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 - Dr. Amen "GETS" Adult ADHDI read this book years ago, in its original printing, and find it as helpful today as I did then. Amen acknowledges--and offers strategies for addressing--"intimacy" issues that few other clinicians know to even ask about! Especially if they thinkt ADHD is just about having trouble with paperwork at the office or being "creative." :-0 So, granted, this is not a foundational book on ADHD, but it's the one you read when you want more in-depth help on intimacy issues (meaning...SEX). Keep in mind, though: New medications are introduced every year, so look to other sources to update the specific advice about certain medications. In learning about ADHD, I finally decided that reading about 3-5 good books on the subject was a much better strategy than trying to find a doc or therapist who would explain it all for my husband and I. We'd wasted enough years consulting "experts" and all it did was make things worse. And sometimes you have to invest months (and lots of co-pays) before you realize that the clinician really doesn't "get" ADHD. So, my advice is earmark about $150, make the relevant reading choices, and read read read. Then join an online support group for partners of adults with ADHD. Gina Pera, author Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder Rating: - Great help!This book was good for both of us. It reminded me (the ADDer) some of the things I do are a result of the disease, not because I am ignorant or thoughtless. And it gave my husband a better idea of the same~ We have been in counseling for a year now, this book was the best way to finish our work and deal with/accept my ADD Rating:  - More of a guide for the ADD person than the CoupleBeing the wife of an adult ADD man, I searched for a book giving me some help in dealing with the issues that come up in marriage due to ADD. I specifically wanted help for me as the spouse. This book seemed to be the one I have looked for and it did begin that way. However, by the middle of the book it became just another of the many books geared toward the ADD adult and very little was geared toward the frustrations of the spouse. To summarize, it would be great for the ADD person, but of little help to the sppuse. Rating: - If you have Healing ADD it's far better! Then you likely may not need this unless you want a far more summarized book.First off this book isn't cheap! And no marketplace buyers help with that either! Those with ADD and those who are close to them may have enough ADD costs to deal with (More then most) So that is certainly not sweet. Can you relate!? The other ADD couple books are worse most likely but this one has very little new helpful info that a Healing ADD or General diagnosis type of book would have (With also a general love strong self help or two!)book minus maybe the organization chapter which is just plain weak (no surprise for me there his expertise isn't to be an ADD coach but a diagnosing leader in the feild. If I didn't know so much about ADD already but knew more then a little like now only 7 chapters out of 19 are and would be applicable to me and anyone like that. I'm talking about possibly self- help books that are great but cheaper then this and a grt organizing book.I'll update this briefly soon. page 1 of 1
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