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Dental Health and ADHD Meds

About six months ago I wrote here and at Well-Ordered about a very nasty shock I received at the dentist: a whopping SEVEN $#%^&@ING CAVITIES.  Twice as many cavities as I’d had in my adult life thus far.  All of them between my teeth.

Getting those filled was no picnic, I assure [...]

ADHD, the “paleo” diet, and Nutrition Research = Crazymaking

Last week, I wrote about how I had “virtuously” cut my fat intake, with disastrous results.  My trainer/personal therapist told me to eat more fat, especially at lunch.  So I decided to give it a try.

I immediately felt better.  On the first day. I had more energy, less fatigued, and was not tempted to gorge [...]

ADHD Travel: How to Recover and Reintegrate

Well, I’m back from France. It was awesome for all kinds of reasons. The food, the art, the food, the history, the architecture, the food …

Now comes the difficult part.

After two virtually structureless weeks, weeks in which I could go wherever my whimsy took me, weeks in which someone else cleaned my room [...]

Wild Nights Are (Usually) My Glory

I don’t consider myself to be a neurotic person.

I say this in spite of having suffered from depressive and anxiety disorders for years.  These disorders are bona fide mental illnesses, and between that and a traumatic childhood, I spent several years in therapy sorting myself out.  I have always been and always will be triggered [...]

New Year's Resolution FAIL: Dyscalculia and Body Awareness

18 days into the New Year, and I broke my New Year’s resolution.

What is my New Year’s Resolution, you ask? Well, in 2010, I resolved to improve my proprioception.

My what?

Let me explain.

I learned the word “proprioception” from a friend I visited over the holidays. He’s a piano teacher, he’s studied technique extensively, and [...]

Being Sick Is No Fun

A few days after the new year I came down with a cold. As far as colds go, it hasn’t been that bad. I’ve even been able to breathe through my nose the whole time. The bitch of it is that when I catch a cold, I’m extremely prone to inner ear [...]

Hallowe’en Hiatus

Hallowe’en is a busy time for me.  In addition to dressing up and handing out treats, observe the old Celtic festival of Samhain from which so many of our Hallowe’en traditions derive.  Samhain (prnounced SAH-when) is part harvest festival, part new year’s festival, and part ancestor remembrance.  The holiday has a lot in common with [...]