How To Relax During And After The Working Day For Restless ADHD Adults Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Notes

How To Relax During And After The Working Day For Restless ADHD Adults Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group NotesPost from: Adult ADD Strengths
Here are notes from the March 2013 meeting of my Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group.
Here are some notes from previous Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group meetings.
The Topic was: How To Relax During And After The Working Day To Recharge The Often Over Reving ADHD Brain And Body
Facilitator: Pete Quily.
Thanks to Christopher Stanbury for taking the notes.
Topic: How To Relax During And After The Working Day To Recharge The Often Over Reving ADHD Brain And Body.
1. How besides booze, drugs, food, TV, computers, the internet, & sleep do you relax?
What activities do you do that relaxes you? (daily basis)
2. How do you feel after you’ve done it?
3. How often do you do it?
4. Do you record you did it?
5. Benefits of relaxation

Relieve stress
More productive after
Clarity
Relieve tension
More able to think
Manage energy
Pull out of hyperfocus
Adds structure to the day
Lowers Cortisol
Fewer mistakes
Creativity

Schedule time to relax
6. Costs of not scheduling time to relax – make it happen

With no schedule life becomes unstructured
A schedule provides an anchor.
Less likely to do unhealthy things
Less likely to waste time
More likely to reduce unhealthy activities
Schedule time to stop
Book end of relax time
Relaxing is not wasting time
“Sonic grenade”
You need willingness to chance
Up for days at a time could be bi-polar
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Source: Adult ADD Strengths - August 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Treatment Source Type: blogs