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Summary: Great resource for Professionals, ADDers & loved ones
Review: I have found this book to be a great resource for me as an ADD Coach. It provides additional insight into the way this disorder impacts so significantly on the life of an ADDer. I have also recommended it to clients and friends who need a compassionate, yet accurate explanation of the disorder. It helps them to get past the shame and blame so that they might move forward in their lives.
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Summary: Poorly organized information
Review: I read this two years ago seeking more information about my newly-diagnosed "disorder" and had it not been for the right meds, I'd have never been able to follow this book. It's for someone who's already diagnosed. The suggestions for organizing the ADD family are great, but are they realistic? I don't think so.
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Summary: Thom Hartmann - ADD: A Different Perspective
Review: Many people have replied to be asking about the title of the Thom Hartmann book that I recommended below. The subtitle is "A Hunter in a Farmer's World", but the correct title is "ADD: A Different Perspective". Sorry, for the misprint. That book is highly recommended and much better than "You Mean I'm Not Lazy...".
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Summary: Couldn't Keep My A(DD)ttention
Review: The book has FAR more to offer than the audio tape. I bought both and found the book to be informative. However, the audio tape was sooooo boring that neither my ADD boyfriend or I could get through the first side of the two-cassette set. Shame, since he's not much of a reader and he really needs to know more about the subject.
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Summary: A wonderful book to help explain the life of an ADD woman
Review: I bought this book shortly after discovering I had Attention Deficit. When reading this book it was as if someone had followed me throughout my life and wrote down my experiences and feelings. It really helped validate my ADD and my feelings associated with it. It also pointed out the many positives of being ADD and also the work needed to put the necessary structure in place. I recommend this highly for women struggling with their new diagnosis.
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Summary: If you were not a trouble-maker as a kid, forget this book!
Review: Unfortunately, the only way to know that this book is not for you is to have bought and read it. The authors bravely place on the cover: "Self help for Adults with ADD" but medically, ADD is not diagnosed in adults unless they have had a history of hyperactivity and trouble-making as children. Most of the book is devoted to tracing the typical ADD (or ADHD) child into adulthood, leaving only a tiny portion of the book to actual "self help" for adult sufferers. Even though you may have all of the symptoms down to the letter, once you were not a little devil in childhood, there is no help for you. Ritalin can cause profound dysphoria within minutes of peak positive effect, while SSRIs (antidepressants) can wreak havoc in your emotional, social (can actually MAKE you depressed!) and sexual lives. Between this book and incompetent medical practitioners, I think I am consigned to a lifetime of poor focus, concentration, motivation and productivity.
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Summary: Very informative
Review: I am a friend of an ADD person. This was a helpful tool in understanding her ADD and helpful in knowing why she does certain things. My concern is how some may find a way to "stay sick" with diseases and mental problems. My hope is that those reading this will find it as a tool in curing, rather continuing to use ADD as an excuse for bad behaviours.
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Summary: STOP!, before you read this book...
Review: Before you read this book and think it has all of the answers that have plagued you your entire life, read "The Hunter in a Farmer's World" book by Thom Hartmann. "I'm not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy" has a bad attitude about ADD, and tries to explain it as a disease and a handicap. But after reading "The Hunter in a Farmer's World" I know that ADD is something that you will have to adjust to, but it is only because you are different in a good way. Some of the most famous people in history exhibited the characteristics of ADD, such as Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein. ADDer's have trouble fitting into society, but is it not their fault, it is society's. The world needs both Hunters and Farmers, (and if you don't know what those are, you need to read the book.)
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Summary: It sends the wrong message about ADD.
Review: While this book does have moments, for the most part, it seems that it is sending the wrong message about ADD. It makes ADD seem to be something bad, something which needs to be cured by the use of drugs like Ritalin. ADD research has come a long way since this book was written, and ADD is now seen more as a blessing in disguise. It is different way of thinking and interpreting the world. It isn't something that needs to be cured. There are far better books on the subject, such as ADD: A Different Perspective by Thom Hartmann. This book, on the other hand, could actually have dangerous results for people who read it. It may have an answer, but it may not be the right one.
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Summary: This book changed my life!!!!!
Review: This book was a God-send to me. I came across it accidently at a large book sale. Out of tens of thousands of books, this one jumped out at me and said, "Buy me!". The real miracle is that then I actually read it, took it's advice, sought professional diagnosis, began medication, and changed my life. It's not a technical book, it's easy to read. I laughed, I cried, I felt for the first time in my life that someone not only understood me, but was, indeed, LIKE me! After 43 years of thinking that I was lazy, crazy, and sometimes stupid, sometimes a genius, I realized no, but I do have ADD, and that makes me special in my own way (The ADDed Dimension).
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