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Jane D., a 30-something businesswoman with ADHD, writes about dating and relationships, working and losing a variety of jobs, and surviving and thriving with attention deficit, along with depression and anxiety. She lives and works in Hong Kong. « Recent Blog PostsArchives: October 2008
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Monday October 27th - 10:00am
ADD People Like MeI've traded the ADHD medication and therapist for a 3-month workshop with fellow adult ADDers like me.
I have arrived at an awakening.
It has been six days since I've been off the med, the 20 mg. of Adderall. I still take a half a pill of the Lex, for the sake of simply saying I am doing something. The difference is that I feel calmer, even if I'm more disorganized.
Today, as I wrote and pecked away, I found myself mismatching first...
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Thursday October 23rd - 10:52am
I Need a LifelineImagine if I were misdiagnosed. Deep down, I know it's not true—but in dreamland, I don't have ADD.
"Lifeline please..."
I had a good laugh watching the Saturday Night Live skit a few nights ago where Tina Fey does Sarah Palin, and Amy Poehler does Katie Couric. I cackled when Palin asked for a "lifeline" when asked a question that she either wanted to dodge or couldn't answer.
Either way, the word spin-cycled in my head today. I need a vacation—a lifeline—some certainty in...
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Thursday October 16th - 11:43am
That's ItI fear I'm falling into a depression.
Enough is enough. I fear that I am falling into a depression. First the financial markets, then a string of unreliable men, and I am just tired—physically and mentally spent.
I can understand why the betta male wouldn't want a girl like me. It's too stressful when you are dealing with a basketcase, which is clearly what I've become. I want to do everything and in...
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Wednesday October 15th - 11:14am
A Loss of TimeSeemingly overnight, the world has shifted and changed into something unrecognizable.
In ADD land, time has little meaning. I was thinking about this last night as I sat surfing the web mindlessly and aimlessly, after swimming and downing the usual shake and fries with my pseudo-boyfriend. I've decided that, right now, he's my best bet in the dating hell I live in. While his touch does not really turn me on, he is patient and lets me...
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Monday October 13th - 4:44pm
A Disorganized ADD Double LifeI dashed out, full of hope, with hot pink post-its and a stack of folders.
The dream last night was colorful yet hazy. I dreamt that there was a pile of pretty stones, some prettier than others, and that I was in a classroom of sorts where we were asked to pick the one that we wanted.
I hemmed and hawed about whether to choose the prettiest one or the most practical. Could it be a reflection of the indecisiveness about...
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Thursday October 9th - 11:49am
Apologizing for ADHD Behaviors at WorkI want to do everything right, to be precise, to work as swiftly as the rest of the world—but I can't.
I had Britney Spears dancing in my head this morning, that song, "Oops, I did it again," on the tip of my tongue. I come into work and there is an angry call from a PR woman who is pissed that the date in a story we churned out was wrong. It didn't help that she demanded that I email it to her now, since she...
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Monday October 6th - 2:07pm
Making Peace with ADHDIn the end, those with and without attention deficit come with imperfections, so why not accept them — and ourselves?
The morning started with searching for the appointment book again... one of at least a half-dozen appointment books. There is the Google calendar, the Yahoo calendar, the legal pad with the litany of to-do items, resolutions, promises, goals, short term, medium term, long term.
All I want to do is take a match and burn everything. If you can't find it, then burn the pile and...
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Thursday October 2nd - 11:07am
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The Jerk-JockOn a date, I am reminded that everyone has issues. I have warts, too.
OK, this is the 12th date, with the really quiet, seemingly nice and normal guy (AKA the jerk-jock) and probably the last one. At first, he looked reserved, pleasant, preppie—a blend between insurance and banker—but it turns out he is totally weird. He's a control freak. When I say I can't talk now, but I can talk later, he just says, "I'll call you tomorrow."
The warts...
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