If you've just been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, you might be wondering what the next steps are. Does your partner, child, roommate, or friend have ADD? Do you wonder what's going on in his or her head, and you want to understand the secret code so you can better love him or her?
For many people, living with ADD/ADHD means adopting new tools to help them manage their symptoms, which helps them to thrive in their emotional health, personal relationships, and careers.
Here's a guide to managing ADD/ADHD effectively.
The author offers thirteen principles for successful living with ADD and ADHD drawn from twenty-two years of experience and 23,000 hours of clinical discussions with hundreds of interesting clients. Written in an entertaining, conversational style for readers aged fifteen to thirty, he pulls no punches in confronting the cognitive, social, emotional, and academic pitfalls people with ADD face every day. He also helps families, friends, and romantic partners understand a diagnosis of ADD not as something to fear or an excuse, but as a first step on the path to a better tomorrow.
His principles include accepting here and now, living intentionally, making mindful decisions, recognizing and taking the right path and not just the easy one, wanting rather than wishing, finding and following life's instructions, managing crises, taking responsibility, attaining character through radical honesty, and creating sustainable happiness through organized thinking and living. Finally, he guides you and your loved ones in how to better manage relationships, seek a good diagnosis, utilize therapy, and become your expert on medication management.
