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Dealing with Adult A.D.D. is more than just taking medication and "forcing" focus. You have to use your working memory or supplements to it, like a note-pad, to
by mikelyons 12y ago
Dealing with Adult A.D.D. is more than just taking medication and "forcing" focus. You have to use your working memory or supplements to it, like a note-pad, to coach yourself about what is the best use of your time. You obviously know that none of these other things is helping get actual project work done.
One thing that has been very helpful for me is counseling. (Also called therapy).
A psychiatrist will prescribe medication, but a psychologist will help you become aware and devise strategies for dealing with behaviors you've described that prevent you from accomplishing meaningful work.
Two books I found immensely helpful are:
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
By: Russell A. Barkley
and
Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder
By: Gina Pera, Russell Barkley
Good luck
- lazyhummingbird 12y agoI second what you had to say about self-coaching and listmaking. Ruling an ADHD mind is all about the meta-game. I've always thought it was cruel that methods for dealing with my ADHD involved exactly the kinds of things that ADHD would to keep me from doing: -Setting appointments with doctors -Reading full books -Regularly checking schedules and priority lists Eventually, I buckle down and these things happen. But it takes me longer than it takes other people, and the trip definitely goes uphill. But if you're fighting, you're winning.