Two years? Thats ADD for you

I was really pleased that i had managed to make some regular posts to this blog, but then as usual my focus wandered and this became dusty.

The important thing I've learned while dealing with ADD is that just happens. It's how my brain works and I shouldn't hate myself for it anymore than I should hate myself for having weak ankles that ended an otherwise hopeful soccer career in high school. It just is. You just find another sport you can do and enjoy and move on.

I started a great book (in print no less) called The Wave Watchers Companion ( author escapes me and I'm posting this from my iphone so I'll update later. ) In this non fiction book the author examines all kinds of waves -- from ocean waves to brain waves -- and guess what? Research has discovered that the ADD brain operates in a constant state of the brain waves most people have right before they fall asleep, when everything is clear, and lucid, and totally wild and random. This is why they prescribe stimulants to treat ADD, to artificially "wake" us from semisleep. My mother began treating me at age 2 with coffee on the advice of a country doctor who told her "it works on their brains differently, it will calm her down." Which isn't really true as I can't function most mornings without a cup (due to the sleep deprivation of always looking for another project or activity up to the moment of exhaustion), and the caffeine definitely helps the body. I had always operated on the notion it helped our bodies keep up with our racing minds.

Anyway, definitely interesting reading.
Hopefully my next post won't be so far away. I feel like I should talk about the help I'm getting organizing my house if nothing else.