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Friday July 29th - 9:00am
Does ADHD, Social Anxiety Make Me Invisible?Because of my attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and social anxiety, I feel invisible during the first few days of college. But surrounded by confident peers, how long can I refuse to practice my social skills?
I pace in tight circles around my 8-by-8 dorm room. The room is lit by blue-gray 5 a.m. light. I’ve been pacing since 11 p.m. Now sunrise is poking its intrusive face through my window. It flashes straight into my bloodshot eyes. I stub my toe on the foot of my cot and watch a toenail buckle. I throw my face into the cot’s sheets --...
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Wednesday July 20th - 2:30pm
Financial StressAs my debt mounts, my attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and anxiety make it hard to focus on making money. Can I manage my financial stress and get control of my finances before it's too late?
For the next 30 seconds, I will be perfectly calm.
This idea passes through my mind as I squint at my bedroom wall through sleep-encrusted eyelids. For 30 more seconds, part of me will still be dreaming about my childhood Jack Russell terrier chasing sticks across a sunlit quad. But it's only a matter of time before my attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) mind begins eagerly whirring...
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Thursday July 14th - 4:00pm
ADHD, Anxiety, College Demands…and the Return of Nicotine CravingsNicotine patches have helped me quit smoking, but is my own drive for perfectionism on my college exams, combined with ADD/ADHD, anxiety, and cravings for nicotine, driving me right back to the cigarettes that robbed me of my brain for so long?
Two weeks have gone by since I finished the last of my nicotine patches, and I haven’t touched a cigarette. Nicotine is the furthest thing from my mind, despite having spent the better part of high school and my first year of college smoking to self-medicated my symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and anxiety. Instead, midterm madness dominates my consciousness day...
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Tuesday July 12th - 8:30am
How I Quit Smoking (a Work-in-Progress Story)After turning to cigarettes to cope with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and anxiety during high school and college, with nicotine patches as my guide, I am on the path to quitting and improving my grades.
I wake up in the morning feeling naked, as though I have just been lifted from the grave. Every morning for the past six weeks the blaring alarm clock has woken me up, telling me that it’s 7:30 a.m., and I have felt this way, lifeless. Normally I would wake up, then remember it, that I've given up cigarettes -- the one...
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Wednesday July 6th - 4:00pm
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Seeking Help to Quit SmokingTired of the foggy and unfocused feeling cigarettes left me with as an adult with ADD/ADHD and anxiety, I sought the help of a smoking-cessation specialist to help me quit smoking.
In my last post, after nearly exploding at my mother in frustration at the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) symptoms I was experiencing, I went for a run to clear my head -- and it worked.
“Mother!” I shouted in a disarmingly cheerful voice as I burst inside our house after my run. My mother, who was about to step outside the front door as I was...
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