HaldeCrate
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Six weeks on new brain meds
The result of the test is that I do have ADHD. But… just a little. Like, I barely scored on the scale for positive. More than the ADHD, I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and probably PTSD, and those have been causing the panic attacks. After talking with my doctor for a long time about a
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What’s your damage, Heather?
While I was waiting for the results of the test, I played a little game. I wrote down some of the things I consider symptoms; things I’d like to get a better handle on, control better, work with, cure, fix, whatever. I Googled some of the overall labels like Anxiety, Grief, ADHD, and compared the
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Let’s talk about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Back in … Late May? Early June? My doctor sent out an email saying they were starting to do this in-office test thing, to test for ADHD. I didn’t really think anything of it, but for some reason I also didn’t delete the email. I mean, other than the “things only people with ADHD will
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Childhood Friends
Who was your first friend? What did they mean to you as a kid? Do you have a favorite story about them? Are you still in touch? Uh…. I gather there were kids I played with, but I’d have to say the first friend in my age range that I actually remember would be Chris
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Let’s talk about Anxiety
I’ve always been anxious. I never wanted to be, I don’t enjoy it, it’s definitely not something I wake up in the morning and think “gosh, I hope I’m anxious today!” about. But I am. But, am I? I mean, is it ME, who I am, how I am defined? Or is it just chemicals
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Too many forks and not enough spoons
CW: death, grief, widowhood, mental health Dear Tim; A couple of weeks after you died, I was putting clean silverware away, and I had a passing thought – “when we broke up, and Tim moved out, why didn’t he take any of these damn forks? Jesus, I have so many FORKS.” – heartbeat – [stares
