best laid plans... I was totally planning on recording your ADHD meds video yesterday and gladly shooting it off into the ether so it'd be waiting for you in your inbox when you needed a break today... but... Helene! For those who aren't in Florida or the southeast path of this lovely gift from mother nature, it was a Cat 4 hurricane that hit a little north of us last night. We're fine. Our house is fine. Our kids are thrilled (2 hurricane days next to a weekend!!). And just a little water in...
9 days ago • 2 min read
“If you want to sleep in a coffin tonight it would be alright” and then the undertaker closes the door leaving the girl alone with 4 corpses for the night. I giggled. (It sounds morbid but it was actually pretty funny in context) Damn. The movie shut off. Again. I’m looking at that blue bar on the left. Hmmm. How can I make it go up with out MAKING it go up? That’s right, soft intention. Down a little. Boo. Up a little. Yay? Up a lot! But not past the yellow line. Yet… My mind feels funny,...
16 days ago • 3 min read
”Okay can you please run that by me again Dr. Notsogoodwithconsciouspatients?” “I mean, I need you to come see my patient. She’s crying. I think she’s really sad. Maybe she’s depressed or something.” “Did you ask her?“ “Uh……” “What’s the clinical question here?” “Come on, dude! It’s 3am! Can’t you just come and talk to her??” I mean, yes, of course I could. And since I was a resident on psych consults, I did. Because I was already rudely awoken by someone on ortho who had a “scary” crying...
23 days ago • 2 min read
After some watermelon and fire flies we were off to our B&B to snuggle down for the night. But when we arrived, the old Victorian mansion loomed unwelcomely. The house was completely dark inside and out. Ours was the only car pulled in the driveway and there was nothing around but spiderwebs and the chirping of crickets. After using the code to sneak through the back door I was completely unsettled. Where was everyone? Or anyone at all?? are you sure we have the right address? My husband and...
30 days ago • 3 min read
Ok, I'm being dramatic. This past Monday I just got one step closer to being 50! Which is not a bad thing at all! (and the options are not plentiful...) But it's time I finally face the facts. I need to see someone about my hormones. Yeah, yeah. I know. I talk to my patients "of a certain age"😝 about this all the time! And many of my closest friends. Over the past year I've tried to: Better balance my workouts. Better balance my work-life stuff. Eat less sugar and drink less beer. Sleep more!...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Seriously, Reader, how do you feel about your handwriting? This has purpose, I promise. But let me back up a little. Lots of people hate journaling. it totally doesn't have to start off like this I’m not sure why, or what they’re doing that makes it so awful, but many of my patients are staunch haters of the journal. What about you? Do your clients like to journal? Do they get a lot out of the practice? This may seem a little weird but I want to talk about why journaling, specifically by...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
it's that time of year again. New backpacks... Sharp crayons... Weird afternoon not-rush-hour traffic... The smell of freshly sharpened pencils... It's back to school time! (At least here in my steamy bit of Florida) too soon for detention! Which made me think this was the perfect time to talk about ADHD! In this week's video I'm specifically addressing ADULT ADHD and how that may look different than for kids. For adults, the time of year is not really as important (except maybe for grad...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
After our iceberg dodging and a few too many chocolate chip cookies, it was time! We had a few minutes to get ready so we raced off to our rooms giddy with the idea of jumping into 42F degree sea water with ice floating all around. My life vest was damp and scratchy and the deck was cold and wet. As we climbed into the zodiac one by one, the sun shone down on us warming our much too exposed skin. How long would this take? How long would I be in the water? For how long would I be cold?? The...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Last week my internet broke. Well, I guess it didn’t just “break”. The guy yielding the FiOS-killing edger CUT our beautiful Google-giving cable. I looked at the thing with the light in the living room. It’s red. Is it usually red? Probably not but it usually works so I don’t look at it. At all. Go unplug the thing in the garage. Quickly count to 27 and just decide that’s long enough and plug it back in. Still no connection. No work for me or summer-homework for my kids! Chat with the bot...
2 months ago • 3 min read