My ADD / ADHD Blog

Call Your Doctor!!

I think that online support communities for ADD / ADHD are great. Sites like ADD Forums and Women with ADHD really help people connect with each other and learn more about Attention Deficit Disorder. However, online Attention Deficit Disorder support communities are not a one stop place for everything related to ADHD.

People who are taking medication for ADHD need to communicate with their doctors about side effects! If you are having chest pains or trouble breathing you should not be over at ADD Forums writing a detailed post about it. You should be contacting your doctor, calling 911, or on your way to the Emergency Room.

No, I am not kidding! I have seen people do this!

Can't Focus on Sex

It's quite common for Women with ADHD to have trouble paying attention while having sex. Their minds often wander while having sex. For some women that's not a bad thing. I guess it all depends on what the mind wanders to. For many women their mind starts wandering to things like housework, bills that haven't been paid, and countless other things which ruin the mood.

Recently there has been some discussion about this in some the online ADHD Communities. The forum post called Sex & ADD: Can't focus, can't get in the mood has become quite active over at Women with ADHD. Ned Hallowell also offered some advice in his post Distracted During Sex? over at ADHD Marriage.

So the good news is that there is hope and women are able to connect with others who are also dealing with this same issue.

Interview with Terry Matlen

Yesterday on ADHD Coach Talk I interviewed author and ADHD expert Terry Matlen. If you missed the live interview you can still listen it here. We talked about many of the great resources Terry Matlen offers people who are affected by Attention Deficit Disorder. Terry and I also talked about a brand new resource that she and I will be launching next month. Make sure you take a listen to ADHD Coach Talk to find out how to "get into action" next month!

Support for Women with ADD

The Women with ADHD free online Support network is really taking off! We now have more than 500 members. If you are a woman with Attention Deficit Disorder stop by Women with ADHD. While you are there take a look around and consider becoming a member.

ADD Forums Change

I've been a member over at ADD Forums since 2002 and was an administrator over there for a couple years too. It's a wonderful volunteer based online ADHD Support community and the volunteers work VERY hard. Though I haven't been on staff there since 2005 I still participate as a member.

I am very happy that ADD Forums finally changed their reputation system. For the longest time people were able to anonymously take points away from people's reputation. As you can imagine it caused some issues over at ADD Forums. Some people got really hurt and upset while others tried to get reactions from people by anonymously giving bad reps.

ADD Forums no longer allows for people give reputation points anonymously. Their usernames show up when both positive and negative reputation points are given. Here's the catch though...It's retroactive!! So some people who thought they were anonymous have now been identified!

Adult ADHD and Blogging

Blogging regularly when you have Adult ADHD can be quite challenging at times. Today for example I wanted to write blog post but could not think of anything to write about. Then all of a sudden I got a bunch of different ideas and couldn't decide which one to start with.

I could have written about all of them in one sitting and scheduled them to be posted some time in the future. However, that really doesn't work for me when it comes to blogging. I need instant gratification and want to see my blog posts posted immediately after they are written.

I did end up getting myself out of my natural all or nothing mode of thinking. Instead of not writing at all or writing a bunch of posts at once I chose a middle ground. I started with this blog post and wrote down my ideas for the other blogs posts in a notebook.

Women with ADHD Support Resource

I am really excited to announce that Terry Matlen and I are launching a brand new resource for Women with ADHD. We are still working on the final touches of this online support network for Women with ADHD. However, I am letting my blog readers know about it before Terry and I officially launch it later this month.

Women with ADHD is a online place for Women with ADHD to connect with each other offer each other support. Best of all Women with ADHD is completely free.

Buyer Beware

Jeff over at Jeff's A.D.D. Mind wrote a great blog post called How NOT To Cure ADD/ADHD about an ad he saw on ADD Forums. It's a very thorough and well written article about what people need to watch out for when looking for help for ADD/ADHD on the internet. I highly recommend reading it!

By the way if you register as a member (for free) over at ADD Forums and log into your account you will NOT see any ads!

Summer at ADD Forums

While many live support groups take the summer off there is plenty of support for ADHD and ADD available online. For example ADD Forums is as active as ever!

Here are some interesting topics over at ADD Forums:

• Is there proof that Inattentive ADD exists?
• Sodas, Spending and Overdraft Fees
• Do they ever say you DON'T have ADD?

There are actually thousands of ADD/ADHD related posts over at ADD Forums. These are just a few that I wanted to highlight!

Featured Instructor Sheri Hall

Over the past few years we have had some excellent instructors leading Teleseminars at ADDClasses.com. Sheri Hall has led several Teleseminars and I'm always amazed at how creative and helpful her classes are. Right now Sheri Hall has over a dozen classes in the ADD Audio Library!

• The Biology of ADD

• Introduction to ADD / ADHD

• ADD Friendly Writing

• Behavior and Attention Deficit Disorder

• Getting from Point A to Point

• How to Make *Life* Stimulating

• How to Skate Through the Holidays

• Late Again??

• The Perfectionism Battle

• Plan for Success at College

• The Routines of Life

• Setting Up Systems That Work

You can listen to and download all of Sheri Hall's classes along with classes from other intructors by subscribing to the ADD Audio Library. The ADD Audio Library is valued at over $1897 but you can subscribe for just $9.95 per month!

Sign up now at: www.addaudiolibrary.com