Billionaire entrepreneurs, Gold medal winning Olympic athletes and entertainers, and pulitzer prize newspaper columnists have gone public with ADHD but up until now no elected politician in Canada or in the US has gone public with having ADHD that I’ve been able to find. I’ve searched the web and asked many people in both Canada and the US who work with people with ADHD.
This is despite many politicians going public with depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, etc.
I’m a political science major who has ADHD, coaches adults with ADHD and who started working on political campaigns at 16 and I’m a long time politics junkie. I think many politicians have ADHD but are afraid to go public with it.
There are many reasons why ADHD can be an asset as a politician that I’ll list below. I’ve talked to others who work in politics behind the scenes who know ADHD and they agree. Read more...
Girls with ADHD were 2.7 times more likely to develop Anorexia Nervosa a study in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics showed. This post will show that girls and women with ADHD have higher rates of Anorexia Nervosa and explain some of the reasons why.
Anorexia isn’t a “trend” for some models/actresses/singers. Its a serious eating disorder and a mental health condition where people starve themselves /exercise to try and maintain a weight far below what’s normal for their age & weight.
Girls and women with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have higher rates of ALL eating disorders. Read more...
- Women with ADHD had higher rates of past Anorexia and Bulimia, and past and current panic disorder says a study in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
CADDAC, The Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada is launching the first ever Canadian Survey on ADHD asking parents, caregivers, and adults with ADHD about their experiences with ADHD, the medical system, and the educational system. They are encouraging everyone to spend a few minutes filling in this survey online.
The information gathered will assist them to not only better understand the needs of families with ADHD across Canada, it will help them advocate to medical, education, and government systems in the future.
Please help them help those impacted by ADHD by filling out this questionnaire online and passing the link on to anyone else that you think might be interested.
Please complete the adult ADHD or parents of children with ADHD survey here
Good post by Gretchen Rubin on the 11 myths of De-cluttering. Clutter is often a very big problem for many ADHD adults and often causes a lot of stress and irritation for their spouses.
He are a few
5. “I can’t get rid of anything that I might possibly need one day.” How terrible would it be if you needed a glass jar and didn’t have one? Do you have gigantic stores of things like rubber bands or ketchup packets? How many coffee mugs does one family use?
6. “I might get that gizmo fixed.” Face it. If you’ve had something for more than six months, and it’s still not repaired, it’s clutter. Read more...
