#adhdparenting — Public Fediverse posts
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#Neurodiverse people love talking about 2 things: 1- How no one understands their situation & 2- How everyone has undiagnosed #ADHD.
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Us single-moms are, obviously, the easy target. This is gross! please don't spread this crap and call it out when you see it.
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder, it doesn't come from trauma nor lack of play in childhood.
Life is challenging enough with Executive Function Deficit Disorder (a proposed better name), who is likely raising EFDD children, as it runs in families. The last thing we need is this layer of cruelty on top.
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When my son was first diagnosed at 10 with #ADHD, I questioned the diagnosis because I knew he could spend HOURS reading, playing with certain block building toys, and playing video games. What I thought I knew about ADHD was that it was all about an inability to focus. How could my kid who had intense interests that he spent hours doing have something that was exactly the opposite of fidgeting, distractedness, and inability to settle down and do a task? But hyperfocus IS part of ADHD. According to ADDitude magazine, "Hyperfocus is thought to result from abnormally low levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that is particularly active in the brain’s frontal lobes. This dopamine deficiency makes it hard to “shift gears” to take up boring-but-necessary tasks." #ADHDParenting #Neurodiversity #ADHDMom https://www.additudemag.com/understanding-adhd-hyperfocus/?fbclid=IwAR34CqLCjuWJojVol8RUqQZKTLyrYtEPaGGdQANBsmyAQL5kNfpuK4_Xpyo
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It's said that people who are neurotypical have a strong sense of time, and that people with ADHD struggle with it. Time for ADHDers tends to slip away more easily. So, for example, if I ask my son to do the dishes in the next half hour, he might agree, but then totally forget. If I want to make sure he starts the dishes in that time period, I need to have him set an egg timer or an alarm on his phone. But his biggest struggle with time has to do with what ADHDers call: Waiting Mode. As in, he wakes up at, say 10am, and knows he has a dentist appointment at 3pm, and this then distracts him from being able to do anything productive in the next 5 hours. In part this is because of the anxiety of going to the dentist, but in part because he has this sense that if he doesn't keep the dentist appointment at the front of his mind, he will forget he has to go to it (even though he knows I'll remind him and will take him). #ADHDParenting #ADHDMom #neurodivergent
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ADHD and Depression. We have experienced days with my son where he could not get out of bed, begged us to not make him go to school and expressed suicidal thoughts. This "stuff" is TERRIFYING for parents. I am not licensed to dealing with depression, but I will tell you this.... It can feel overwhelming to know where to begin. This article offers some useful insights: https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-and-depression-symptoms-treatment/
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If you are a parent struggling to understand your kid’s ADHD (or your own!), it can be incredibly overwhelming to figure it all out on your own. I've built a page on my website that shares a few resources I’ve found particularly helpful: https://www.elizabethrynecki.com/books/salvaged-a-memoir-of-parenting-shipwrecks-and-adhd/ #adhdparenting #adhdmom #adhdsupport #adhdawareness #adhdbrain
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I wish I’d had this book years ago (it’s a pretty new release). I recently found a list of “helpful suggestions” from a therapist about ways to help my son with his ADHD. Looking at it today, it is so UNHELPFUL. This book is 100 times more helpful. It’s “in the trenches” advice from a woman who has ADHD, her real world struggles, her partner’s gentle insights, and their willingness to be so honest about it all while having a sense of humor. #neurodivergent #ADHDParenting
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I'm looking to start a #BookReview from an #ADHD perspective #blog (all #book sorts).
Care to join as a contributor? Please reply/ DM me!
#ADHDers #ADHDer #ADHDWriter #ADHDWomen #ADHDParenting #Books #BookLover #BookBloggers #BloggerCommunity #BookReviewBlog #Bookstodon #BookMastodon #BookReviews
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It's so personally frustrating to be disappointed with the behavior of your child based on your expectations, while at the same time know they're doing what they are able to do. And at the same time be so proud of them for being present and doing their best. #adhdivergent #adhdparenting
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I wrote a KQED Perspectives piece on my son’s ADHD. It aired this morning. https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601142851/elizabeth-rynecki-living-with-adhd #ADHD #ADHDParenting #neurodivergent
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Passionate momvocate & educator who writes, speaks, & provides professional development about whole class accommodations for ALL learners 🌟 Here to connect & share with friends both new & old 🧡 #education #edutooter #teacher #author #adhd #inclusion #ADHDParenting #pln #edtech