Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD and ADHD) Articles

Recently I had a meeting with two colleagues who, like me, are both mothers. One was distracted as we started because she had gotten a text from her high school age son that he had left his keys on the bus. How would he get into the apartment? She had an appointment for a haircut after her work, a rare time set aside just for her. By the time we met, she had figured out that he could wait for her in the library nearby, a reasonable option. All the same, she was rattled. It was unnerving that even though he’s in high school, he would lose his keys.

I was astounded. I raised $1,109. Yes, that's a lot of money and that's not what astounded me. What astounded me was that out of over 8,000 participants I was the 23rd top "fundraising participant". Frankly, I find that embarrassing. Why? Because, I hardly put any effort into raising that money, I didn't think I deserved any special honor.

Did you ever notice how quick we are, as a society, to look for what’s wrong in the daily situations we find ourselves? We have been raised to first look for or plan for the “worst” and that way, if we get anything better we can be “thankful.” Do you really need a reason to be thankful? If ...

Distractions, it's a topic I've written about before. Some of us are simply more susceptible to distractions but based on what I've been hearing lately and what I've been experiencing myself it's getting worse for everyone. Did you know that one of the best things you can do to increase ...

My clients tell me of a love/hate relationship with systems. The love part comes because systems make things easier. The results are predictable, you know what you need to do and know where all the things you need to do it are. The hate part comes because there is a belief (which I disagree with) that systems lock you in and don't leave room for creativity. So let me ask you a question...do you really want to be creative with the paperwork, agreements or whatever you use when you bring in a new client in or would you rather just celebrate? Yeah, I thought so.

Henry David Thoreau said, “What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters – compared to what lies within us.” But, what if you were unable to express or share that information inside you? Many adults experience that feeling each day. They know how frustrating ...

I took a picture out of the hotel window. When I look at it I see about two inches of snow, no big deal. Here’s a little more information. The picture was taken from my hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, the week of January 26th. Atlanta doesn’t see much snow. What to me looks like a dusting of snow, (I mean, you can’t even build a snowman with it) led Georgia to declare a state of emergency. Highways were impassible. There were accidents and abandoned cars everywhere. Schools closed early, and because of the roads, some the kids ended up sleeping at school or on freezing cold school buses.

Imagine being able to exercise yourself or your child out of: • ADHDrn• learning and behavioural problemsrn• mood disordersrn• eating disordersrn• depressionrn• anxietyrn• PTSD In the comfort and privacy of your own home. Neurofeedback is a powerful way to train you and/or your child’s brain that is fun, easy, non-invasive, safe natural and has no adverse side effects. This is a scientifically proven process that uses one or two tiny sensors on your head that

It seems you can't turn on your television without being inundated with commercials for new pharmaceutical drugs. The actor spends about 10 seconds touting the benefits of taking one little pill and the last 20 seconds telling you about the severe and sometimes deadly side effects that may ...

ADD (Attention Absence Disorder) or ADHD (Attention Absence Interest deficit Disorder) is a problem that is recognized by hyperactivity, poor attention and hyperactivity and improvisation of children. Kids this problem need more help than regular children and must be given appropriate attention and ADHD therapy as beginning as possible. Children affected with this condition lack self-control and therefore can cause a lot of problems. They are good in stifling interactions, ge

Often parents suspect their child may have something going on…possibly ADHD/ADD. Observing problem behaviors at home may be followed up by a phone call from your child’s teacher requesting a conference. It’s important that you don’t ignore these signs that something is going on. An undiagnosed child with ADHD is often misunderstood. He is considered lazy or not smart. Also, many children with ADHD experience peer rejection and poor school performance due to their aggression, impulsiveness, inattention, and social-cognitive deficits.

Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) often feel like they are running behind schedule, and just don't have the time get everything done. As a result, many ADDers end up sacrificing their own self-care in order to scratch off items on their to-do lists. Those who skimp on self-care, however, will find themselves slowed down in the end. It's nearly impossible to be an effective parent, spouse, friend, or worker when you are not operating at your best. And you can't be a

October 2005 - Volume II - Issue X nADHD - Bee or Mosquito? nnStatement: My intent in this newsletter is to express as quickly as possible my own beliefs and opinions on matters. I have no problems with people who disagree with my opinion and have even been swayed to rethink my position from time to time. We are still taking book orders for my new book "ADHD and The Criminal Justice System" and you can get my author's discount from the AMAZON.COM price at this link..nwww.amaz

Internet marketing is far different from the offline business world, and some companies feel that because there is little policing, they can get away with telling you anything. If you buy their promises, woe be to you. You'll end up doing little more than spending your hard-ea ed cash for a sackful of dreams. Want to know the five greatest lies about Internet marketing? Here's what to look out for: 1. You can make a million dollars ove ight. Not true. Internet marketing is many faceted, and it takes time to learn the right way to do things.

Danny can’t sit still in his Kindergarten classroom and while on the carpet he constantly disrupts the other students with fidgeting. He is unable to focus on learning to read and his writing is messy with so many mistakes if it were correct the best deciphering could not make it out. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects three to five percent of school-age children and some surveys put the percentage as high as seventeen percent. Many parents worry about t

ADHD is the most common behavioural disorder in the UK and tends to start at an early age. rnIn this article: What is ADHD? Diagnosis Advice & Support Symptoms Effect on your life Causes Treatment rnWhat is ADHD? ADHD mainly affects children (3–9 per cent of school-aged children and young people in the UK) and consists of a combination of hyperactivity and an inability to concentrate on anything for more than a very short period of time. Boys are more commonly diagnosed wit

Imagine.yourself sitting in the middle of the railroad tracks making mud pies. A long loud woo-hoo-oo echoes in the air. You look up to see a huge train engine bearing down on you. Cut ! "What ? Why on earth would I be doing such a silly thing ?" Well, change the scene a bit. You aren't ...

Celebrating is a skill that adults with ADHD are often short on. They tend to have a negative image of themselves. Their own internal gremlin keeps reminding them of their failures and unrealized dreams and "the others" in the outside world often remind them when they don't live up to ...

September 2005 - Volume II - Issue IX nnnADHD - Publicity- Good & Bad nnStatement: My intent in this newsletter is to express as quickly as possible my own beliefs and opinions on matters. I have no problems with people who disagree with my opinion and have even been swayed to rethink my position from time to time. We are still taking book orders for my new book "ADHD and The Criminal Justice System" and you can get my author's discount from the AMAZON.COM or go to this link

Meditation is a great way to calm and focus yourself if you have the ADD brain type. In fact, research has shown that mediation has the power to not only calm you down, but retrain your brain to work better. Meditation is also good for gaining perspective and helping you make better decisions and choices. All of these attributes of meditation are especially suited to help people with the ADD gene acquire better control over their lives.

So many adults with ADD find themselves chronically overwhelmed with every day life. This means that they generally wake up feeling like they are running behind on all the things they need to do, spend the whole day on high speed in order to get all those things done, and yet still go to bed most nights feeling like they never got anywhere. Or, they spend the whole day in a fog, constantly aware of all the things on that to-do list, but never mustering up the motivation to ta

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic disorder, which can affect a child if ADHD cure is not prescribed. Symptoms of ADHD include restlessness, difficult on completing tasks, inappropriate behavior, impulsivity and hyperactive. ADHD must be identified early enough so that it can be treated, otherwise it can be a barrier to the child’s academic and social success. Children suffering from this ailment exhibit a lot of energy, they are very wild and consta

Many people have trouble staying focused on what they are doing. I got this email recently, take a look, does this sound familiar to you? "I know what I have to do but never do it. I get side tracked, then I lose track of time and next thing I know the day is gone and I've done nothing. It ...

Procrastination is the result of many things. Oftentimes it's the result of simply not wanting to do something. You know you should or that you're supposed to, but you don't do it. This is what I hear when I talk to my clients about going to networking events. They know it's the right thing to do but ... YUCK!

I decided to write an article about getting things done and not worrying about perfection and found myself in need of my own advice... I like to think that I subscribe to the idea that "good enough" is good enough. Sure it's important to do a good job and make sure there are no major mistakes or omissions but for the most part get it done and get it out.

I find that college planning is on many parents’ minds even before junior year in high school. When parents receive diagnosis of a learning disability, ADHD or Asperger Syndrome, the meaning of doing well in school needs to be redefined. It is no longer, “Just work harder.” Now it means find out how your child learns, and work with the school to make sure he gets what he needs. Often the school and family situation gets very painful before proper services are in place.

If you are an adult with ADD, chances are that at some point in your life, you've felt that you are not "living up to your potential." This judgment often manifests itself when you take stock of all the great ideas you've had that have never gone anywhere, and all the unfinished projects that you have started but never completed. nnThe overwhelming number of these things that have not been "followed through" can lead you to believe that you are not living up to your potential

Do last month’s Thanksgiving experiences have you dreading the December holidays? The idea of gifts, family, and days off sounds great…but we all know that holidays are some of the most stressful times of the year. When an ADDer starts to become immersed in the shopping, cooking, traveling, and family interactions, their ADD can complicate matters. You can find yourself quickly feeling overwhelmed and overloaded. You may not be able to avoid these feelings altogether, but

For many people with ADD, work life can be difficult. If your working environment is not ADD-friendly, then you may find yourself feeling chronically disorganized and stressed out at work. Whether or not you choose to share your diagnosis with your employer, the following strategies can help you become more effective at work.n n 1. Find a Career that You're Passionate About nPeople with ADD have the most success when doing something that they are passionately interested in. I

Adults with ADD are not "wired" for details. We're creatives, entrepreneurs, inventors, idea generators, and big picture thinkers. nnWhen an adult with ADD is confronted with too many details to tend to, overwhelm quickly sets in. This is not a character flaw - it's quite simply just not what we're wired for.nnThere is actually a simple solution for dealing with details, and it might surprise you: don't deal with them. nnA truly successful adult with ADD knows how to delegate

Last week I gave a talk to a group of elementary school parents about ways to decrease nagging their children. The talk packed in the information from three or four parent coaching sessions. It was full of specific suggestions for behaviors for parents to try. I know that this approach works because I have used it on many occasions with all sorts of parents.

The last four coaching calls I’ve been on have focused on one topic. Self care. But wait a minute; I’m a business coach so why do I spend time with my clients talking about self-care? Guess what? Unless you take care of yourself you cannot take care of your business. Entrepreneurs tend to put everything and everyone in front of themselves. When they do that, they risk losing it all. Now before you tell me (or yourself) that you don’t have time for self care, take a look at the following seven areas to keep an eye on. None will take you more than a couple of minutes a day.

After being diagnosed with ADHD, educating yourself with the knowledge about ADHD and gaining the support of your family and friends is crucial. Developing manageable solutions to your specific problems will help you through your challenges. While most people who are diagnosed with ADHD as adults have had issues with underachievement and low self-esteem throughout their life, diagnosis of the problem is the first step to finding a solution. Although a diagnosis of ADHD comes

Remember when you learned to ride a bike?n nYou probably started out with a tricycle when you were very young. At some point, you got the coveted two-wheeler with training wheels. And most likely, one day, one of your parents told you that you were ready to take those training wheels off.n nExcitement and joy arose when a sunny spring day appeared and you knew it was your time to shine...to be a "big kid." And you probably resented the adult who held on to the back of the bik

Up until the mid 1980's, it was widely believed by physicians and psychologists that ADHD was outgrown by the time a child hit adolescence. Surprise! Though many clinicians still hold on to this belief, it is now accepted by many in the medical community that childhood ADHD does indeed ...

One of the most powerful forms of marketing is viral or word-of-mouth marketing. What it means is simple. Make your business or some facet of your business is so extraordinary that people are amazed and more than happy with your product or service. In fact, they're so highly impressed that they tell other people about their experience. This kind of personal recommendation is very powerful because instead of you telling people how awesome your stuff is, through traditional direct marketing methods, now, a third party is spreading the word for you.

My sons, Eric and Josh, graduated from middle school last week. I had a conversation with them about moving onto high school. I expected to hear "I'm looking forward to high school," "I'm nervous" and "I hope there isn't that much more homework" but, after all of the complaints I heard this past year, I was surprised that what came out of their mouths was "I'm going to miss South Orange Middle School," and "I really like my teachers."

"I just finished reading this book and I have decided that I am ADD." "I saw a TV show about ADHD. I have it and so does my son." "My daughter's teacher says she asks too many questions. Do you think she's hyperactive?" Over the past ten years, we've all heard announcements like these from ...

June 2005 - Volume II - Issue VI nnADHD - "Our United States Heritage"nnThom Hartmann wrote a book on ADHD called “ADD – A Different Perspective” which is a positive look at ADHD from a historical perspective of “hunter” versus “farmer”. The basic premise being that at one point all of the humans in the world lived in “hunter” societies. Somewhat like Nomads who went where the game was in order to eat and survive. This required a very keen sense of knowing a

So often these days, we pick up newspapers or tune in to radio or television programs which highlight yet another attack by one religious group against the beliefs of another. One of the primary targets is a group of spiritual and philosophical concepts described as "New Age." For many people ...

May 2005 - Volume II - Issue V nnADHD - "Tracks of my tears"nnStatement: My intent in this newsletter is to express as quickly as possible my own beliefs and opinions on matters. I have no problems with people who disagree with my opinion and have even been swayed to rethink my position from time to time. We are still taking book orders for my new book "ADHD and The Criminal Justice System" and you can get my author's discount from the AMAZON.COM price at this link... book or

As an adult with ADD and an ADD Coach, I have observed some skills that I believe are essential for successful ADD management. The first of these skills is: Practice Excellent Self-Care. There are many components of self-care that one must pay attention to. Sleep, nutrition, and exercise are what immediately come to mind, but having a good doctor, scheduling in regular "down time," and finding outlets for self-expression are all import aspects of self-care, too. nnThe Basicsn

I met Valerie at the Charlotte Airport. She welcomed me to the “Happy Zone” when I walked into a store to get a bottle of water. I found my drink and went to the register where Valerie waited. She said, “Welcome to the Happy Zone” again, and rang up my purchase with a huge smile on her face. I smiled back and commented that she was clearly in a great mood. Her response was simple and direct. She told me it wouldn’t be the Happy Zone if she wasn’t happy. I was in a fine mood when I walked in. When I walked out, I had a broad smile on my face. I was truly happy.

I was sitting in my son’s high school psychology classroom on back to school night. I was listening to the teacher talk about what the kids would be learning. He asked if there were any questions. One of the parents asked, “What’s with the map?” I looked at the wall and realized the map was upside down. The South Pole was up at the top and the North Pole at the bottom. Wow that was a new look.

There are various types of anxiety disorders, but the main underlying characteristic is the irrational and excessive need to worry and the fear. Panic attacks occur randomly and frequently for those who suffer from anxiety disorder. When they occur, they cause headaches, nausea, tremors and irrational fear and nervousness. nnnApproximately 20 million adults and children in America suffer from some form of anxiety disorder, and it is a very common problem. There are different

It’s not uncommon for some adults with ADD to lead fairly normal lives, everything going well and suddenly find themselves struggling with unfamiliar behaviors such as clutter and disorganization (mental and physical), uncommon tardiness (appointments and personal engagements, paying bills), and ...

How many times a day do you find yourself using the word "should"? ADDers are full of "should's": I should do the dishes, I should clean out the fridge, I should see that movie, I should call my friend, etc. The word "should" can be very dangerous to an adult with ADD, because it often results in guilt.n nIn order to break through this and help you prioritize the things that you "should" do, try exploring your "should's" by asking yourself the following question:n nIs this a

If you are thinking about installing a residential solar energy system in your home, you will need to know how much energy you are currently using. Usually, you can obtain this information from the local power company. By using this information as a baseline, you can design your solar energy system in accordance with the needs of your house. Your region's weather will influence energy use, as well as which direction your windows face, the number and placement of your trees, and the kinds of appliances used.

Most kids who have add go through traditional psychological and conduct treatments so they can adjust to the social world around them. However, conduct treatments is not the only software that can restore kids with conduct conditions. Consider giving your kid popular music treatments, a innovative and popular strategy that uses the healing power of popular music to show kids appropriate conduct, psychological knowledge, and methods for concept.rnIt seems rather alternative, b