Professionals with ADD
“DON’T STAND UP AND GIVE A TALK: Adults with ADD are too easily distracted to give good talks. They are bright, enthusiastic, and witty, but they ramble. It is impossible for them to stay on track. If someone does something distracting, they are lost. For example, if asked a question, their answer is likely.. read more →
Adult ADD and Neurofeedback
John was a thirty-nine-year-old independent contractor who built small single-family houses. He came to us because of a long history of ADD that he readily acknowledged was a condition which kept him from being more successful. He reported that he was sure his father was ADD and perhaps one of his brothers. He wanted help. .. read more →
Adult ADD and Neurofeedback
“Once again family and friends shake their heads in frustration. Adults with ADD are usually good “idea people” but need to have the backup of steady workers. They are good for the short projects that do not require much follow through. In the office we frequently put a stopwatch on the children and monitor.. read more →
Adult ADHD, Great Idea!
Adults with ADD are often very bright and come up with great ideas. They tell us about these ideas and we get excited for them. They take off like a whirlwind doing things, arranging things, setting things up. For those of us who love them, we feel they have finally found themselves. They are finally.. read more →
“Adults with ADD–The Problem Doesn’t Automatically Go Away”
Adults with ADD generally present with the same symptoms as children. However, the stakes tend to be higher and the ramifications of the problems are much broader. There is a long-held misconception, even among some professionals, that children will “grow out” of their ADD, thereby becoming “normal” adults. In reality, ADD does not always.. read more →
ADD in Children and Adults
“There are many different problems that present to us as ADD, and these must be teased out before treatment begins. Due to all the attention on ADD, many individuals label normal childhood development stages as ADD. As Dr. Budd has pointed out, many bright, active children inappropriately get negative labels that can follow them for.. read more →
“Refining the Distinctions: All is Not ADD”
Not everything that looks like ADD is ADD. Normal children and adults can have behavioral characteristics that can resemble ADD. We can all have bad days or even bad weeks. In our offices, if we juice up on a lot of coffee, our staff threatens to treat us for ADD. Frequently, we will get on.. read more →
ADD Similarities
“These are examples of how ADD presents with uniquely different behaviors in a given child. Although different, each behavior is caused by the same type of brain dysregulation. By the way, not every case that presents with symptoms like these three examples is ADD. There are many other disorders that must be ruled out before.. read more →
Hypoactive ADD can be helped.
“Linda was the stereotype of the ADD child with hypoactivity. She sat in class daydreaming and doodled on her notebook paper. She would draw little cartoon characters and have them say funny things. Some cartoons were very clever, but the notepaper was devoid of classroom notes. Linda was sweet, polite, and pretty; she was also.. read more →
ADD: Incognito
“Gerald was an easy diagnosis compared to Karl, a fourteen-year-old truant. He was in trouble with school officials for fighting, had a brush with the law for petty vandalism, and was a chronic marijuana smoker. He was the classic skinny little tough guy, yet no one considered him ADD. As it turns out, he used.. read more →