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Is it a Cult Classic? A Simple Book About A Kid With ADD Growing Up Into An Adult With ADD

July 9th, 2010 · 10 Comments · 01 My Thoughts

 

About a year or so ago someone wrote me and told me that One Boy’s Struggle would become a cult classic. As per the usual with me I didn’t pay that complement much attention (yep – A.D.D.). It was a complement, right? Then a few weeks ago someone else wrote me and said nearly the same thing and then again, just last week yet another person called it a cult classic. The latest person didn’t even say it would be or could be, she said it is a cult classic! She was pretty much a-matter-of-fact about it.

Okay, now I am starting to pay attention. I decided to look up ‘cult classic’ in the dictionary, or rather, Google, and this is what I found:

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Have you answered… ADDer World ADHD Network update July 8 2010

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · 01 My Thoughts

We have quite a few new members over on our ADDer World ADHD Social Network. Welcome! Here’s a great forum topic to get started:

How old was everyone when they found out they had ADD/ADHD?

Connie has this question for you:

Who do you talk to about your ADD/ADHD?

For the next few months these signed books will be offered to members in our drawings:

August: Eileen Bailey & Don Haupt MD - Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adult ADHD

September: The Gift of ADHD Activity Book by Dr. Lara Honos-Webb (correction in the order from email sent to members)

October: Life at Full Throttle: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults by Dr. Catherine Avery

November: ADHD Medication Rules: Paying Attention To The Meds For Paying Attention by Dr. Charles Parker (not signed because digital ebook)

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New Book – The Patient’s Guide for ADHD Medication Rules by Dr. Charles Parker

June 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments · 01 My Thoughts

 

I receive literally thousands of press releases every year. I publish very few of them for your reading pleasure. Instead, I ask authors if they would like to give away a free signed copy on our ADDer World social network. Some take up that offer and some don’t. This press release is a bit different because it is critically important for the ADHD population worldwide and it is published in ebook format, so there isn’t yet an autographed printed copy available.

Over the last 3 years of so, Dr. Parker has become a trusted partner in helping raise awareness about ADHD and he has also become a valued friend. He’s also a member of our ADDer World ADHD Social Network. I am very proud and pleased to present his press release about his new book. His new book is going to change a lot of treatment strategies out there for ADHD by explaining in detail what ADHD medication does and doesn’t do, how it should be used and prescribed – you know what, let me just post the press release so you can read the details for yourself… enjoy:

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Miley Cyrus and Crazy Medication for ADHD

March 24th, 2010 · 21 Comments · 01 My Thoughts

 I just read an article about an interview with Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, where she says that when she was in middle school that she was ‘told’ (by who?) that she may have ADD or ADHD and goes on to say “If I were in high school now they would most likely tell me I do have one or both of those and put me on some sort of crazy medication.”

Miley probably doesn’t realize what she is saying could have a profound effect on a great many people, especially the young teens that idolize her who may succumb to peer pressure rather easily. “Crazy medication” isn’t what ADHD medication is and it is not for treating “Crazy”. Kids have a lot of terms they use which don’t make a whole lot of sense out of context and most of it is just slang. Granted, but still she could have given a little more thought into what she was saying, before saying it.

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Are ADDers the New Vampires?

December 20th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Adult ADHD Sexy

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Adult ADHD can be sexy for many reasons, the list is literally endless, and yet the majority of those reasons are not for good behavior. Being generally bad can be sexy too and if there’s one word that is synonymous with ADHD, whether it is spoken or unspoken that word would be: Bad.

Bad Manners, Bad Behavior, Bad Morals and Bad Person and on and on…

Bad, Selfish, Narcissistic, Ill-mannered, lazy, unmotivated, and Stupid, Idiotic, Procrastinator and the ever popular Crazy are just a few of the names which have become staples in the depository of names for those of us with ADHD. In Adult ADHD can be Sexy I address a few of them and yet it is impossible to address all of them, not to mention exhausting too. In the end, they all mean the same thing.

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You Can Learn to Harness Your Ability to Focus and Concentrate Better – eBook

August 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments · 01 My Thoughts, 4 Men, 4 women, eBooks

Since I have started this blog and published my first book One Boy’s Struggle: A Memoir, the most frequent and prevalent inquires I have received have been about hyper focusing. Most have been from people who want to control it in some way. Anyone, with or without ADHD can control their ability to focus at will. I truly believe that. For those of us with ADHD it is far more challenging; however, when it is achieved at will, it can be repeated and eventually harnessed – if you are willing to take the steps to get there! The ‘willing‘ (motivation) part can get in our way, especially if you have ADHD; therefore, this eBook is written specifically with that in mind.

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ADDer World Book Contest: “Trust Me” by Kenneth Kaye Ph.D. with Nick Kaye

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Interactive ADDer World, Myths about ADD ADHD

~In Trust Me, family psychologist Kenneth Kaye and his son, Nick, use the experience of Nick’s struggle with what he calls “Attention Money Disorder” to combine a no-nonsense strategy, practical advice, business wisdom, and dozens of examples. They show you step by step how to negotiate a “Deal” with your young adult, rebuilding mutual trust and nurturing the skills and habits of a self-supporting grown-up.~

You can read more about the Kaye’s and their book “Trust Me” here

ALSO: To help celebrate the publication of my new book The Brilliant Reality of ADHD, I will be giving the winner of this contest a copy of that too. This contest will net you two books, if you happen to win!!

Member’s names will be put into a box and randomly selected to choose the winner.

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