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 - Wow.I read veryyyyyy few books. I can't remember the last. I read this one while at a convention in las vegas. I skipped going out at night to stay in my room and read it. Thats how much it took me by storm. All I can say is that it was like reading my autobiography. I just beg you. If the issue of ADD, your knowledge of it at this point, or your suspicions that you or someone you care about may have it. READ this book. I cried many night for hours in the hotel room by myself begging for help. Rating: - So... that's why I do that...I read this book a number of years ago, and as I read, began to say to myself: "Yikes! This is Me!" The copy I read belonged to a friend of mine who had a son who had been diagnosed with ADHD. She showed me a portion of it that was a test of sorts... a number of characteristics that indicate the possibility of ADD/ADHD. As I read, and contemplated each point... let me put it this way: I hit a big 'Oh Yeah' on nearly all of them. As a consequence, I went to a local psychologist recommended to me as an expert on ADD/ADHD and asked if there was a way he could test to see if I really have it. There was. He did. I am. Imagine, at 37 years old finding out why I am the way I am, discovering the truth about my behavior, where it comes from and why it is the way it is. It was like waking up from a long frustrating dream... nay, not a dream, a nightmare. I thought I was stupid. I thought I might even be insane. I thought I was never going to achieve anything in my life. NOT TRUE! I now accept and embraced the way I am, and each day, find new ways to live in a world not set up for the likes of me. In fact, understanding that the reason I had so much trouble in this world was BECAUSE it is not set up for my kind helped me forgive myself for having so much trouble fitting into it. It is not ridiculous at all to say that This Book was the door to a new way of seeing myself. I now know I am fine. I am unique. I am LUCKY, BLESSED and one of the special few to be fortunate enough to be born with this kind of mind. I do NOT see it as a deficit at all, but rather a true GIFT. I can do what the other kind of mind can not. I encourage all who have even the remotest inkling that they, or their family members have ADD/ADHD to get their hands on a copy of this work. It could be one of the best purchases you ever make. Rating: - Living with DistractionIt was very eye opening and enlightening to essentially read about myself in the context of Dr. Hallowell's personal and professional experience. Though I have never been diagnosed with ADD, nor pursued a diagnosis this late in life, it did bring my own experience into a place that I could easily understand and accept. It also gave me a basis for helping others in my family deal with ADD at a younger age, hopefully with less of the confusion and anxiety that I endured. The writing was very easy to follow, and indeed, done in a way that any ADD sufferer could readily use! Rating: - A Godsend. Thank you, DR Hallowell.I bought my first copy of this book about two years ago. Grabbed my brain and would not turn it loose...because the pages SCREAMED... "THIS IS YOU!". I am now 51 years old, and have had the cross of ADHD ... or blessing... as you may see it all of my life. I found myself picking up the phone to call close relatives and grabbing friends to lecture them on what was going on...mostly reading straight from the book. My mother wondered if my father and older brother had ADHD. Dad is dead now, but this can help me put some of the dysfunction in our relationship together. Yes, I have been persecuted for having untreated, undiagnosed ADHD. Yes, this book explained an awful lot to me, gave me real solutions, and encouraged me knowing that the two authors are also blessed / victims of this malady / mental enhancement! I subsequently have bought copies for my aged mother in another state, and for my fiance. I have to say, my fiance read it through and studied it like a how to manual for fixing me! (She's a little scary, sometimes!) And of course I sent a copy to my brother, the doctor, who has added it to his trusted library of resources and textbooks. I am now on one of the medications for the neurotransmitter stimulus. I have opted out of the antidepressants, because of their scary side effect warnings. But the stimulant works to calm me and flush me with something I don't have without the medication. It makes a difference. I feel better and more confident, more able to concentrate and more up to meeting all the challenges of life. What more can I say? Their attention to all facets including proper medication and case history is fascinating, intriguing, and extremely useful. Hope is out there. Rating: - Need an eye opener on ADD? You've found one here.As a divorced father of 3 boys (2 have been diagnosed with ADHD) I bought a few books on the subject to read about ADD / ADHD and its backgrounds. Until now this book has given me the best and most useful information of all. It's easily readable and doesn't go OTT as many other books do. The book can easily be used as a "manual" how to cope with things and gives loads of background information. I must however make one serious point here! Beware; you might get more than you bargained for. A lot of things I read, especially the parts about adult ADD, worked like a mirror to me. I know now that considering ADD is genetic whose genes were "to blame". It was a shock as well as a revelation and if any book on my bookshelf will help my boys and me it's this one. Mr. Hallowell thanks for writing this book. In association with Amazon.com | |