My ADD / ADHD Blog

Fast Minds Book Club

Happy New Year!

The Living with ADD Book Club is back for 2016. The featured book for the months of January and February is Fast Minds: How to Thrive If You Have ADHD (Or Think You Might) by Craig Surman MD, Tim Bilkey, MD and Karen Weintraub.

Join the FREE Adult ADD / ADHD Book Club now to discuss this book. 

Discussion Topics will include:

• Favorite Parts of the Book
• Take Away From the Book
• Strategies from the Book
• Action Steps related to the Book

This is a 2 month long discussion which you can join anytime at your own convenience. There is no schedule.. Simply go to the private Book Club page at your convenience and share your thoughts about the book with other Book Club Members.

 

Most Helpful Adult ADD / ADHD Books

As some of you know I am currently working on revamping the Living with ADD Site. Later this month I will be launching Living with ADD 3.0. One of the features of Living with ADD 3.0 will be a FREE interactive Book Club for Adults with ADD / ADHD. I plan on launching the FREE Book Club in early September. 

I'm asking you as my blog readers to help me choose some the books for the Book Club. What books have you found the most helpful as adults with ADD / ADHD? What books do you think would be great to discuss with other Adults with ADD / ADHD in a FREE Online Book Club?

Share your book ideas here.

Thanks so much for your help!

Tara McGillicuddy

Alternative Treatment for Adult ADD / ADHD

There's a great new book out about alternative treatment for adult ADD / ADHD. It's called Natural Relief for Adult ADHD: Complementary Strategies for Increasing Focus, Attention, and Motivation With or Without Medication by Dr. Stephanie Sarkis. I highly recommend this book. It's quick and easy to read and full of great information about numerous alternative treatment options for Adult ADD / ADHD.  Dr. Sarkis covers the many different treatment options and tells you which ones work and which ones don't work. She supports this with research and data too. 

There are so many people out there claiming to have cures for ADD / ADHD. Anybody can tell you their cure works and will try and sell it to you. Before you put your time, energy and money into any of these cures, please read Natural Relief for Adult ADHD: Complementary Strategies for Increasing Focus, Attention, and Motivation With or Without Medication. There's finally a resource out there telling you what works and what doesn't work! 

Tara McGillicuddy

Trust : ADHD Support Talk Radio

This week my guest on ADHD Support Talk Radio was Melissa Orlov. We had a great discussion about Trust Issues and ADD / ADHD. For those of you who are not familiar with Melissa Orlov, she is the author of the book The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps. She also runs the website ADHD and Marriage.

The main focus of this discussion had to do with trust in marriages and romantic relationships. Most of what we discussed can also apply to other types of relationships too. I really think this show is worth a listen for anybody who has ADD / ADHD or has an Adult with ADD / ADHD in their life.

Problems with the Kindle

So, a few months ago I finally broke down and purchased a Kindle. I thought about getting one for some time and finally agreed it was the right time to get one.

There are some great ADD / ADHD books for the Kindle like :

• ADHD Medication Rules
• 365 Ways to Succeed with ADHD
• The ADHD Effect on Marriage

The Kindle is great! It saves space and is really portable. It has the option for me to listen and have the books read to me. It also keeps the battery charge for MONTHS at time too!

So then what's the problem with the Kindle? It needs a power to cord to charge the battery when it finally does run out.

So here's where my ADD comes in! A couple of month ago I put the Kindle cord and adapter in a SPECIAL place so I would not lose it when I needed to recharge it.

The good news is that I FINALLY remembered where the special place was! However it took me some time and searching a few different places before I located it. Guess this time I need to set up some type of reminder for where I store the Kindle cord!

365 Ways to Succeed with ADHD

Those of you who listened to ADHD Support Talk Radio this past week heard about the new book 365 ways to succeed with ADHD: A Full Year of Valuable Tips and Strategies From the World's Best Coaches and Experts which I am one of the co-authors of. The book launch happens this Tuesday and there is a special offer for you if you purchase the book through Amazon on Tuesday, October 11, 2011.

1. Purchase 365 ways to succeed with ADHD: A Full Year of Valuable Tips and Strategies From the World's Best Coaches and Experts

2. Come back here to my blog and then click on this link and follow the instructions on the page.

After you purchase the book you will have access to some wonderful FREE gifts from the co-authors of 365 ways to succeed with ADHD: A Full Year of Valuable Tips and Strategies From the World's Best Coaches and Experts. I have donated a 1 hour recording of a Time Management Teleseminar. Some of the other co-authors have donated tools, checklists, and other helpful ADD / ADHD resources.

Just a reminder these gifts wil only be available on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 and you must also purchase the book on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 .

ADHD Awareness Events in October

October is here and there are some ADHD Awareness events going on this month. As I write this blog post the Virtual AD/HD Conference is underway. The Online ADHD Awareness Expo starts on October 16th. There's also an event taking place on October 11th that I want all my blog readers to know about. It will be posting more on my blog later this week but you can also learn about it by listening to this week's ADHD Support Talk Radio show. Laurie Dupar was my guest today talking about 365 Ways to Succeed with ADD / ADHD.

Adult ADD: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

I want to let my blog readers know about a great new book called Adult ADD: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Dr. Stephanie Sarkis. Dr. Sarkis recently send me a copy of her book to review and I think it's great. It's perfect for somebody who has recently been identified as having Adult ADD / ADHD. One of the things I love about the books that Stephanie Sarkis has written is that they are short, simple to read, and full of great info.

If you are brand new to the world of Adult ADD / ADHD I highly recommend starting with Adult ADD: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed. It's very easy to read and has what you need to know.

Some New ADD / ADHD Books

Here's a few books that I have been sent recently and have been meaning to review:

The first one is the Complete Idiot's Guide to Adult ADHD by Eileen Bailey and Donald Haupt M.D. This is a very useful and reader friendly book about Adult  ADD / ADHD. It gives the reader the basics of Adult ADD /ADHD. It's a nice reference to add to an ADD Library or to the rest of your ADD / ADHD books that are scattered through your home!

 

The next book is Navigating ADHD: Your Guide to the Flip Side of ADHD by  Tracey Bromley Goodwin and  Holly Oberacker. This is a great guide for Parents of Children with ADD / ADHD. It also has a great set up and is easy to read. There are some helpful charts and table in the book too.

 

The 3rd books is AD/HD SUCCESS! Solutions for Boosting Self-Esteem: The Diary Method for Ages 7-17 by Kerin Bellak-Adams. This is a great and different type of book. It's a useful workbook that parents can use with their children. You can learn more about the book by listening to Self-Esteem , Success and ADD / ADHD with Kerin Bellak-Adams on ADHD Support Talk Radio.

ADD / ADHD Medication Resource

As an ADD / ADHD Coach I educate my clients and help them develop effective skills and systems. I am not a trained medical professional and I can not and will not give out any advice about medication. I am able to let people know about ADD / ADHD medication resources though.

ADHD Medication Rules: Paying Attention To The Meds For Paying Attention by Dr. Charles Paker is THE ADD / ADHD Medication resource. It's a 170 page E-Book. That means you will get instant access to the book once you pay for it. As long as you don't print out all 170 pages and leave them on your floor it is a wonderful resource for people looking for answers and information about ADD / ADHD medications.