David Pomeroy MD

Organization – a word that brings a shudder of shame and guilt to all with ADHD. We know we don’t do it well, even though we may have read all kinds of books and tips. There is an approach which holds hope for us, and that is “marginal gains”, progress that comes from making incremental changes.

Organization is not just “arrange the clutter”, it also applies to managing time. That may be the aspect of it that leads to many of the frustrations of ADHD. Simple changes one or two at a time can reduce that frustration quotient significantly.

My guest is Denise Allan, a professional organizer who holds a designation of ADHD Specialist from the National Association of Professional Organizers; she figures 70% or more of her clients have ADHD. Her monthly newsletter can be found at www.simplyexperts.com and on her Facebook page Simplify Experts has a daily tip on organization.

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Lose your keys again? Up too late doing “one more thing”? Down on yourself because “I got nothing done today” when only 3 of your 18 items on the to-do list got done? My guest on this show is Doug Puryear MD, a psychiatrist who discovered at age 64 that he had ADHD, and he set out to change the ways ADHD had interfered with his life. His book Your Life Can Be Better outlines many strategies you can use to do exactly that. He also has 2 blogs on ADHD issues, at www.ADDadultstrategies.wordpress.com . His basic approach: identify the problem, create a strategy, make a rule and follow it (expect that you will flop a few times, pick yourself up and start again) and the rule becomes a habit.  Listen up, find out how you can do the same !

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Does “screen time” on Smartphones, laptops, tablets etc affect my child’s brain? If so, how? Is she losing anything, or not developing some skills because she’s on YouTube and Netflix and Facetime so often? How much screen time is OK, and at what age? Listen to this show with Dr. Mary Burke, psychiatrist in San Francisco who has studied, written and lectured about these questions. One crucial skill everyone needs is the ability to read emotions from facial expressions, and that is based upon face-to-face time with parents mainly. When children are in an unresponsive social environment (parent or sitter or sib on screen, not interacting), that alters the expression of some genes and critical pathways are undeveloped. Does it matter? You bet it does! Listen up !

What can replace screen time? Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood  has great ideas, check it out !

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Have you ever wondered with your child or a family member might have bipolar disorder, in addition to or instead of ADHD?  Do the rages your child exhibits always represent bipolar disorder?  This can be a difficult distinction to make for health care professionals and yet it is an important one to make, due to the serious nature of bipolar disorder.  In today’s show my guest Dr. Robert Olivardio and I will discuss how parents and family members can provide information to the health care professionals they’re working with that can be very helpful in determining whether a bipolar disorder is present.  Dr. Olivario is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Lexington Massachusetts and also a clinical instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School.  He specializes in the treatment of ADHD, executive functioning disorders, OCD, and issues faced by students with learning disorders.  He serves on the Advisory Boards of ADDitude magazine as well as national ADHD organizations.

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Do you plan out your day? Do you have a  good idea on how long a task will  take you to finish?  Do you have an ADHD accountability partner? For answers to these questions and more, listen to my conversation with Eric Tivers, LCSW, MSSW. Eric is a nationally recognized expert in the field of ADHD and productivity.   In his private practice he works with clients of all ages; he also has a “public practice” using online approaches in a variety of ways.

His website is www.ADHDreWired.com. On it you can find links to his podcast  “ADHD rewired” as well as  his unique approach to coaching for ADHDers that utilizes easy to use video conference technology –  ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Groups. This is an intensive online program, structured 12 week interactive groups of 12 people per group, from all different walks of life with the shared issue of difficulty coping with ADHD roadblocks. You can learn more about the group atwww.coachingrewired.com. Eric has also put together a 5 part video series called “125 Strategies to get your ADHD reWired.”. You can find that at www.erictivers.com/125strategiesvideo

So listen up, discover more ways to change your ADHD challenges into solutions that work for you!

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