From the article: What is ADD
If you are searching for information to help your child, your spouse, or other loved one or if you are living with ADHD yourself, books can be a valuable resource for learning. What books have you found to be most helpful in learning about and coping with ADHD? Favorite Books About ADHD
Favorite ADD books
- At 52, my wife and partner compared notes and my answer came out - the answer to 12+ years of professional counseling that never worked. (My ex-wife 'diagnosed' me too, just before we separated) As a book-junkie, obsessed and compulsive studier (when I wasn't distracted) I read everything I could find at the library and bought books I couldn't find there. Lynn Weiss has several good books, especially "ADD and Success" and her introductory Guide to Adult ADD (now 4th edition). Dr Daniel Amen's book (Healing ADD) is excellent with comprehensive management recommendations, which have become MY framework for living with ADD - as have Concerta, Wellbutrin and Intuniv. Judith Kolberg's "ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life" is excellent, as is Dr Russell Barkley's "Taking Charge of Adult ADHD" (as is his book about children, "Taking Charge of ADHD".) For a quick read, "10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD" by Dr Stephanie Sarkis is also excellent.
- —Guest Dr Bill
Books
- I haven't done much reading about ADD in the last 10 years. However when I was reading I found 2 books to be essential: "Driven to Distraction" by John Ratey and Edward Hallowell and "Answers to Distraction" by Hallowell.
- —Guest john
Another Recommendation
- There's another good book that was written by an entrepreneur with Adult ADD who has since founded his own company. It's called "Landing on the Right Side of Your Ass- A Survival Guide for the Recently Unemployed" by Michael Laskoff. He wrote it because, although he didn't know at the time, his undiagnosed ADD was getting him bounced from many corporate positions of acclaim, and he would just keep having to find new ones. I know he also does seminars and webinars on ADHD and Employment Issues and is active in the ADHD community in terms of these and other issues.
- —jf0417
Books
- I loved "ADHD & Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table" by Blake E.S. Taylor. And of course, "Is it You, Me or Adult ADD" by Gina Pera, but I think everyone loves that book.
- —forum guest
Favorite Books on ADHD
- Dr. Edward Hallowell's "Delivered from Distraction" and "The Explosive Child" by Dr. Ross Greene. Both are excellent resources for AD/HD facts and management. If you want to get a glimpse of family life with an AD/HD child, read my book "Life Matches: Fire Up Your Life!"
- —Guest Andy Dix
Books
- For my kid, "Putting on the Brakes, Understanding and Taking Control of Your ADD". For me as a parent, I like the "1-2-3 Magic" book by Thomas Phelan.
- —Guest Faith
Different Minds
- "Different Minds" by Deirdre V. Lovecky. Best book out there for gifted children with ADHD. This book greatly contributed to my understanding of what was going on in the minds of my two children with ADHD.
- —Guest Carie
A Good Intro for Adults
- The book I first looked into shortly after my ADD diagnosis is "You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?" by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo. What I really like about this book is that it is one of the few books I've found that's specifically about ADULT A.D.D. Up until I found it, most of the info I came across was geared toward A.D.D. in children. Also, it helps that both authors know exactly what it's like to live with A.D.D. Reading their book helped me feel less like a wrongheaded misfit; I no longer felt quite as alone.
- —Guest Dawn
Healing ADD The Brealthrough Program...
- "Healing ADD The breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD". (Daniel G Amen, MD) Was recommended to me and I have read a lot of books! I found this to make the most sense. My son had a QEEG test done after I read it (nobody here does SPECT) and the results were in alignment with the "self diagnosis" I did on him before the test from reading the book. He is on meds now and that has been the trickiest part...finding the "right" drug and "right" dose. He sees improvement and is less frustrated with himself. Dr. Amen gives a lot of help with ALL aspects of ADD including diet and exercise. My son was tested in 2004 and re-addressing it at age 17 has been eye-opening. Going from a PRIVATE Elementary-Middle school to a PUBLIC HS was the catalyst...much less structure! Without our realizing it the private school kept him on task with all their rules. He loves the public school and we are looking forward to an incredibly successful 11th grade year! It's NEVER TOO LATE
- —Guest BJ Paulhus
Favorite Books on ADHD
- "Smart But Scattered" b/c it tells you what to do, and doesn't spend hundreds of pages talking about what ADHD is. Great for parents & we bought a copy for the school (comes with a workbook too). For kids, NJ's Div. of Disability Services has a wonderful list of texts for young children & school aged kids. You have to hunt & peck on the site to get to it, but it's worth tracking down.
- —Guest AlwaysSharing
