Motivational and inspirational writer, Bryan Hutchinson is the author of several books about life with ADHD including the highly acclaimed, best selling "One Boy′s Struggle: A Memoir" and the author of the hilarious eBook that went viral "10 Things I Hate about ADHD"

Parent’s find answers for own symptoms through child’s diagnosis of ADD ADHD

Parent’s find answers for own symptoms through child’s diagnosis of ADD ADHD
on: October 15, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 6 Comments ...

I have been finding articles in the news recently that are pointing out something which I think is very interesting and dare I say obvious?: Parent’s are discovering answers for their own behaviors when their child is diagnosed with ADD or ADHD

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Dream on Commander Mart

Dream on Commander Mart
on: October 14, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 3 Comments ...

In Celebration of the completion of my Memoir: “One Boy’s Struggle: A Memoir – Surviving life with undiagnosed ADD” my wife wrote a poem about my life story! It’s an amazing poem that truly captures the history of my life. If you are wondering about the title, Commander Mart was a fictional Super Hero Character I dreamed about being when I was a young child. Joan is an amazingly talented poet and to truly appreciate and completely understand her poem it is necessary to read my Memoir; however, I still think that most of you will understand what she is expressing. Actually, if you’re an Adder, I am sure of it! Here you go, for your reading pleasure:

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Pace yourself!

Pace yourself!
on: October 12, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

Has anyone ever told you to pace yourself? Doesn’t that sound very odd to be telling someone with ADD or ADHD? Most of the time a person with ADD ADHD is more likely to hear derogatory lazy comments and be questioned as to why he or she is so slow or uninterested. BUT, and I have capitalized the ‘but’ part, when an Adder becomes interested in something STAND BACK!

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Positive ADDer Quote of the week

Positive ADDer Quote of the week
on: October 11, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

  _______   “I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority” E. B. White Author of Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. E. B. White might not have been an Adder; however, this particular quote struck me as fitting for us Adders. We can either see and use ADD ADHD as a gift of our nature or we can spend our lives trying to find ways to circumvent our inherent nature. Life is short and there is no cure for ADD ADHD and yet our gift has many aspects which we can and should use to our advantage and benefit. “Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one” E. B. White Spoken like a true Adder! ~Bryan  

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ADD ADHD Newsletters via Email

ADD ADHD Newsletters via Email
on: October 10, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

Blogs are great for receiving new information via feeds and some traditional websites also have some great newsletters. I have signed up for several ADD ADHD newsletters and 2 of which I actually read and refer too. If you are interested in having ADD ADHD information received in the form of email newsletters here are a couple good ones that I enjoy receiving and you might too:

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My Top Ten Books List

My Top Ten Books List
on: October 9, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 2 Comments ...

Many of you have written me asking which books I have found to be the most helpful in dealing with my ADD ADHD. And some of you have been extremely surprised when I respond and give up my list. The usual response is the question “Why not more ADD ADHD specific books?” –The answer is simple: I haven’t read too many ADD ADHD books which I have found to be useful, not yet anyway and to be quite honest, I haven’t really read that many or I have started and never picked them up again and it’s usually because I simply can’t get through them. I have only read 1 ADD ADHD book from cover to cover and it is listed here. I learn best from stories, life stories and experiences and I suspect this is the same for most of us Adders and that’s the reason I wrote my […]

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Small is the new BIG! The perfectly Abstract Adder day in Frankfurt Germany!

Small is the new BIG! The perfectly Abstract Adder day in Frankfurt Germany!
on: October 7, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 2 Comments ...

Oct 2007 Hello everyone and welcome to Adder World, it is a fine Sunday morning and the sun is shining brightly outside—at least in this part of the world. Yesterday my wife and I had a unique and wonderful day in Frankfurt, Frankfurt Germany! We went to Frankfurt for a reason, a very special reason and I am going to tell you a little about that and I am going to tell you of a few things we discovered in Frankfurt which related perfectly to my Adder nature and how things just seemed to happen that I wanted to happen, but I wasn’t really thinking of happening—at least not in Frankfurt Germany. Ah, the Law of Attraction with Positive Thinking and the Power of Optimism does incredible things and it works. If you have been reading my Blog, then you know what I am talking about. This is going to […]

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ADHD Awareness AACAP – APA ADHD Online Guide

ADHD Awareness AACAP – APA ADHD Online Guide
on: October 5, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

It is amazing what 20 or 30 years can do! When I was a kid ADD ADHD was relatively unknown to the common populace. There is an ever growing awareness of ADD ADHD and studies are finding many children and adults are going undiagnosed. What was once considered a myth or a popular ‘made up’ illness is finally becoming recognized and

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Positive ADDer Quote of the week

Positive ADDer Quote of the week
on: October 3, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments ...

     _______    “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill Winston Churchill is one of the greatest men to have lived in the last century and he persevered through great personal difficulties and low self esteem—which was often described as an ‘ego’ problem that made him appear overly secure. Winston Churchill is also considered to have suffered from ADD ADHD; however, his diagnosis at the time of his life was lisp (speech problem) and later also thought to be cluttering (speech/communication disorder). With the information we have today

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Sometimes it’s for our own good

Sometimes it’s for our own good
on: October 2, 2007 by: Bryan Hutchinson 5 Comments ...

   I knew I would have to get around to this article and I have tried to put it off as long as possible. This article is about doing things that others ask of us or rules we must follow: compliance, conformity and obeying. I tell you what, and I think (“I think”) I speak for all of us when I say; we Adders detest those 3 words! Okay, maybe detest is a strong word, but the emotions we feel when we must comply, conform and obey are strongly distasteful—they even have a nasty aftertaste that lasts for days! We Adders

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