10 Posts to Owning ADHD

This year at Power Moms Unite, we are exploring steps to take control of  living with ADHD.  In January, we examined denial, and the idea of mourning the life we had imagined we would have.  In February, we continued to examine denial and added a focus of looking at our own stuff and taking care of the caregiver.  In March the focus turned to action and taking steps to control the ADHD chaos in a ADHD household...

My ADD Moment

I am often asked, when did you know your child had ADHD.  After we laugh about, “well which one are we talking about,” I have to say I can’t honestly pinpoint one single moment that said, this one has ADHD, but there was a single moment when I realized I couldn’t ignore that there was a real issue in my house. One Saturday morning, I heard outside my bathroom window, “Mom…...

Moving Past the Anger

How the heck do you seek first to understand before you seek to be understood-when you are just so darn mad that your spouse won’t entertain the idea that your rambunctious boy could have something else going on?  How do calmly steer that “conversational ship” when all your mommy-alarms are going off deep deep down in your gut?  It’s hard enough to acknowledge your greatest fears, let alone bring your...

Own Your Stuff

To be an effective manager of a houseful of ADHD, we have to move from being centered on past hurts, failures, and fears to focusing on owning our future, making decisions based on our goals not our fear- of spousal disapproval, parental disapproval, or societal lack of understanding.  We have to be brave and look at our habits, or choices, or struggles and ask how am I going to address these?  We have to own our...

Anosognosia: Wired for Denial

Recognizing your own family’s ADHD can be particularly difficult for families where ADHD is present.  There is growing body of evidence that individuals with ADHD have a neurological difference in how their brain is wired, making it neurologically difficult to observe themselves and link cause and effect over time. Dr. Xavier Amador, http://www.xavieramador.com/ director of psychology at the New York State...