Searching for my Unified Theory of Crazy: I Officially Have Adult ADHD – Now what?? [Plus, why I cried in Frozen]

by Charlottemental health, UncategorizedPosted on 86 Comments

I need this shirt SO BAD. “That’s not normal, you know,” the doctor said, tapping the chart lightly with her pen. She was looking at some preliminary test results for one of my sons who I had brought in to talk about his problems at school. (Ironically it’s not the son the school was telling …

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The Red 40 Diet: Is There a Link Between ADHD and Food Additives? [Also, how do you do an elimination diet with a child without giving them an eating disorder?? HELP ME PLEASE!]

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Can you tell which one is the kid with the “hyperactivity issues”? “I have to go potty!” Jelly Bean yelled. Of course she does I grumbled to my husband. We were 10 hours into a 14-hour roadtrip, it was pitch dark, we were crawling through a white-out blizzard in nowheresville Kansas and we’d just passed the …

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