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Is it ADD, ADHD, or AD/HD? Attention Deficit Demystified!
People often ask us which term is correct: ADD, ADHD, or AD/HD? The official term currently used by the American Psychiatric Association is ADHD. In 1980, the DSM-III (a manual for doctors) introduced...
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Read Between (Most of) the Lines: ADHD and Short-term Obsessions
As dearly as I love my partner Jen (we celebrated our 10 year anniversary this past weekend), some of her ADHD tendencies drive me a little nuts. Over the past couple of years, Jen has been feeding an...
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Can’t Fight the System: Home Organization in ADHD Relationships
I’m going to be totally honest with you. My ADHD partner and I have a wonderful marriage. But like all couples, we fight. And yesterday, we had a big fight. “Oh my God,” you’re thinking. “Erin must...
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For Partners of People with ADHD: Be Prepared
In a talk that my friend and ADHD expert Dr. Ari Tuckman gave awhile back, he offered this piece of advice to adults with ADHD: “Give yourself less to worry about by being diligent and setting yourself...
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ADHD And Attention: If A Chicken Shows Up On A Wall And No One Notices It, Is...
One day I was out running errands, and I had some time to kill before an appointment. I decided to hit the dollar store and have a look around. Now, I can do some serious damage in a dollar store to...
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ADHD Relationships: How Long Can You Possibly Procrastinate?
Being married to someone with ADHD is a lot of fun, but sometimes it forces you to take matters into your own hands. Jen and I both switched from BlackBerry to iPhone a couple of months ago, and we...
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ADHD Couples: Managing Others’ Expectations
It’s been well established that in a mixed-ADHD relationship (where one partner has ADHD and the other does not), there are certain compromises that need to be made in order for the partnership to feel...
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For Partners of People with ADHD: WTF Are You Talking About?
Earlier this week, I received the following email from reader Maryellen: My husband was diagnosed with Adult ADD approximately 4 years ago and I found a blog entry on the internet that comes to mind...
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ADHD Fun: If You Build It, They Won’t Notice
Just over a week ago, there was big news around here in the New York metropolitan area. The Stony Brook Seawolves baseball team, based at Long Island’s Stony Brook University, advanced to the College...
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A Very ADHD Birthday
Today is my birthday, and so far it’s been lovely. But every year, my (wonderful, well-intentioned) ADHD partner Jen waits until the last minute to pull together a nice day for me. She always comes...
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