moms over 30
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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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ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) has long been associated with hyperactive young boys frequently getting into trouble at school. But what about the women? ADHD in women often goes unnoticed or misdiagnosed, as their symptoms can present differently. Many women have spent years struggling to “keep it together,” only to discover later in life that their challenges 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
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Dear Younger Me, You are not crazy. You are extremely intelligent and things are difficult and both those things can happen concurrently. You know how you couldn’t memorize your math facts or pass that states and capitals test? Remember how you would feel physically ill when given a large project? Remember how math seemed like Read more
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Almost 5 years ago I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety. Something my therapist had suggested I had struggled with my entire life. Which was true, I was always an anxious child. I remember my mom driving on different streets instead of the ones we typically went on and going into an absolute panic that we Read more
ADHD and Awkward 