Jane D. Blog

Late Fees and Lost Checks

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:23:07 GMT

Among the 1,001 things on my mind, I forgot to pay my credit card bill. The debt collectors were calling, and I was going to snap.

Igniting Interest

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:59:30 GMT

I'm ready to stop the vicious cycle of dropping things when they're no longer a novelty.

A Day at the Beach

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:49:00 GMT

In conversations, I cling onto every word, so that I won't be caught in my inattentiveness. Sometimes though, what I hear is like Greek.

When Will This Stop?

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:29:32 GMT

I often fantasize of a workplace where ADD and creativity are rewarded. Then maybe the anxiety and depression wouldn't be a problem.

Summer Unraveling

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:24:51 GMT

Things are exploding at work. I can see the landscape — the big ideas — but with the ADD, I miss the details of that landscape.

All Apologies

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:08:14 GMT

Sorry, sorry, sorry. I can't help it, but sometimes, it's not the ADD.

The ADD's Not Too Sexy

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:12:06 GMT

I'm struggling with a disorder that gets no sympathy and just doesn't seem very sexy.

A Million Thoughts

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:51:36 GMT

In the course of a work day, my thoughts vary from how to be a fashion designer to making a soufflé. Will I ever find a place of peace?

Beach Days

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:03:15 GMT

Given the number of drinks I've knocked over on dates, I'd say adults with ADD are dumb when it comes to coordination.

A Summer Romance

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:57:54 GMT

Juggling men and unraveling the roots of ADD...

Babbling

Fri, 30 May 2008 16:28:18 GMT

In many ways I feel like having ADD is like being a child-adult; my tendency and the temptation is to sit in a sandbox and make mud pies.

Liar, Pants on Fire

Tue, 27 May 2008 17:14:13 GMT

Did my shrink say she was an expert in ADD? If so, why was she being so callous?

A Fine for Forgetfulness

Fri, 23 May 2008 14:59:21 GMT

After losing the prescription, I sulked in the waiting room and thought about life before the assembly line of shrinks and different meds.

Rebounding and Rebounding

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:58:40 GMT

What hurt most was how I had tried to explain that something was wrong. The behavior therapy, the drugs, the beginnings but no ends. Only like everything else, he wants to avoid the issue.

You Call This Summer?

Mon, 19 May 2008 19:30:39 GMT

The stepmom is convinced I need to find a solid, dependable partner—the opposite of me.

I Give Up

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:52:06 GMT

After swallowing the ADD meds, I had new thoughts, new plans—but no means to start the engine.

Survivors

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:28:47 GMT

If ADD were a gift, we'd publicize it — and not feel strait jacketed by everything conventional.

Serial Dating

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:35 GMT

I joined three dating sites, but forget the passwords half the time — not to mention the names of the dates themselves.

Killing Fish

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:04:51 GMT

I'd slept like a pig and broken all the self-made resolutions. Why even take the Adderall, I wondered?

Winter Blues, Paving the Way for a Spring Funk

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:19:14 GMT

I calculated the cost for ADD meds and therapy as $10,000 a year, and felt like I was backed into a corner, suffocating.

The Trouble with Tough Love

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:17:39 GMT

From the father to Uncle Sam to shrinks, no one's cutting slack on my ADD lapses.

It's Finally Over

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:08:47 GMT

Why do I keep looking back instead of going forward?

Feeling the Sting of ADD

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:13:03 GMT

I've taken the meds, but it's failing me. ADD is still that two-year-old wreaking havoc on my life.

Springtime Blues

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:28:22 GMT

When everything is one big question mark, it becomes more than just the ADD.

Popepalooza

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:20:30 GMT

I waited three hours on line to get into Yankee Stadium to see the Pope on Sunday, and then I sat through a three-hour mass, nearly driving my obsessive ADD self into a nervous breakdown.