Life with a dash of ADHD for good measure
Hi, I’m Karen
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Coping with Menopause: Five Things That Really Help
Menopause. It’s one of those words that can make people either roll their eyes or look slightly terrified. But the truth is, it’s just another stage of life — a big one, yes, and not always an easy one, but definitely something you can get through (and even thrive in) with ...
Managing symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of mood disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of depression that occur at specific times of the year, typically during the fall and winter months when daylight hours are shorter. While less common, some individuals may also ...
ADHD: Addiction and risk
If you have an ADHD brain, like I do, you may have struggled with addiction, or risky behavuoues and if your diagnosis, like mine, was later in life, and you have had a lifetime of wondering why you are more prone to certain behaviours or why you have or still struggle with ...
Different ADHD types
ADHD is a broad spectrum diagnosis, and comes with different ADHD types. I fall under the presentation of combined ADHD. My son also presents with some of the characteristics of both. He was diagnosed when he was 8, I was diagnosed at 45. There is a very strong genetic ...
I am not the problem, it’s ADHD. The ADHD diagnosis
The one with where we find out it might not be anxiety, it might actually be ADHD...
If you have read my blog or followed me on social media for any length of time, you will know that I have dealt with anxiety and mental health issues for most of my life in one way ...
Basic self care for Mums
Self care for mums can come in in many different forms, and as a busy working mum, with some mum experience under my belt, I can tell you three things:
All mums, be they full time at work out of the home, part time working, working from home or full time at home, need ...
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