Applied Chaos

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Applied Chaos is how life feels living with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder or ADHD. This theory is definately put to the test when three AD/HD people live under the same roof. I am an AD/HD mom raising two AD/HD children and being mom is the most extraordinary experience of my lifetime. My husband WES, is NOT AD/HD and most days the three of us make his head spin. YET he is sooooo amazingly patient, despite the unannounced and sudden mood shifts that can occur when something that should be simple is not. That is the hardest part of living with AD/HD. When things that should be simple are not. I have little tolerance for my downfalls. Sheer frustration can lead to angry outbursts when I have once again misplaced my cell phone, the house phone, any number of bills, the car keys, the dog, or my portable brain (calendar)!

Welcome to my CRAZY life!!!!

I was diagnosed with AD/HD as an adult and only after both my children were diagnosed. When I received my diagnosis of ADHD I had a moment of awakening and suddenly soo many things made complete sense. I finally began to understand so many things about myself.

Now I wish to hear from you. Yes, you out there reading this blog about living with ADHD. How has ADHD been a blessing, a curse, a help, or a hinder. I dislike the word disorder at the end. of Attention Defidit Hpyperactive...I do not believe that it is a disorder. Disorder makes it sound like a malfunction. People with ADHD are not broken, just different.

I hope you will share on this blog how ADHD has changed your life for the better and how you cope with the experiment in Applied Chaos that goes with ADHD on a daily basis.

Often people with ADHD can feel lost and overwhelmed yet, you are not alone and there is always a light at the eend of the tunnel. Tell me how do YOU find the light at the end of the tunnel when life seems to be an endless experiment in Applied Chaos?! I look forward to hearing from YOU!!!

Have a blessed day~



Erika Lyn Smith



September 6, 2009

Texting While Driving Video Review

Teens are by nature impulsive. ADD or ADHD teens are even more impulsive. Teens when learning how to drive or while driving with other teens are easily distracted by their friends. A teen using their cell phone to talk or text is a disaster waiting to happen. Anyone talking, texting, eating, dressing, grooming, or reading while driving is essentially practicing distracted driving, and poses a danger to those around him or her.


Recently the UK made a real-life video titled Texting While Driving PSA (Public Service Announcement). The extremely graphic enactment shows the consequences of what can happen when a teen is driving with his or her friends while texting on a cell phone. As a mom and as an ADD mom I wish every teen driver or soon-to-be-teen driver was required to see this video.

Please feel free to read my review of the United Kingdom's Texting While Driving PSA (Public Service Announcement) video at BellaOnline Attention Deficit Disorder. After reading my review, if you decide to watch the video please come back and tell me your thoughts on its impact for our teens. Will this video have an impact and make teens think twice before texting while driving? As an adult does it make you think twice about using a cell phone behind the steering wheel?
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