Like you, I too have diagnosed ADD for which I take medication & have for years. Even so, it’s STILL quite obvious to others & a source of amusement to them & frustration to me. I relate to what you say, medication helps but it does not “fix” me.

I also have a son who is VERY ADHD (and on medication). He is one of 3 and the other 2 don’t have ADD. I want to share that I work in the school system, & I encounter MANY people who see ADD as “lack of self-discipline” (in me and other adults) and/or “poor parenting” in children who are over diagnosed according to them. This only makes those who are truly ADD feel worse about themselves.

Granted, there ARE doctors who over prescribe and there certainly diagnosed individuals with ADD whose “bad behavior” really is just the result of poor parenting. BUT there is also a very real population that HAS this condition & benefits from the appropriate meds & interventions.

That said, while I understand it’s how I am “wired” & in large part, difficult to change, I don’t want “it” to be how I am defined & more importantly, how I am limited. I am constantly searching for ways to more effectively manage my life & achieve MY goals. For me, I am constantly looking & pulling from lots of resources & try them out: from organizing books & articles to yoga to diet modifications to counseling to medications. Different things DO work for different people with varying degrees of success.

I know it’s not as simple as a short blog post on “The Sacred Six,” but it’s things like this which provide me with yet another tool in my box. It is my hope that sharing my discoveries may help someone else too in even the smallest way.

here’s the list for tomorrow.

1. Meditate/ Pranayama
2.Play with Milo
3. Teach asana classes
4. Invert/ practice asana
5. Write. (edit five more pages).
6. Make squash soup.