Re: Information on ADHD please

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There’s some good books – keeping in mind much of it is opinion, and thoughts based on their personal experiences, etc. Only those who study this for many many years can truly know the scope, the range, the impacts.

Driven to Distraction is available an an audio book online! I listened to just some of it, quite interesting.

I’ve lived with it for nearly 55 years. I have a son who has it, my mother has it, her father had it……… I spend nearly every waking hour and spare minute here and there studying it, learning about it. I’ve sort of made it a goal to know as much as is possible for one person to know and one day, would like to actually be an advocate and speak about it. It’s EXTREME in my case, even the docs have said it from beginning to end – yeah, you have it, not just have it, but are in the top percentile of effect. Even the sleep doctor said I made her confused and dizzy on my first visit with her. She said I was all over the map, like a kid on a high high.

I like Dr. Barkley’s videos and talks because I take it as a WHOLE, not just the snippets some folks see and take them out of context. Most don’t know where he’s coming from – I guess with the ADHD I have, I “get it” – I see where he’s going with it. He’s not doing what all too many folks, even a lot of ADD folks think. I get it. In fact, I’d do the same if I was him! That’s how I play the game – that’s how I get the attention and show the concern. I don’t pussy-foot around issues. I make them explode into view and show them in the worst possible light. It’s common among ADD folks in the extreme to do just that. In a lot of ways, I think the doc himself is fairly ADD.

there’s a lot of books, some availble here on this site – and I’ve listed some links I’ve found that help folks at work understand…..

About distractions, forgetting…….

http://thenewsouthwest.com/2010/addadhd-in-adults-can-cause-forgetfulness-distractions/

Meds eventually lose their effect, if they work at all……………(they won’t work for all people, and when they do, they often only work short term and you start all over again) This is a pretty good site in general.

http://www.womenwithadhd.com/forum/topics/medication-always-works-at

hyperfocus myth (multi-tasking and hyper-focusing are both myths in my opinion, and university studies pretty much prove multi-tasking is simply not possible for over 90% of the population.) It’s not really “hyperfocus” as much as the lack of ability to CHANGE or control the focus! You LOVE it, you have great interest, therefore, you can’t change FROM it. It’s not much of a choice as much as it is chemical. I’ve worked with a LOT of folks with a LOT of disabilities in my career (Voc Rehab, On With Life, Inc. and so on) and the misunderstandings, the incorrect info out there (as Rick points out in a couple of HIS videos) it’s amazing. It’s the MIS-information stupid highway, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfkg0VWx3rM

Expert explanations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cw8jHUkHiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xpEBE9VDWw

Rick Green – Canadian producer, comedian, and Patrick McKenna, also a Canadian comedian, out-takes from their documentary – (both are ADHD adults) this shows what I feel is aa typical ADD person and I point folks to this video if they want to understand what I go through and what it’s like. These guys are GREAT, I love ’em, and I watch and read almost everything they post here and other places.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeK4RE_dixc&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Rick in one of his snippets – I love watching this guys videos and explanations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTR7nu4nGxQ&feature=related

Examples of an ADD adult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I87gQZwm1I

http://totallyadd.com/he-can-focus-when-he-wants-to

How things don’t get done ->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG1bC1Tz34Y

Comparisons:

Dogs without leashes,

Brain in channel surfing mode (“flipping channels”), someone else has the remote,

Lamborghini brain goes 180 mph, but equipped with Model T brakes,

Cool in a crisis – good in chaos, an ordinary day is totally exhausting and a struggle to get through – that’s me to a T!,

Knows the answer, can solve complex problems, but can’t explain the steps used to get there – that’s me!

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