Megan's Adventures

Coming up for air

Well I took my daughter to the doctor last week and ended up admitting her back into the hospital due to dehydration.  She perked up right away after they started the IV.  After 10 hours at the hospital and carrying her all over the place, I wasn't too surprised when I woke up the next morning feeling yucky myself.  I'm still feeling really bad almost a week later.  I'm hoping I can shake it off soon. 

I'm hoping to get my blog posted on my web site today.  I have it set up with an RSS Feed so you can be notified when I post an update.  My web site is www.adhd-made-simple.com just in case you find me some other way.  Don't forget to sign up for my ezine while you're there.   And let me know what you want more information about so I can be sure to put it on my site. 

I'm finding more and more references to ADD/ADHD on TV and in articles.  Sadly some of them are very misleading and upsetting to me.  Just last week I heard Dr. Phil telling someone that because she "could focus" and clean up her clutter sometimes means she most likely does NOT have ADHD.  That is just not true.  People with ADHD have an amazing ability to 'hyperfocus' when needed.  Especially if adrenaline is involved and you have company coming!  We can focus at times but we just can't always control when that will be.   I'll talk more about this in future posts.  Right now I've got to go feed my daughters some dinner. 

Welcome Back!

Hi Everybody!  Sorry it has been so long since my last post.  Sadly my life kinda spiraled out of control for a while and then being the typical Add'er I forgot about my blog.  I still have lots going on in my life but thought that now might be the perfect time to start writing again.  It is just after 6 am and I've been up since 4:30 am -- usually I am the opposite.  I am very much the night owl, but the last few days have pushed my stress level into overdrive.  Sadly sleep is even more elusive at a time when I need it the most. 

My youngest daughter is 4 now and has had a rough few days.  It started on Thursday with a trip to the dentist to put on a crown since she got a cavity 'between' her teeth -- didn't know that was possible til recently.  She started throwing up later that evening and I assumed it was just the stomach flu until early Saturday morning when she looked so weak and was burning up with fever.  I rushed her to the ER and had to be strong for her while they ran tests on her.  Nothing breaks your heart more than seeing your child sick or in pain.  After almost 4 hours there they determined she did have stomach flu that turned into pneumonia.  She seemed a little better the last couple days even though she was still not her active self.  She started getting sick again last night so I'll take her back to the doctor today. 

On top of that I have a couple neighbor girls that are being mean to my older two daughters.  As if I needed to deal with them right now.  Sadly little girls can be so mean sometimes.  Ironically they had a class on bullying yesterday at school.  Apparently they didn't 'get it' that they were doing just that.   I have faith that this will be resolved quickly.  I have no tolerance when it comes to mean and nasty people.  I don't care how old they are.  I'll let you know what happens. 

I will start posting more regularly now.  I have it written on my calendar!  I am excited to keep a running log of my life and my thoughts on ADD/ADHD.   Some days I wonder if life might be easier if I didn't have ADD but then again I wouldn't be the fun, creative person that I am without it.