So, I had my first session with my new Life Coach last night. After obsessively researching it for months, I finally bit the bullet and picked one professional to try out. It wasn't at all what I had imagined, but I feel it's just what I need. She really wants to empower me to accomplish the things I aspire for. Hopefully, she can help me get into a routine and out of my bad procrastination habits. I have homework! I have to get up at 5am without hitting the snooze alarm, and shower, make a healthy breakfast, and get dressed up nice complete with hair and makeup in nice clothes. I need to do this twice, and notify her when I do.
This may sound overly simple.
It's not.
This will be a challenge.
Hopefully, by starting my day out calm and in a steady routine I can lessen my anxiety levels for the day. Here's to a successful week.
Life Coaching
So, I had my first session with my new Life Coach last night. After obsessively researching it for months, I finally bit the bullet and picked one professional to try out. It wasn't at all what I had imagined, but I feel it's just what I need. She really wants to empower me to accomplish the things I aspire for. Hopefully, she can help me get into a routine and out of my bad procrastination habits. I have homework! I have to get up at 5am without hitting the snooze alarm, and shower, make a healthy breakfast, and get dressed up nice complete with hair and makeup in nice clothes. I need to do this twice, and notify her when I do.
This may sound overly simple.
It's not.
This will be a challenge.
Hopefully, by starting my day out calm and in a steady routine I can lessen my anxiety levels for the day. Here's to a successful week.
This may sound overly simple.
It's not.
This will be a challenge.
Hopefully, by starting my day out calm and in a steady routine I can lessen my anxiety levels for the day. Here's to a successful week.
The Pros and Cons
Hyperfocus. This term is very hard to describe to a non-ADHDer. As I sit at my kitchen table with a mountain of homework to , I decide to research my next day planner purchase online- for TWO HOURS. Yes, I know this is a complete and utter waste of time, but I cannot pull myself away from this task. To me, this is hyperfocus. Call it having a one track mind that's very stubborn. This often leads to hours passing by and nothing productive getting done ( except wasting time).
There have been a few times where I have been blessed enough to have been hyperfocused on my schoolwork or paperwork. More often than not, I tend to get hyperfocused on something that i should NOT be doing!
There have been a few times where I have been blessed enough to have been hyperfocused on my schoolwork or paperwork. More often than not, I tend to get hyperfocused on something that i should NOT be doing!
The Pros and Cons
Hyperfocus. This term is very hard to describe to a non-ADHDer. As I sit at my kitchen table with a mountain of homework to , I decide to research my next day planner purchase online- for TWO HOURS. Yes, I know this is a complete and utter waste of time, but I cannot pull myself away from this task. To me, this is hyperfocus. Call it having a one track mind that's very stubborn. This often leads to hours passing by and nothing productive getting done ( except wasting time).
There have been a few times where I have been blessed enough to have been hyperfocused on my schoolwork or paperwork. More often than not, I tend to get hyperfocused on something that i should NOT be doing!
There have been a few times where I have been blessed enough to have been hyperfocused on my schoolwork or paperwork. More often than not, I tend to get hyperfocused on something that i should NOT be doing!
And in the beginning...
So, here I am. The self proclaimed "ADHD Diva". Why write this blog you may ask? The simple explanation is that I got tired of my ADHD stuff overpowering my personal blog. I come across alot of great resources, and I hope that this will be a great way to share with others out there searching for more information.
I was diagnosed this year, and the ripe old age of 24. The hardest part of getting diagnosed was actually getting myself in the door to my psychiatrist. I work in Mental Health, so I went in as a smart-ass know it all. My psychiatrist and I had many disagreements , and I think at this point it's amazing he still puts up with my garbage. I knew for many years that I had been underperforming a home, school, and at work. I was first diagnosed with Depression. I insisted that I just got down on myself because I felt like I could never finish anything I started. What's the point of getting up and doing anything if you're not going to finish it? I had also been getting anxiety attacks. My whirlwind of clutter and chaos had made things feel unbearable. This manifested itself that I would get panic attacks in the car while driving. I was so worried that another driver would pull out and hit me, or a car would stop short- I was on edge the whole ride. I get getting distracted on the road by not being able to focus in on what I was doing. I was too busy watching all the other idiots on the road! So, in the timespan of a month, I now was officially diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and ADHD.
So, where did I go from here? I started on a cocktail of meds. For about three months I played around with different meds and dosages. I felt like a lab rat, but was determined to give it a shot. Finally, I settled on my current cocktail of: Concerta 36mg and Prozac 20mg in the morning. I read books now, I can keep things semi-clean. I'm a work in progress. Now that the skeletons are out of the my closet, I hope that I can provide some things that make living with ADHD as a adult just a little easier.
I'm not an expert, and definitely not a specialist. I'm just trying to make sense of the world through ADHD colored glasses =)
I was diagnosed this year, and the ripe old age of 24. The hardest part of getting diagnosed was actually getting myself in the door to my psychiatrist. I work in Mental Health, so I went in as a smart-ass know it all. My psychiatrist and I had many disagreements , and I think at this point it's amazing he still puts up with my garbage. I knew for many years that I had been underperforming a home, school, and at work. I was first diagnosed with Depression. I insisted that I just got down on myself because I felt like I could never finish anything I started. What's the point of getting up and doing anything if you're not going to finish it? I had also been getting anxiety attacks. My whirlwind of clutter and chaos had made things feel unbearable. This manifested itself that I would get panic attacks in the car while driving. I was so worried that another driver would pull out and hit me, or a car would stop short- I was on edge the whole ride. I get getting distracted on the road by not being able to focus in on what I was doing. I was too busy watching all the other idiots on the road! So, in the timespan of a month, I now was officially diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and ADHD.
So, where did I go from here? I started on a cocktail of meds. For about three months I played around with different meds and dosages. I felt like a lab rat, but was determined to give it a shot. Finally, I settled on my current cocktail of: Concerta 36mg and Prozac 20mg in the morning. I read books now, I can keep things semi-clean. I'm a work in progress. Now that the skeletons are out of the my closet, I hope that I can provide some things that make living with ADHD as a adult just a little easier.
I'm not an expert, and definitely not a specialist. I'm just trying to make sense of the world through ADHD colored glasses =)
And in the beginning...
So, here I am. The self proclaimed "ADHD Diva". Why write this blog you may ask? The simple explanation is that I got tired of my ADHD stuff overpowering my personal blog. I come across alot of great resources, and I hope that this will be a great way to share with others out there searching for more information.
I was diagnosed this year, and the ripe old age of 24. The hardest part of getting diagnosed was actually getting myself in the door to my psychiatrist. I work in Mental Health, so I went in as a smart-ass know it all. My psychiatrist and I had many disagreements , and I think at this point it's amazing he still puts up with my garbage. I knew for many years that I had been underperforming a home, school, and at work. I was first diagnosed with Depression. I insisted that I just got down on myself because I felt like I could never finish anything I started. What's the point of getting up and doing anything if you're not going to finish it? I had also been getting anxiety attacks. My whirlwind of clutter and chaos had made things feel unbearable. This manifested itself that I would get panic attacks in the car while driving. I was so worried that another driver would pull out and hit me, or a car would stop short- I was on edge the whole ride. I get getting distracted on the road by not being able to focus in on what I was doing. I was too busy watching all the other idiots on the road! So, in the timespan of a month, I now was officially diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and ADHD.
So, where did I go from here? I started on a cocktail of meds. For about three months I played around with different meds and dosages. I felt like a lab rat, but was determined to give it a shot. Finally, I settled on my current cocktail of: Concerta 36mg and Prozac 20mg in the morning. I read books now, I can keep things semi-clean. I'm a work in progress. Now that the skeletons are out of the my closet, I hope that I can provide some things that make living with ADHD as a adult just a little easier.
I'm not an expert, and definitely not a specialist. I'm just trying to make sense of the world through ADHD colored glasses =)
I was diagnosed this year, and the ripe old age of 24. The hardest part of getting diagnosed was actually getting myself in the door to my psychiatrist. I work in Mental Health, so I went in as a smart-ass know it all. My psychiatrist and I had many disagreements , and I think at this point it's amazing he still puts up with my garbage. I knew for many years that I had been underperforming a home, school, and at work. I was first diagnosed with Depression. I insisted that I just got down on myself because I felt like I could never finish anything I started. What's the point of getting up and doing anything if you're not going to finish it? I had also been getting anxiety attacks. My whirlwind of clutter and chaos had made things feel unbearable. This manifested itself that I would get panic attacks in the car while driving. I was so worried that another driver would pull out and hit me, or a car would stop short- I was on edge the whole ride. I get getting distracted on the road by not being able to focus in on what I was doing. I was too busy watching all the other idiots on the road! So, in the timespan of a month, I now was officially diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and ADHD.
So, where did I go from here? I started on a cocktail of meds. For about three months I played around with different meds and dosages. I felt like a lab rat, but was determined to give it a shot. Finally, I settled on my current cocktail of: Concerta 36mg and Prozac 20mg in the morning. I read books now, I can keep things semi-clean. I'm a work in progress. Now that the skeletons are out of the my closet, I hope that I can provide some things that make living with ADHD as a adult just a little easier.
I'm not an expert, and definitely not a specialist. I'm just trying to make sense of the world through ADHD colored glasses =)
