Greetings!I’m Dana, a 47-year-old woman with ADHD and a dedicated Letterlife user.    I was diagnosed with ADHD at 42. Finally receiving the correct diagnosis was like having a second birthday. Since then, I have traveled a winding road. A couple of years were spent in self-reflection where I reviewed my entire life events, previous struggles and patterns. I thought about “what could have been” if only I had received the correct diagnosis earlier.  After this period came acceptance, I was fortunate to have a strong team of medical professionals to assist me in my ADHD journey. My Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Naturopathic

Today it seems like just opening your social media is enough to be flooded by health-conscious messages. One might get the impression that the very goal of life is to maximize your exercise routines or eat as nutritiously as possible. However an excessive focus on living healthy can become unhealthy in itself. And in this blog, we’ll dive into how to navigate orthorexia towards moderation. The risk of developing a problematic relationship with food or exercise is higher if you grow up feeling different without understanding why. And if you can’t trust your gut feeling because you’ve learned to go against

If you’re a woman with ADHD, ADD or autism, the statistical likelihood is that you, at some point in your life, have struggled with an eating disorder.1  If I were to ask you how you feel or have felt, about your body, the risk is even higher that you will tell me that you’ve lived a whole life in constant warfare with your body and eating behaviors. Over 50% of your ADHD sisters are likely to report the same.  Many of you will also vividly and in detail be able to describe how you’ve used food and sugar to regulate

Do you need practical tools to maintain your exercise routines over time? I suspect that, like most people, you’ve already heard that regular physical activity is a cornerstone of both mental and physical health. In this blog, the PT-Psychologist Greta Wester, will share her best exercise tips with you! Exercise increases your brain’s release of dopamine and norepinephrine, just like ADHD meds do. This can bring additional benefits for us with ADHD, such as reduced symptoms of restlessness, impulsivity and improved focus and concentration.  The paradox? Well, the very same ADHD symptoms that exercise relieves also make regular exercise particularly

Are you one of us ADHD:ers with grand plans for training that never gets executed? Maybe your life is a constant struggle to carve out breaks and pauses. And the mere thought of spending precious quality time exercising seems too masochistic? Or do you use exercise as a universal remedy for stress to a degree where it becomes unhealthy or harmful?  You are not alone!  This week’s blog is about exercise and the ADHD curse of the inability to do things in moderation. Also, new research comes with great news for ADHD:ers!  The struggle of should do’s You must have

The book “The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy – navigating the world of ‘normal people’” is written for neurodiverse people living among neurotypicals. Through facts, interviews, tips and tests, Clara Törnvall, diagnosed with autism in adulthood, provides the reader with insight into the world of ordinary, neurotypical people. Do you find it difficult to speak your mind, perceive details or find things that truly engage and interest you? Do you struggle in situations where others are silent? Do you use your imagination to reinterpret what others are saying? Do you live with a constant fear of being excluded from social

For girls and women with ADHD, ADD, and autism (sometimes abbreviated as AuDHD), social norms and expectations can become a demanding challenge. In this blog, the experienced neuropsychologist Maria Bühler, explores the maze of emotions that many women with neurodevelopmental diagnoses encounter. You’ll receive tips on smart support and strategies for navigating social interaction. The expectations of girls and women Being a girl and a woman often means being socialized in taking on the responsibility for relationships and emotions. Many girls and women testify how they early on in life felt expected to carry the emotional backpack in families, workplaces,

Living with ADHD is often living with difficulties in self-regulation. You may feel that you were born without the luxury of knowing what your gut feeling is telling you. Or having a thousand gut feelings in conflict with each other in every decision you must make. Then Mindfulness could become a good friend of yours. In such circumstances, it’s no wonder if you struggle with reading your body’s signals and regulating your energy or activity levels. And even handling your emotions or controlling your appetite.  Listening to and calibrating your body balance may feel like the last thing you have

Do you have a vague feeling that your hormones affect how you feel and behave or even worsens your ADHD, but you have no idea how? Do theories about hormones or “hormonal imbalance” seems reasonable, but doesn’t quite fit into how you perceive things? Let’s start by looking at how female sex hormones work in general and hopefully we can get closer to how things are for you as an individual. Menstruation 101 – The Female Cycle The menstrual cycle can be divided into four different phases: 1) the menstruation phase when hormone level drops and the uterus lining is