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Someday, We’ll Look Back on This Fondly
ADHD manifests differently during each stage of childhood, and my kids are now squarely in the...
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Welcome to the No Judgment Zone! Read these essays, diary entries, and snapshots of daily life written by ADDitude readers who are parenting children with ADHD, living with adult ADHD, and all of the above.
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“What I’ve Learned In the Year Since My ADHD Diagnosis”
“The first time I took Adderall, I realized how much extra and dangerous noise had been occupying my...
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“It’s Really OK to Get the Heck Off Stage.”
When my daughter retreated from the chorus concert after one and a half songs, I was not...
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Happy Mather’s Day — Flaws and All
The experts tell us that we act as our kids’ external executive functions right through high school...
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“What If It’s Not Actually the Happiest Place on Earth for Us?”
Did you know that Disney offers a Disability Access Service that allows children with ADHD to...
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The Bachelor Effect
Reminiscing about my bachelor days — and the frighteningly small amount of time I spent cleaning,...
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Intense Parents of the World, Unite!
We try not to shout from the sidelines, but sometimes we do. Why? Our standards are high and our...
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On Becoming the Wife I Felt My Husband Always Deserved
“There’s a lingering ache — mostly low-level but sometimes almost unbearable — for how things might...
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“Dear Doctors: I Need You Tell Me There Is No Magic Cure”
“My mother told me I needed to create more structure. My aunt told me I needed to be present. Others...
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The Politics of Dad’s Screensaver
Take a look at my phone’s background photo, and you get an idea of which child is in my good graces...
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Hidden Steps: How Learning to Dance Shaped My ADHD Marriage
Before our wedding, my wife and I enrolled in a dance class. In the process, I learned to tango — and...
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“My Child Was Diagnosed at Age 3 — and Thank God She Was.”
Many clinicians insist that ADHD evaluations are worthless before age 5 or 6. But I knew something...