my journey with ADHD. A Read more
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I had a very happy childhood. I had the chance to be creative and free spirited. The house we lived in was backed up to a ditch with some open space. To a kid it was a magical forest that I got to play in daily. I loved it. However, things that were hard for Read more
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I wanted to seek a diagnosis. I needed to understand whatever the hell was going on in my brain. One thing that pushed me toward this was my inability to make a plan and stick to it. I had a billion business ideas, own roughly a billion domain names, but never have follow through. If Read more
ADHD and Awkward 