Lisa, one of our Letterlife Beta Users, also active in the Letterlife Coach program would like to share some insight with the rest of you. And I, as her coach, agree. Her take homes apply to so many of us who love our jobs so much that it sometimes takes over our entire lives. Lisa is surprised that her new life hacks already have positive ripple effects for her and her family. This is her story: I have realized for quite some time now that I needed to do some serious change in my life. And for the first time

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects millions of individuals around the world. While ADHD is often associated with symptoms like impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention, it encompasses a range of emotional and cognitive challenges that can be just as impactful. One of these challenges is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD), a concept pioneered by renowned clinical psychologist Russell A. Barkley. In this blog I will try to shed some light on this often-overlooked aspect of ADHD. ADHD – More than meets the eye. Females of all ages have since long known what research and clinic is starting to catch up with

By Heidi Dellafera Eagleton, AA, BA, JD, MArch It’s time to consider aging adults, who, like me, were diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in their sixties or later, or those elderly adults who have never been diagnosed. For years, professionals regarded ADHD as a “childhood disorder primarily affecting young boys.” Although research and diagnosis of adults with ADHD have increased over the past twenty years, it has not been the case for older adults. Of people over sixty-five who live with ADHD, an estimated 2-3 percent, only 0.2-0.5 percent of these individuals have received a formal diagnosis, and

Unfortunately, having sleep problems is the rule rather than the exception when living with ADHD (Wynchank et al., 2017).  Perhaps you are one of those who find it difficult to unwind in the evenings, with thoughts constantly swirling around and around? Maybe you’ve never been able to establish sleep routines, or your inner restlessness simply prevents your body from relaxing enough to fall asleep. Some consume too much coffee or energy drinks too late in the day. Others are plagued by anxiety and rumination. And how fair is it that when you finally get into the flow of what you’re

A blog post on procrastinating and how to stop. “My brain is like an airport with planes taking off and landing every minute. And I have no one working in my control tower. I get completely exhausted trying to keep things in order and keep up when things change.” – Tove, 17 years old Are

This week’s blog is a summary of a study from our Swedish research group at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet. The study called Association of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder with Teenage Birth Among Women and Girls in Sweden was published in JAMA Netw Open in 2019 and explore if women with ADHD have a higher risk of teenage births than their unaffected peers. ADHD is associated with increased risk taking and negative health related outcomes for both males and females and we know that girls and young women with ADHD have an earlier initiation of sexual activity than non-ADHD females. Also, they

The Basic Facts for Everyone It probably won’t come as a surprise to those of you who follow our work at Letterlife that, in addition to ADHD, we’re quite interested in our female hormones and how they affect our brains, bodies and ADHD. But honestly, how much do you really know about the most important

There’s More to Explore! Menopause, a natural phase of life for half of humanity, is marked, from a strict biological standpoint, by declining levels of the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. However, despite its quite dramatic consequences for many women’s bodies and lives—impacting memory, mood, emotional regulation, body temperature, sleep, and libido—this period of

The (lack of) knowledge about ADHD in the elderly Blog by Lotta Borg Skoglund What’s it like to suddenly, as an adult, realize that you’ve lived your entire life without understanding why certain things always seem to go wrong? Why others consistently misunderstand you, and why you can’t seem to do all the things you know you should do? My latest book, “Years Pass – ADHD Lasts” (Natur and Kultur 2023), describe how it can be to get an ADHD-diangosis as an adult or even aging adult. As in my previous books, this recent book is based on narratives from my