
I am an only child of two disfunctional parents. My father resented me because I stole the love he was supposed to get from my Mother. My grandfather never worked a 40 hour work week in his life. He was Fuller Brush salesman who did not drive a car. He would take a bus every morning to his territory to take orders and be home...

Thought I would drop a quick line out there, as this is my first day here. I ordered the book and am anxious to get busy reading it. I am a writer, just finished my first novel, 58,000 word, drama/love-story, and am trying to work on synopsis/query for agent. I have at least a dozen or more outlined and ready to write -...

Great article on the importance of changing thought...

I am very high energy right these days. I wouldn’t say manic but that might be just splitting semantic hairs. I am exploring some serious Davinci creative energy like never before in my life. It’s like learning to ride a horse again in a lot of ways. The sheer power of what I am riding is invigorating, even a...

Hi team, I'm very keen to get some intel on your experience with the f or f response. And importantly- how to turn that badboy primal protection yet self-sabotaging system OFF.
I ask because I have been told by both natural and practicing doctors that I have a constant f or f response triggered.
I feel this is the case because,...

I've had a few conversations with folks here about Adderall, and although I don't love it, I can't demonize it either.
Reading a response from lrm57, I just got a good metaphor for how I think of Adderall.
Adderall for me is like a ladder. If I need to get to something and I'm not tall enough to reach it, I go get my ladder. In...

My life is difficult right now. I am working as a custodian in a church right now which is cool and I enjoy the work, but I just keep getting distracted by other things and have a hard time staying focused on the work. I am looking for a full time job at the moment but I am concerned that I will get distracted at that job and not perform well...

I am 23 year old, from nsw, australia having the the privelage of adhd. Even though in society, i am mess......when it comes to logic, society and robotic lifestyles i am blank man, confused with my self. However when society is not around, brilliance comes within me, right from quantum physics, to spirituality, to enterprenuership. I have...

I found this webbsite, dont know how :-D, but its realy a nice exeprience. Im from Sweden, and have tried to find some sites to discusse my new life as an adhdperson. For me its just the best that have happende in my life. Now I understand the troubles Ive been through all my life, since childhood. AND I finally got in contact with the person...

Okay this is a method I hope will greatly improve anyone who gets sleepy whilst reading like Albert Eisntein used it. It's simple and ingenious:
1.) You first get a book, a timer, a notepad or piece of paper and biro.
2.) You write on the paper "I won't be distracted by that again!"
3.) You set the timer intially for...