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Summary: Easy to read and understand, excellent information.
Review: Most books on ADD/ADHD fail to focus on its effects on females. This book offers excellent insight and information that is specific about how this disorder looks in women, and can be extrapolated to young girls. The specifics offer a new ray of hope for women afflicted with this unrecognized, but high damaging disorder that so often goes undiagnosed until it is too late. All teachers, medical practitioners treating the disorder, parents and counselors should read this book. It is very informative, and offers a whole new perspective for women.
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Summary: Loved It and Hated It
Review: Ms. Solden accurately captures the feelings and actions that accompany ADD without hyperactivity, the most common form of ADD among women. I was relieved to find myself so well documented but also appalled by the assumptions of Ms. Solden that all women want to be social butterflies juggling marriage, children, jobs and such. At times I was so offended by this attitude plus the prevalent mind-set that the only way to fix someone with ADD is with drugs that I had to stop reading for a while.This book is definately worthwhile...just remember that Ms. Solden's assumptions about what women should aspire toward may not accurately reflect every woman's goals.
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Summary: Recently Diagnosed at 40 years old
Review: My doctor recommended this book as an insight into understanding who I am. I was skeptical at first. As I read each page, it opened a door to a world I had never realized was ME! I have been in and out of therapy for years thinking I was losing my mind! I am grateful to Sari Solden for the insight her book has brought to me! It teaches us who we are with ADD w/o hyperactivity! It's very precise in describing the inner feelings we encounter day to day and methods we can use to deal with these feelings and events that occur! THANK YOU!!
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Summary: Understanding my ideal environment
Review: My partner is self-diagnosed with ADD, and living with her can be a challenge. The clutter, the disorganization, her tendency to forget things made me feel more often like her mother than her girlfriend. Reading this book gave me insight that allowed me to be more patient and understanding with her. Being judgemental and impatient can only make it worse. Much to my surprise, I was also able to identify myself, without hyperactivity. I thought I was totally different from what I understood ADD to be. In many ways, I am not that different at all. I am slower, methodical, thorough...and very easily overwhelmed. I came to understand why I prefer working alone and why I just don't do well at parties. Understanding my ideal environment was an unexpected benefit of reading this book. Clear and well written, this book can only benefit anyone who chooses to add it to their pile of clutter...and *reads* it.
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Summary: underpants
Review: Never try to pick up on a chick with ADD b/c she'll act like she's ignoring you-that means most chicks have ADD b/c they always ignore you. Plus you can't sleep with them b/c they are always complaining about not being able to concentrate on sleeping with you.
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Summary: A lifesaver, the answers and a way out!
Review: Sari Solden does an excellent job of summing up the total effect of life-long ADD, that being the shame and negativity that become internalized as a result of living with this "invisible" disorder. Not only does it put the disorder into context that made it able for me to begin to find my way out of the chaos, it is helping me advocate for myself in order to believe I have the right to the help, understanding and cooperation I need from my husband to achieve my goals. A huge thank you, and a must read for anyone struggling with this baffling disorder.
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Summary: At last, some answers!
Review: Solden is the first author to identify the TRUE reason why some women grow obsessed with their love interests from the get-go. This is so much easier to contemplate than those "Women who love to much" or "Men who can't love" theories. Nope - it's been ADD all along! Solden writes well. I wish she'd go into more editions with this one. It's needed.
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Summary: All women with attention deficit disorder should read this!
Review: Thank you Sari Solden for writing this book. I recommend it to all my women clients and parents of girls who come to me for diagnosis and treatment of their A.D.D. Besides having all the basic information for people learning about A.D.D., it deals with the often unmentioned emotional effects this disorder can have on girls and women. It provides sound suggestions for growth and change to improve the lives and relationships of women.
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Summary: Call this my "awakening."
Review: This book hits home and is my pocket therapist. As a child, my parents directed practically every move I made. I left home at 18, and I couldn't understand why everything was such a challenge. Siblings and friends "teased" me and said I was just spoiled and couldn't do anything without my parents. I knew that couldn't be true. My parents didn't take my tests for me nor make my good grades. I have always been considered above-average in intelligence. I couldn't understand why people always called me space-cadet even though I had good grades! I did a lot of self-medication in my late teens and early to mid twenties. Drugs made me feel in control, but I watched my friends tripping out! They thought I was trying to bring them down! A year ago at age 31, this book helped me realize that I don't have to fight to hold it all together. With this book, I have been able to trace my negative behavior patterns. This has been a self-revalation of sorts. I felt encouraged to be tested. I am "officially" diagnosed ADD and on Ritalin. First it was like a fog lifting, but several months into medication therapy, I realize that it takes A LOT of behavior modification as well! I like to keep referring to this book (even though it took me about 2 months to read it all) for assistance in dealing with my problem behaviors that make me feel as if I travel in one big circle. I know I'll never be organized, but now I am able to keep myself from drowning in disorganization. (I use this book to help myself because I haven't been able to find a good therapist that I like who is in my insurance plan.)
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Summary: What a GREAT book on ADHD!
Review: This book is a must read for any women who either suspects or knows they or a female loved-one may be adhd/add. Who better to write such a book than Sari Solden who is add herself! This has honestly been one a a handfull of books I, as an add women, consider a true page turner. It's informative and concisely written and even goes into some of the secondary issues that can result from add.
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