Positively Pastoral

I fall asleep while the TV is on. I don't mean to, but my friends and family know that after 5:00 is sleepy time if I’m in front of the TV. It's been this way my entire life. This is the reason that I end up multi-tasking while I watch TV - because it keeps me awake. Husband™ hates it when I don't pay attention to watching the TV when I'm watching TV. I now know that my ADHD brain is just stimulated enough by watching TV that it doesn't need to go hyperactive and I can finally relax (i.e. sleep). Husband™ also knows that if I do end up falling asleep in front of the TV, just leave me there and let me sleep. Because after I wake up and turn the TV off, I can't go back to sleep after that. This is precisely what happened last night. We are at the end of a kid-free week (Thanks Nana and Gampy!) and were watching the grown-up things that we don't get to watch much. Of course I fell asleep! What happened last night is not anything different than...

Hello there. My name is Jessica, and I am living with ADHD. I will get into more specifics on this later. But the most important thing you need to know right now is that I only this week received a diagnosis.  Being an adult with ADHD brings on challenges that you don't hear about a lot. I wanted to document every step of my journey, so I am re-starting my old blog. I want to remember where I started. I want to inspire people who are suspecting that they themselves might have ADHD. I want people who love someone with ADHD to better understand what they are going through. I want my own spouse and loved ones to understand what I am going though. Disclaimer:  Not everyone with ADHD shows the same symptoms, characteristics, etc. I am speaking from my own lived experience, as that is the only authority I have on this matter. I am still learning a lot, and I invite you to join me on this journey as well. Today was the first day I started taking medications for my diagnosis. I am wor...