Attention Deficit Disorder In Adults: Practical Help and Understanding [Paperback]

Lynn Weiss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997

The groundbreaking bestseller completely revised!

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Weiss explains the problems of diagnosing and treating this disorder, and she offers self-help suggestions for treatment via visualization and restructuring. (Booklist )

About the Author

Nationally recognized and actively sought as a voice of reason, Lynn Weiss needs no introduction. Her writing accomplishments appear below. Books: View from the Cliff: A Course in Achieving Daily Focus, Taylor 2001; A.D.D. and Success, Taylor 1998; A.D.D. and Creativity, Taylor 1997; How to Read Your Child Like a Book, Meadowbrook Publishing Co. 1997; Give Your A.D.D. Teen A Chance, Pi-ion Press 1996; A.D.D. on the Job, Taylor 1996; The Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults Workbook; Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults: Practical Help and Understanding, Taylor 1992, Third edition, 1996, Best-seller. Power Lines: What to Say in Problem Situations, Weiss and Lora Cain, Taylor 1994. I Wasn't Finished with Life, Weiss, et.al., E-Heart Press. Most recently, excerpts in ADDvance Magazine from View from the Cliff, 2001 to continue throughout 2001-2002; ADDitude Magazine, 2000; Monthly columns in Recovery; Dallas FamilyMagazine; SR Texas; Total Fitness; View Magazine, 1987-1995; Dozens of articles in newspapers, journals and newsletters on child development and child care issues. 1966-present; on ADD/ADHD issues, 1987-present; on human behavior 1966-present.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing; 3rd Revised Edition edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878339795
• ISBN-13: 978-0878339792
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,168,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This primarily deals with hyperactive type adhd, November 8, 2000

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T. Reinhardt "olivia lee" (east coast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults Workbook (Paperback)

This book would probably be helpful in dealing with adhd that is hyperactive but if you have the primarily inattentive type...pass on this book. As a matter of fact, there is a quiz to "self-test" yourself. If you are primarily inattentive this test will not be accurate. In fact, as I re-call the author even says something to the effect if you don't have a positive on this test...you aren't adhd. Now, I know the field of adhd has changed and grown... and maybe the book just hasnt caught up. If you are adhd-hyperactive, I can see this book being helpful. If you arent hyperactive I cant see any help at all... in fact someone telling you you don't have something your doctor says you do have is only confusing. If you are a woman...."woman and add" is the best book i have read...and there is alot about inattentive type adhd.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There are better books, November 7, 1999

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This review is from: Attention Deficit Disorder In Adults: Practical Help and Understanding (Paperback)

If this is your first ADD book, you'll get a lot out of it. But otherwise you'll find yourself thinking you'd seen the topics put better elsewhere.

For my needs, I think Weiss spends WAY too much time dwelling on the frustration and "abuse" that ADDers have. I'm a newly diagnosed adult, but don't have a lot of emotional baggage like that, that I feel a need to dump. But if you're a "hurtin' pup" in terms of feeling dumped on for your short memory, inability to stick to things, and the like, you could get a lot of support from this book. I think Weiss considers ADDers more fragile that we are, so I felt somewhat talked down to in this book.

I will finish it, just because I don't want to miss anything. And some of the tips for helping you complete projects and stick to your schedule have merit. But most have been covered elsewhere.

BTW, my favorite ADD book so far is Thom Hartmann's "ADD Success Stories". I like the tone, I like his "Hunter/Farmer" theory/metaphor, I like the clinical explanations, and I LOVE the personal stories and tips on how to deal with ADD.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My ADHD "bible", August 3, 2001

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This review is from: Attention Deficit Disorder In Adults: Practical Help and Understanding (Paperback)

This book was great for me! It was as though the author had been living inside my brain. Some of the issues in this particular book did not particularly pertain to me, but most of them did. I have purchased several of these books and given them to people who have been diagnosed adult ADD or ADHD telling them to return it if they did not like it. If they did like it then they could reimburse me for it. So far 6 of 6 people have sent me a thank you note with a check for repayment. I have just ordered another copy of this book for my fiance to have for his own referance since this book does a much better job of explaining how I think, feel, act etc than I can!

Another book that I read just after being diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is "Safe People" by Cloud and Townsend. It helped me to re-set limits, re-define boundaries, and fine tune my interactions. It is also available on audio!