Ritalin helps me out!

So, today I took my doctor prescribed Ritalin.  It helps me out quite a bit.  I don’t know why, but I do know it does.  ADHD is a rough road for a mom.  When I take my Ritalin, I am more focused and get so much more done.  For example, today after putting the kids on the bus, I cleaned the house and took time to call some creditors back to discuss paying the bills I owe, but can’t pay since I am unemployed.  Not fun, but with Ritalin, I can at least not ignore the issue and do something about it. 

ADHD symptoms I have noticed in myself include procrastination, which doesn’t help any situation let alone mine!   I really need a coach right now to help me through these rough patches, but coaching costs money, which I don’t have and I am barely surviving as it is.  Not a happy place, but a place all the same.  And of course winter doesn’t help because every winter I get SAD.   You know, that lack of sunshine disorder that kicks some people in the arse every winter.  I think there are special light bulbs you can buy to help overcome it, but again that takes money!!! 

ADHD also does have you switching up quite a bit pending on what is going on in your environment.  For example, I can be writing on my computer, hear the dogs bark, go to the window to see what they are barking at, see a basket of clothes, proceed to the laundry room to switch out the laundry, come back and start folding clothes, go through the kitchen, start wondering what I am making for dinner, start going through the cupboards, think about the stuff I need to get from the store, go back to my office, get paper for a list, go back to the kitchen and start making a list, hear the dogs bark again, check to see what they are barking at, see the mailman delivering mail, go outside and get the mail, come back in to my office and sit down and begin writing again.  Whew…  I so get the bumper sticker I don’t have ADHD….look a squirrel!! 

Making lists help me get done everything I need to get done around the house.   The order I get things done in changes, but the lists pretty much stay the same.  Its a tool that I use to help me with my ADHD.  I also use the tool with the kids.  They hate lists now, but know it works!!

So, my crazy universe overfilled with ADHD can sometimes be trying, but it is also entertaining.  I always think that I would not change anything about our little world, (except that job thing) because it would also change who we are.  I like me, and sometimes I even like my kids.  Now my husband, that’s another story!!!!!  

Have a wonderful day!  And if you happen to have ADHD as well, have a more focused day!

IZ