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Return to ADDvisor Volume 2 2000 Index Number 22 November 19, 2000 In this issue: 1. Tips on the Management of Adult ADD - Part 1 2. Resource - ADD & Adults: Strategies for Success from CHADD
TIPS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ADULT ADD - PART 1
Edward Hallowell, MD and John Ratey, MD have listed 50 tips or practical suggestions for the management of adult ADHD. These are non-medication suggestions. Over the next few months, we will share these very useful strategies that Drs. Hallowell and Ratey has proposed. They are divided into four categories: 1)insight and education; 2)performance management; 3)mood management; and 4)interpersonal life. This month we will share the suggestions for insight and education. 1. Be sure of the diagnosis. Choose a professional who truly understands ADHD and its related disorders 2. Educate yourself. Understand ADHD. Read books. Talk to professionals. Gather information. Learn. 3. Coaching Get yourself a coach. A coach can help you get and stay organized, stay on task, give you encouragement and be in your corner.. 4. Encouragement. Adults with ADHD need lots of encouragement. Find people who understand you and encourages you to reach your goals. 5. Realize what ADHD is NOT! ADHD is not a psychological conflict. It is not because you and your mother don’t get along. 6. Educate and involve others. Teach others around you about what ADHD is and what they can do to help. This can include family, friends, coworkers, even your boss. 7. Give up guilt over high-stimulating behavior. Understand you are drawn to this type of thing. Try to make better decisions, don’t "beat yourself up" about the bad decisions. 8. Listen to feedback from trusted others. Individuals with ADHD are poor self-observers. Information from others you trust can help you. 9. Consider joining or starting a support group. Much of the information you need is in the minds and experience of other people. Bring these people together for support and increased knowledge. With new technology, telephone groups, like the ADDvisor, can be helpful in providing this support. 10. Try to get rid of the negativity. Many of you have heard negative feedback for ages making it hard to accept the positive. Psychotherapy may help with this. 11. Don’t feel chained to conventional careers or conventional ways of coping. Give yourself permission to be yourself. Give up on what you thought you SHOULD be and explore what you REALLY WANT to be. 12. Remember what you have is a neurobiological condition. ADHD is caused by biology. It is how your brain is wired. It is NOT a disorder of will or moral fiber. Weakness of character has nothing to do with it. It is rooted in biology. 13. Try to help others with ADHD. By helping others, you learn more yourself and feel good about helping others.
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ADD & Adults: Strategies for Success from CHADD is a book available from CHADD that provides many practical information and suggestions for adults. Go to the CHADD website, www.chadd.org or call CHADD.
CONTACT INFORMATION _______________________ Alan R. Graham, Ph.D. Bill Benninger, Ph.D. ADDvisor.com Voice: 1-866-ADDvisor Fax: 847-824-2386 Email: Alan@ADDvisor.com Bill@ADDvisor.com Web: www.ADDvisor.com
c) Copyright 2000 Alan R. Graham and Bill Benninger. All rights reserved The above material may be retransmitted or distributed to whomever you wish as long as not a single word is changed, added or deleted, including the contact information. However, you may not copy it to a web site. Republication of "The ADDvisor" in paper media is encouraged and permitted by organizations and associations which serve parents of ADHD children at the national, state and/or local level as long as the issue is reprinted in its entirety without charge and includes the contact information. With advance permission, we are happy to edit an issue to fit your space requirements. Republication is also encouraged under other circumstances, however, the advance permission of Alan R. Graham and/or Bill Benninger must be obtained in the event that changes in the text are desired or republication is to be made by individuals or by organizations other than those mentioned above.
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