Re: ADHD in Adults « Reply #15 on Nov 2, 2009, 1:57pm »
i got lazy crazy and stupid a coulpe of months ago and thought it was good, i also bought women with add by suri solden (?) and another one, when i find it ill let you know what it is
ive not thouroly read any of them but keep going back to them and find them useful on understanding adhd in adults, the women with add was particulaly good as it is for women (obviously ) i just had a mini spending spree on ebay and now they are dotted around my house somewhere
the tips on organising and managing daily life are useful to read but im having problems implementing them and im not diagnosed and dont know where to start! but 8 days and counting for my 2nd assessment!
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Re: ADHD in Adults « Reply #16 on Nov 15, 2009, 11:19pm »
I think I need a book called ADD-friendly ways to help you read ADD-friendly ways to Organize your life
Bought it years ago and keep on picking it up, reading a bit, and then having it displaced by other books, reading the first fifth of 12 novels in quick succession, changing the place I read every half hour for a fortnight and then burying it under another bunch of books and detritus for another year and a half.
One day I will read it. Maybe I'll put that on www.MySomeday.com lol
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Re: ADHD in Adults « Reply #17 on Nov 16, 2009, 1:58pm »
For some reason I lost the ability to engage in reading books at about age 16.... Now, I can only skim............ No matter how valuable the book, even if it was all about ADHD, I would take ages and get bored...... watching the barkley vids is a bit tricky as well, still....depression feelings probably don't help either.. I can watch films and "different" tv series' though......in BIG sessions..
NOthing in moderation,...........can't get enough, until I literally get repulsed from it......
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Re: ADHD in Adults « Reply #18 on Nov 18, 2009, 7:05pm »
The first book I read was ADHD by Mark Selikowitz (OUP The Facts series). Not as heavy as it sounds (approx 230 pages and small size paperback). It was while reading this that I realised my son ticked nearly all the boxes for Inattentive Type ADHD. I only realised I also did at my son's ADHD assessment - doh!
I was bought "You Mean I'm not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy" and "ADD - Friendly Ways to Organize your Life"
I enjoyed reading them both - the first because I had spent over 50 years feeling a failure and then realised that I had actually achieved a lot despite the ADHD.
As for the latter - it entertained me BUT......
I'm sure it would be very useful IF someone without ADHD would sort my house out for me first. Then, and only then, it might be possible to maintain the organisation and systems.
Re: ADHD in Adults « Reply #19 on Nov 19, 2009, 4:02pm »
im the same if somebody could just sort my house out first, i could try and maintain it, its just getting to the organised house
i think im halfway or less through about 6 books at the mo i keep picking different ones up and reading, then wondering why i cant get into one!
and how annoying is it when you read a few pages then actually realise you havent actually taken anything in becuase you were thinking about something else!
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Re: ADHD in Adults « Reply #20 on Nov 19, 2009, 10:42pm »
cb, you ain't alone! God knows what they would have to do for me to follow some kind of system. I invent a new system every week and stick to none of them. I'm destined to live surrounded by books and clutter and God knows what. Around me now:
to my left: four notebooks, two books, iPod (linked to old computer), oh no, tell a lie, more books and notebooks under piles of paper of notes on an old obsession; external hard drive, unnused for months; careers in PGL booklet.
To my right... sod it you get the picture. I actually described only one quarter of what's on my left anyway.
Oh, and a spoon I made a couple of weeks back at a green woodwork thing.
Andy12345, I'm with you on TS series. It was This Life a while back (car boot sale job). It's The Wire now. Excellent!
cb, you ain't alone! God knows what they would have to do for me to follow some kind of system. I invent a new system every week and stick to none of them. I'm destined to live surrounded by books and clutter and God knows what. Around me now:
to my left: four notebooks, two books, iPod (linked to old computer), oh no, tell a lie, more books and notebooks under piles of paper of notes on an old obsession; external hard drive, unnused for months; careers in PGL booklet.
To my right... sod it you get the picture. I actually described only one quarter of what's on my left anyway.
Oh, and a spoon I made a couple of weeks back at a green woodwork thing.
Andy12345, I'm with you on TS series. It was This Life a while back (car boot sale job). It's The Wire now. Excellent!
Peace and Love , get in touch with your Inner Hippy.
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Re: ADHD in Adults « Reply #22 on Nov 20, 2009, 4:26pm »
McNulty is exactly as I am at work. Getting myself in shit all the while. Stubborn as a bastard. Won't be told.
And he's a workaholic.
Can't keep to the rulebook. Yeah. I think he may be.
He's certainly one to keep things interesting by just maintaining this stimulating level of chaos around him.
Fascinating show because psychologically it's so on the money. Not only with McNulty (who is played by an Englishman who went to Eton!!!) but with all the other characters. I'm hooked!
Can anyone think of other characters in fiction etc. who may have ADHD? Here's my usual list, which maybe tends towards the inattentive side of the spectrum:
Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger (and Salinger himself) Similarly Igby in Igby Goes Down, which was loosely based on the above Billy Fisher in Billy Liar and Billy Liar on the Moon by Keith Waterhouse Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes Walter Mitty in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
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