Escalator, Make Up Your Mind, Questions?
Months ago—maybe years ago—I had a daydream about a community for adults with ADHD where we could hang out in all our disorganized glory and I could answer questions, the tougher and weirder, the better.
Now, as often happens around here, that daydream is real! ADHD Town Hall, a virtual online community for ADHD adults, begins March 31st. It’s affordable, unusual and open for registration. (Find out more and sign up here.)
So much is shiny about this for me. I could go on and on!
On second thought, I’ll be brief. My editor will keep me on task. (Editor’s note: Thanks, James. Now, get to the point. What are the THREE SHINIEST THINGS about ADHD Town Hall?)
Okay. Here they are.
In 1993, I attended my first ADHD conference in New York City. Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. Russell Barkley were featured speakers. I’m riding the escalator to the conference room and I suddenly realize I’m in a sea of ADHD people. It wasn’t your typical New York City crowd--it was real, award-winning disorganization. And all these people were going to have to sit in rows in a conference room, in straight-backed chairs, adhere to a strict time schedule, refrain from impulsive commentary. . .Yeah, that was quite an escalator ride! Ever since then I’ve wanted to find a space where ADHD adults didn’t have to squeeze themselves into someone else’s structure. I know we’re all tired of Zoom, but in this case, meeting virtually is really going to work in our favor.
If you want to thrive with, and in spite of, ADHD, there’s always hard work ahead. Therapy, which I recommend, costs money. Evaluating meds can be a slog. But you want to thrive, don’t you? Yes--and yes to therapy and to medication that works--but how excited are you, really, to tackle another commitment? Make up your mind--what does that even mean and how is the ADHD brain supposed to process such a concept? Well, ADHD Town Hall is a break from all that--an affordable forum where you can ask questions and get answers, in real time, and no one cares where you sit. (Find out more and sign up here.)
I love answering questions...especially about ADHD!
