If a support group is not available in your area, visit some of the online ADHD forums to see if you can connect with someone with similar goals. You may find it too expensive to make out-of-state phone calls. If this is the case, daily e-mails are another great way to communicate.
It is important to partner with someone with whom you feel a sense of compatibility and trustworthiness. The partnership is a commitment for at least an agreed upon period. It is a commitment to make changes, to improve your daily functioning, to set and work toward goals and help another human being along the way.
Roger sums up his mutual life coaching experiences nicely:
“If partners are serious about making progress and stick with their commitment, it's the most powerful ‘medicine’ I know.”
Additional Reading:
Treatment of ADD
Finding a Treatment Provider
Wondering If You Have Adult ADD?
Should I tell people at work that I have ADD?
Strategies for Success in the Workplace
Sources:
Roger (name changed by request). Personal interview/email correspondence. 4 and 9 August, 2008.
Edward M. Hallowell, MD, John J. Ratey, MD. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood. Touchstone. 1995.
