Tag: Sleep difficulties and ADHD
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When Stress & Self-Care Rain Down
I have lived somewhere in this metropolis for 29 of the past 31 years, split into two periods of time. I don’t ever recall a time where the rain poured with such steady thickness for so many hours as it did last Sunday, but I had chosen to ignore to the flash flood warning messages…
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Medication Pinball
More than three years ago, we walked out of our son’s developmental pediatrician’s office, where his “…extreme hyperactivity and impulsivity…” (Dr. D’s diagnostic report, page 5) led to a diagnosis of combined type ADHD. Medication was recommended, because his symptoms were “…causing significant functional impairments in all aspects…” (page 5) of his life. Since then,…