One of the problems that ADHDers have is they think the meds solve everything, but it only works when you have the added coping mechanisms.
Conversely, some people are only able to get to a state where they can develop those strategies after they’ve been able to access medication.
Hi, I’m writing as someone with ADHD who was not diagnosed until my mid-30s, and also as a parent of a child who is medicated for his ADHD. We both have inattentive-type (no hyperactivity).
My husband was also very nervous about medicating our son. Part of what convinced him was seeing the very positive difference it made in my life when I started taking medication. After some trial I found a dose that works well for me; it helps me to focus and stay organized, and I still feel completely myself. There are some side effects, for me mostly to do with appetite, but they are manageable.
Our son is a few years older than yours, and he’s on a low dose (10mg) of his medication, which works well for him. It does help him keep on track with things like schoolwork, but by far the biggest benefit we’ve seen is in the social/emotional sphere. He is much better able to recognize and control his emotions, and he almost never has an emotional meltdown anymore (whereas before small things would set him off very easily). He’s a happy, engaged kid.
The one thing we have to monitor with him is his weight gain. Because appetite suppression is a side-effect, his growth slowed down a lot. For a while we saw his doctor every three months (then every six) so that she could keep an eye on it. We try to feed him a good breakfast and a lot of food at/after dinner once his meds have worn off, since he eats very little during the day. At his doctor’s suggestion, he also foregoes his medication one day a week so that he can have a more regular eating day. He’s back on track with weight gain, which is good! (The meds also make it difficult for him to fall asleep at night; again, at his doctor’s suggestion, he takes a small dose of melatonin – this is over-the-counter in my country although I know it isn’t everywhere – which sets him up nicely.)
The good thing about ADHD meds is that they’re not like SSRIs where you probably won’t feel a difference for 4-6 weeks and then have to carefully wean off them. ADHD meds kick in 30-60 minutes after you take them, and their effect lasts 8-12 hours and then stops. It will be very easy to see whether they’re effective for your son, and it’s safe and easy to stop and try a different drug or a different dose if needed.
I hope that helps! Feel free to ask follow-up questions if you’d like.
I’ve heard that Meyer lemons are relatively easy to keep as indoor potted plants.
That’s what I’ve been doing. Order of priority:
In my experience a women’s wide is akin to a men’s regular.
Skunks are common city animals, so it’s a little more surprising to me that you haven’t encountered then before. But for the most part they’re pretty chill little guys, and forage widely – so seeing one in your yard doesn’t mean they’ve taken up residence. They eat grubs mostly (which is great for lawns and gardens).
As others have said, as long as you’re not getting up in their faces, you shouldn’t have any problems.
Even if the length is the same, men’s shoes tend to be wider than women’s (sometimes much wider). So swapping is great if you’re a woman with wide feet, but if you’re a man with wide or even average feet, it would be much harder to swap to a woman’s shoe.
The US has a huge number of cities named after cities/regions in other parts of the world, e.g.:
Adding the country or state designation after one of these names is helpful for clarity.
French’s ketchup is made from tomatoes grown in Leamington, ON. It was a huge deal when Heinz pulled out from their plant there & then French’s bought it.
I wish my grocery stocked it. I buy Earth’s Own oat milk though.
It’s hard but even small efforts help. For me the hierarchy kinda goes like this:
I aim for number one, try to avoid number four, and the two inner ones are a little more loosey-goosey for me and will depend mostly on the individual product. There are some things we just don’t produce here so… I just do what I can, where I can, and don’t feel guilty if there’s an American product I can’t replace (ever/yet).
I just spent $7 for a pound of Ontario greenhouse strawberries instead of $1.99 for a pound from California. Just as an example. My brothers and I keep texting each other Canadian products we’ve found to replace US options. We’re far from alone.
What American media is downplaying is that this is about way more than tariffs. This is about a friendly neighbour suddenly deciding that it would like our stuff/land/people and making real threats about taking it. It’s about a bully threatening our national sovereignty and everyone in his country either going along with it or throwing up their hands in despair. It’s an incredible betrayal and Canadians are enraged.
(As an acquaintance of mine put it: do you know how hard you have to work to get Canada to boo your country? That’s a real accomplishment, you guys.)
In terms of how things are going, here are some recent pieces from our national media:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6679836
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/decline-travellers-driving-from-canada-u-s-february
Cozey.ca for things like couches and ottomans – founded & made in Canada, and free Canada-wide shipping! We bought a couch from them earlier this year & it’s fantastic. (It’s all modular which makes it easy to get places like down the basement stairs, and very easy to assemble.)
OP seems to be in Europe, so I’m not sure how much of your second point applies.
Aw dude, no, flip it around: I can’t imagine having a sexual relationship with someone I’m not romantically entwined with. Real intimacy is about so much more than sex – sex is part of it, but it’s also about trust and openness and what you’ve lived through together… It’s a whole package and you’re focusing on one small aspect & not even looking at the rest.
I’ve been married 13 years. We’re aging. I birthed three kids and my stomach looks bizarre now. We’ve got grey hair, we’ve both had a variety of body shapes and sizes over the years… our love has only grown and the sex has never been better. Don’t take your friend’s anecdote as something that happens to everyone. It doesn’t. (You should talk to someone who works in a senior’s home sometime; people our grandparents’ age are still sexually active despite being pretty far from the bloom of youth!)
I agree with a lot of the other commenters that people in their 20s are nice to look and and can be fun to talk to but also seem like children to me at this point. I couldn’t even imagine pursuing someone so much younger than me; mentally and in terms of experience we’re way too far apart.
Ps. Don’t look at who you’re most physically attracted to & assume everyone feels the same way. I’ve always thought that men hit their peak around age 55.
I’m currently working on an afghan for our queen bed. It’s mostly finished – it’s 5x5 feet right now so big enough to use – but I’m working on cranking out the border. That’s going to be 24 12x12" squares that will be sewn round the edges for a final size of 7x7 feet! Wish me luck haha.
The other major advantage of credit cards is consumer protection. Generally speaking you can’t file a dispute or do a charge back on a debit transaction – or at least it’s very difficult and time-consuming. Credit cards offer a certain amount of peace-of-mind when it comes to things like fraudulent transactions.
She said another problem the company ran into in recent years was that its stores’ hours didn’t always align with that of the malls where they are located.
That’s the case where I live: the mall opens at 10, but the Bay doesn’t open until 11.
I’ve also found it hard to identify their target audience. With women’s clothes, for example, they have a ton of stuff that says “hi, I’m 21” and a ton of stuff that says “hi, I’m 75” and… not really a lot in between. It’s pretty confusing.
Here’s a non-paywalled link: https://web.archive.org/web/20250324194236/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
And the White House has confirmed it’s real: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-yemen-strike-plans-atlantic-magazine-1.7492037