Gina Pera's Blog, page 18
February 25, 2020
What Does Adult ADHD Look Like? It Depends On the Individual!
What does Adult ADHD look like? In fact, it can look different in each person who has it! Maybe you’ve heard that people with ADHD are “creative” or “risk-taking” or “extroverted.” The truth is, people with ADHD are individuals. Yes, that’s right. The estimated 10 to 20 million of these adults in the U.S. alone […]
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February 13, 2020
Happy Valentine’s Day to ADHD Roller Coaster Relationship Riders
It's Valentine's Day on the ADHD Relationships Roller Coaster. Are you celebrating—or crying? I used to dread the occasion. Now I look forward. How did this happen?
Let's travel back in time. Back to the “bad old days,” before my husband and I started happily traipsing through the woods singing "I Got You, Babe" (see video at the end of this post).
Back when we were getting ferociously whipped around on the ADHD roller coaster—but had just discovered ADHD. By chance.
Back when we desperately needed better strategies—fast! The year was 1999, and almost no one was talking about Adult ADHD—much less Adult ADHD relationships.
As for Valentine's Day, we were lucky it wasn't the Valentine's Day Massacre.
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February 4, 2020
Divorcing a High-Conflict ADHD Spouse
Divorcing an already high-conflict ADHD spouse risks ratcheting up the conflict—unless you have a strategy. In this post, I offer valuable advice from an expert, Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Over the years, I’ve witnessed many painful cases where this high-conflict divorce scenario played out to an expensive and emotionally exhausting extreme. That is, one spouse […]
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January 28, 2020
Frank, ADHD, And The Traffic Cop
It doesn’t sound comedic: Getting pulled over by the traffic cop when you have ADHD. But the best comedy involves a bit of pain, right? Welcome to an excerpt from Frank South’s one-man show, Pay Attention: ADHD in Hollywood, on the Rocks, with a Twist. It overflows with hard-but-entertaining truths about some adults’ experience […]
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January 20, 2020
Silicon Valley Adult ADHD Support
If you live in or are visiting the San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley and seeking support for Adult ADHD—yours or your partners—you’ve come to the right place! For more than a decade, I have led two free groups. They take place monthly in Palo Alto, near Highway 101, Oregon Expressway, and Middlefield. Two Monthly Groups […]
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December 31, 2019
Organized! My ADHD Tech Stack
First, what is an “ADHD Tech Stack”? Simply put, it’s a collection of apps and devices that helps you to stay on top of your commitments, goals, and tasks. A few weeks ago, Jaclyn Paul explained the genesis of her new book. Creating Order from ADHD-Fueled Chaos. In my experience, the first step comes with […]
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December 17, 2019
Six Key Management Tools for Adult ADHD: Time, Tasks, and Memories
Is that all it takes—six key ADHD management tools? Well, not exactly. But they can create a strong foundation. Highly organized people are made—not born. At least that’s what I’ve observed. And guess what? The most organized people I know happen to have ADHD. They definitely weren’t born organized, though. Just the opposite. They struggled […]
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Six Key ADHD Management Tools
Highly organized people are made—not born. At least that’s what I’ve observed. And guess what? The most organized people I know happen to have ADHD. They definitely weren’t born organized, though. Just the opposite. They struggled mightily for years with managing time, tasks, priorities, and stuff. Then they took that most universal ADHD challenge—chronic disorganization—and […]
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December 10, 2019
Anne of Green Gables Has ADHD?
Could Anne of Green Gables have ADHD? How about Pastor Meredith? We’ve all experienced it: While watching a movie, reading a book, or listening to a song, we recognize….ADHD. Even if the creator of that work had never heard of it. My friend Penny H. recognized behaviors similar to her husband’s Inattentive-ADHD-type challenges while reading […]
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December 3, 2019
Correct Diagnosis Matters: Is It Alzheimer’s Or Long-Missed ADHD?
Do you worry about this? That is, ADHD in older people misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s or dementia. I worry about it. A lot. This misdiagnosis poses devastating consequences for those individuals and everyone who loves them. And the medical community should be taking this possibility seriously. One thing I know about Alzheimer’s: There is no consensus […]
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