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All too often I am reminded (again) that the line of distinction between myself and my patients is really much thinner and less well-defined than the plexiglas divider between the nursing station and the rest of the unit. Here is one of those moments of insight, encountered recently during a mental health assessment:
Me: “Do you [...]

My friend Mark recently wrote a post that spotlighted some of the frustration experienced by those of us with AD/HD and the people in our lives. This is my response to his post.
“The problem is remembering to live in the now.” ~Mark
That is what the “chronically normal,” as Dr. Fred Frese calls them (referring to [...]

“When I was in 3rd grade they said I was a genius but I told them, ‘I can’t be a genius, I can’t fit inside a lamp.’”

“Where do you see yourself five years from now?” The interviewer carefully aligns his Schaeffer pen with the top of the leather binder on the desk in front of him and leans back expectantly, lacing his fingers loosely together as he waits for my reply. This is the interview question I have always hated above [...]