Faith and ADHD

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Comment by snowchild on March 6, 2010 at 2:58pm

Hi!
Just got here. Thanks for this group.
Haven't read many posts or comments yet, but looking forward to it.
But at the same time it is deeply touching, and humbling, starting to remember, that mostly all my life I have had just One to rely on, just One to extact strength from, to get by, just One to get me to the next day, and the day after that, and suddenly a better day after that one, even when I was all out of faith...

Comment by Pilotswife on February 13, 2010 at 12:47pm

Greetings friends! I am a married mother of 2 young children and my journey as a Christ Follower started this summer. 2009 was a significant year of growth for my entire family and challenge. I am so thankful that Christ showed Himself to me at a time that both my husband and I were receptive to embracing His love. Every Sermon has something that resonates deeply within me and I am glad to be a part of this group. It is a pleasure to meet you and look forward to a growing friendship in Christ!

Comment by Rachel Woodall on January 13, 2010 at 6:22pm

I always said God made me a preacher so I wouldn't have to sit still during worship! Right now I am an associate instead of a senior, so I don't preach as often. When the Senior preaches, I take notes and doodle - and come down and sit in the pew.

Comment by Pam on January 9, 2010 at 8:46pm

Hello Deanuh,
Welcome to Faith & ADHD. As you can tell, this list has not been very active since summer, but maybe you can get us chatting again. Thanks for sharing a little of your story. I think one of the "gifts of ADD" is that it definitely deepens our relationship with God and gives us good reasons to get to know ourselves better. I have been amazed at all of the doors that God has opened for me to understand myself & to find what I personally need to keep myself healthy (mind/body/spirit). One thing I've realized is that there are not any quick & easy answers (i.e., books, seminars, etc.) but each person is an individual and we all learn, with God's direction, the best path to living a healthy, balanced successful life with ADD. I look forward to hearing more about your story.

There is hope!
Pam

Comment by Deanuh on January 8, 2010 at 9:40pm

Hi! I'm new here, but not to ADHD. I was diagnoised two years ago after my dad died and I felt like my juggling act was over. Since then, I have learned a LOT about me and about how God sees me. I am very anxious about making new friends, so talk to me!

Comment by ELAINE EPPERSON on August 7, 2009 at 5:59am

My faith has definately kept me going but I am also learning a whole new way of life: discipline, focusing, tracking time, all feeling like an uphill battle. I could use fellow believers support and insights because we are in this crazy world with ADD but don:t fit intothe worldly standards, MAINTAINING VALUE AND WORTH AND COPING WITH SLOW ACHEIVEMENT GETS ME VERY DEPRESSED AND THEN i CLIMB UP AGIN WITH THE LORD;S HELP, :)

Comment by Anna on August 4, 2009 at 6:20pm

This is my first time being on here, but I thought I would share some. I find that church is sometimes difficult to get through, but usually taking notes helps a lot. Sometimes when I feel really antzy and like I can't sit another minute I just pray really hard. Its moments like that I know God loves me because the difficult moment eventually passes and I'm able to find something to focus on from the talk or I'll write my own thoughts about the subject down in a notebook. Perhaps I'll find a hymn or a scripture to read. Sometimes I'll feel guilty for not being able to pay attention, but then I know the bad feelings come from a negative place and not from God. If He gave me ADHD as a trial to bear He will also help me if I let Him and give me the ability to cope and share my own talents with others.

Comment by Hzjewl on July 21, 2009 at 9:11pm

My church sermons and notes are on the website, so I don't take many notes during the service. Before I would miss a lot trying to remember the last profound thing she said.

Comment by Amy B on June 10, 2009 at 12:39pm

I am new to this site and just found this group. My church actually provides guided notes (you fill in blanks) and then towards the end the sermon he specifically discusses how to apply it to your life. Kind of cool. If I get lost in the sermon - you'll catch me peeking at my neighbors paper for that word or phrase I missed (lol). But seriously - I look over those notes at a better time for me and know what was discussed.

Comment by BlessedLady on May 28, 2009 at 5:06pm

I'm new here & this is my first reply. So if I'm not doing something right, I would really Appreciate someone letting me know.

About the note taking in Church. I'm 55 now & I wasn't properly disgnoised & put on the right meds until about 10 yrs ago. And like Mary Ann, I thought others were picking up things from Sermons here & there. I remember when I was a teenager, several of us in the Youth Group would sit together. And I don't know if it was the ADD or just being a teenager...but 1 Sunday several of us got to talking during the Sermon......and we weren't talking as quitely as we thought we were...the Priest stopped in the middle of his Sermon and said if the members of the Youth Group on the back row can't be quite and listen, you may leave until the Sermon is over. So every Sunday a few of us would sneak out of the church when the sermon started & sneak back in right after it had ended (we always sat in the very back)

It wasn't until 2004 that I started going with my daughter to another church (I still belong to mine but also attend hers) And I noticed that I started taking notes not only about what was said but the scripture references also. I also started marking certain things in my Bible along with the dates for personally significant things. I have my Dad's Bible, he died in (1984) and my step-mom had highlighted certain things in there for him and written some things in the margin. He had also done the same thing. What is significant to me about this and ADD is that the Dr that diagnoised me also knew my Dad. And one day we got to talking about him and my Dr said that he believed that my Dad also had ADD. But because basically nothing was known about it for most of my Dad's life my Dad ended up medicating himself with drinking. My Dad stopped drinking 11 yrs before he died. But so many of the signs of ADD that we are aware of now..are things that my Dad did daily.

I have a DayPlanner/Journal and I write notes from the sermons, scripture references and also my personal prayers in it. Since it is all together it is much easier to keep up with than the tons of notes on paper. The computer can also help if you want to put the notes on a disk or save it OnLine. There are also several Bible sites for scripture references. And they have all the different translations.

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