How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer? Note to the reader: This is my 400th blog post How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer?
At the mere mention of the word many will conjure up images of a disheveled boy who is literally bouncing off the walls. (Of course girls can have ADHD but that’s not the first image that usually comes to mind.) To make matters worse, the very name of our “gift” — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — adds additional confusion. Some ADHDers do not have the “H” component [note ] and, therefore, are thought not to have ADHD at all. So, in light of the misunderstandings and, in some cases, outright denial of the existence of ADHD, how do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer? Problems with memory in daily life. Based on The Ten Signs of ADHD Post Script Did you click on the link labeled The Ten Signs of ADHD? Tags: self-knowledge, Time. Addstudy.org.
Com: A complete guide to ADD, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in adulthood and the documentary ADD & Loving It?! AADD-UK. Help. Pearltrees videos. Dr. Edward Hallowell on adult Attention Deficit Disorder -fs Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood. Russell Barkley: The Plato of the ADHD World. Recent Research: “First Direct Genetic Link” (Maybe) The study’s lead investigator, Professor Anita Thapar, explains the important new research behind the headlines.
Congratulations and gratitude go to the hardworking scientists who teased out this discovery. As for the reporting of this research, ADHD Cyber Command finds that some did better than others, especially in implying that until now we had no evidence that ADHD wasn’t caused by bad parenting or that this is the first news of a genetic link to ADHD. What? You say you already knew that ADHD is highly genetic? Of course you did. Meanwhile, here’s a sampling of how various news organizations covered the study, some of them as if stuck in a time warp from, oh, 30 years ago: New Scientist: Have gene findings taken the stigma from ADHD? For the first time, evidence has emerged of genetic mutations linked to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. (the report includes this question) But the researchers found the CNVs in only 16 per cent of the ADHD kids. Possibly. Washington Post Reuters.
Adult ADHD and "Time Blindness": Dr. Russell Barkley's Tactics for Taming That Trickster, Time. Time.
That's one word that always makes the top of the list when I ask adults in our local CHADD discussion group to name their top ADHD-related challenges. Keeping track of time.Estimating the time it will take to complete a project.Planning for future time instead of getting totally wrapped up in present time. Managing time is a constant challenge for most humans, especially in our speeded-up age.
Yet, for people with ADHD, time can be a particularly shape-shifting trickster. ADHD rings such a bell with me, says Rory Bremner. 23 May 2011Last updated at 01:56 Rory Bremner says he was "scatty" as a child Comedian Rory Bremner has found success in his ability to switch between impersonating many different people.
But behind this comic persona is a man who struggles to focus, loses the thread and takes on too many tasks that can leave his personal and professional life in disarray. Bremner had always put his chaotic lifestyle down to his personality. However, after a young relation was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, a few years ago, Bremner decided to investigate if he too could have the condition. In a BBC Radio 4 documentary, ADHD and Me, he says: "When I think back to my childhood it's with a mixture of amusement and embarrassment. "My mum called me scatty because I could never sit still. In a support group for adults with ADHD, at St Catherine's Hospital in Merseyside, Bremner met Gary, who was diagnosed in later life when his son was told he had ADHD. School misbehaviour.