Because I’m sick of studying (already)

I’m back to being riddled with ADD – and it couldn’t come at a worse time. Hebrew quiz and Doctrine of God test tomorrow. Gotta start packing for the trip to Evansville (we’re leaving Thursday night after Christy’s class). Also have to get everything lined up for this weekend’s service at Summit because we won’t be there and want to make sure everything still runs smoothly at Waumba Land.

Not the best time to be losing focus constantly.

Fortunately I saw a counselor who was actually willing to listen to me that I have already been diagnosed with ADD and don’t need to run through the entire battery of tests again. Within the first five minutes she knew I knew what I was talking about (I’ve gotten pretty good at describing it…mind is a soup…disorganized desk…can’t finish a project…blah blah blah). She gave me a couple of articles that should help me be able to understand and explain the whole thing better, along with some tips of how to maximize my strengths when it comes to the whole ADD thing.

And she wrote a prescription for Adderall.

There was one little snag. My blood pressure was a bit too high. I’ve never had high blood pressure that I know of. Maybe the stress of trying to juggle everything without getting the ADD has begun to take its toll on my body. It was elevated just enough that she didn’t feel comfortable giving me the prescription just yet. I’m going back tomorrow afternoon to get it checked again. If it’s better, she’ll send me on my merry way.

If not, she suggested that I might want to consider doing a sleep study. Apparently, sleeping disorders are pretty common in people with ADD. I had no idea! Maybe that would explain all of those sleepless nights I’ve had. Of course, our insurance won’t cover something like that. They will basically only cover something if one of us has cancer and we’ve already spent thousands of dollars.

Any suggestions on how to keep blood pressure under control, short of losing weight, diet change, and medication? Those won’t really help in the short term (although at least the first two wouldn’t be a bad idea in the long run).

By the way – Hebrew is hurting me worse than Greek ever did. More on that some other day…

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Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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