Five essential books for those trying to understand and cope with Attention Deficit Disorder / Attention Deficit Hyperactivy Disorder. (In my humble opinion.)

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The books on this page are the books that I have recommended repeatedly to friends who need information about Attention Deficit Disorder / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I strongly recommend that these be the first books read on the subject. They will give you much more perspective than many others and are up-to-date on the neurological basis of ADD*. Most should be available at your local library or bookstore. If not, you can order them here (through Amazon.com), often at substantial discounts. * Note: Throughout this page, when I refer to ADD I mean both with and without hyperactivity. (I generally recommend one of the first two to start with, depending on the person. These are my personal picks; not the result of any scientific surveys or works. If you have read these and other books on the subject, I would be interested in your opinion and may, at sometime in the future, publish a page of readers' picks.) A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. by Amen, Johnson & Amen You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! by Kelly & Ramundo Driven to Distraction - Hallowell & Ratey Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception by Thom Hartmann Women With Attention Deficit Disorder: Embracing Disorganization at Home & in the Workplace by Sari Solden Enter your e-mail address to receive e-mail when the selected pages are updated. Your Internet e-mail address: Balance Check's ADD/ADHD Library Balance Check's List of Five Essential ADD/ADHD Books New Links List on Balance Check   A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D., Amen, Johnson & Amen This book is must reading for anyone ten years old or above who has ADD or lives or works with someone who has ADD. It has very clear explanations of what is really going on in the brain, breaks ADD down into SIX subclasses and shows the wide variety in symptoms that can occur. There are excellent sections on re-building self-esteem and informing others (friends / families / employers / teachers) about ADD. It is written by two teenagers (Antony Amen and Sharon Johnson) and Daniel G. Amen, M.D. Dr. Amen is a neurological psychiatrist who has treated thousands of people with ADD. He uses a SPECT camera to scan the brains of some patients to see what parts of the brain are active, and when. Antony Amen and Susan Johnson are teenagers who have lived through adolescence with ADD. Dr. Amen has been a keynote speaker at numerous ADD conferences including the 1997 ADDA conference. His clinic has its own website with some great information including brain scan images from ADD patients. Reading Level: Young Adult Paperback, 208 pages Published by Mindworks Press Publication date: December 1, 1996 ISBN: 1886554056 More information about A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. - including Table of Contents, reviews and a comment by Lynn Weiss, Ph.D. Order A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. from Amazon.com. - List $29.95, Your Price:$23.96 - save $5.99 (20%) NOTE: Prices are subject to change and may be changed without notice to Balance Check. The prices on amazon.com are the correct prices.  Top of Page Balance Check's Library of ADD/ADHD Books You Mean I'm Not Crazy, Stupid or Lazy?! A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. Driven to Distraction Attention Deficit Disorder: a Different Perception: a Hunter in a Farmer's World Women With Attention Deficit Disorder Back to ADD Home Page -- Back to ADD Links Page ADD Home Page -- Text Only -- ADD Links Page You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! A Self-Help Book for Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo One of the best! When I read this book I almost fell off my chair laughing - and crying - out of self-recognition. Excellent insight into ADD with tips for managing life. Written by two women who are ADD and who work with people who are ADD. The title says what many of us feel upon learning what ADD really is. Very down-to-earth. Easy to read and well-organized! Hardcover, 444 pages Published by Scribner Publication date: February 1995 ISBN: 0684801167 Reprint Edition Paperback Published by Fireside Publication date: January 1, 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.19 x 6.13 x 1.07 ISBN: 0684815311 Audio Cassette Published by Simon & Schuster (Audio) Publication date: March 1, 1995 Dimensions (in inches): 7.07 x 4.53 x 0.85 ISBN: 0671524461 More Information including reviews - Graphical Page More Information including reviews - Text Only Pages Interview with Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo   Order You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Crazy or Stupid?! from Amazon.com : --- HARDCOVER (You Save: $6.90 (30%)) --- SOFTCOVER (You Save: $2.80 (20%)) --- AUDIOCASSETTE (You Save: $4.80 (30%)) NOTE: Prices are subject to change and may be changed without notice to Balance Check. The prices on amazon.com are the correct prices.  Top of Page -- Balance Check's Library of ADD/ADHD Books You Mean I'm Not Crazy, Stupid or Lazy?! A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. Driven to Distraction Attention Deficit Disorder: a Different Perception: a Hunter in a Farmer's World Women With Attention Deficit Disorder Back to ADD Home Page -- Back to ADD Links Page ADD Home Page -- Text Only -- ADD Links Page Driven to Distraction, Hallowell & Ratey: Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood This book has some of the clearest explanations of what it feels like to be ADD. It is well-written by two psychiatrists who are themselves ADD. Hardcover, 319 pages Published by Pantheon Books Publication date: March 1, 1994 ISBN: 0679421777 Reprint Edition Paperback, 319 pages Published by Simon & Schuster (Paper) Publication date: March 1, 1995 ISBN: 0684801280 Audio Cassette Published by Simon & Schuster (Audio) Publication date: March 1, 1995 Dimensions (in inches): 7.05 x 4.53 x 0.84 ISBN: 067189983X Graphical Pages -- More Information / reviews and Interviews with Edward Hallowell, M.D. and John Ratey, M.D. Order Driven to Distraction from Amazon.com : --- HARDCOVER $16.80 (You Save: $7.20 (30%)) --- SOFTCOVER $10.40(You Save: $2.60 (20%)) --- AUDIOCASSETTE $11.20(You Save: $4.80 (30%)) NOTE: Prices are subject to change and may be changed without notice to Balance Check. The prices on amazon.com are the correct prices.  Top of Page -- Balance Check's Library of ADD/ADHD Books You Mean I'm Not Crazy, Stupid or Lazy?! A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. Driven to Distraction Attention Deficit Disorder: a Different Perception: a Hunter in a Farmer's World Women With Attention Deficit Disorder Back to ADD Home Page -- Back to ADD Links Page ADD Home Page -- Text Only -- ADD Links Page   Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception (A Hunter in a Farmer's World) Thom Hartmann A Hunter in a Farmer's World was Hartmann's original title, now reduced to a subtitle because the publisher was afraid it would end up in either the sports or gardening sections of bookstores. This book is now in its second printing because of its positive view of ADD and its ability to reframe how people think about being ADD. What started out as an anthropological metaphor is starting more and more to look like reality. Hartmann's thesis is that ADD is a different perceptual and thought style that has its roots in prehistoric life and its future in the twenty-first century. He shows how the characteristics which can make ADD such a problem in our current culture were survival requirements for our species in pre-agricultural history. He goes on to show how these same characteristics are becoming more and more needed as our economy and culture are changing. When I first read ADD: A Different Perception, I thought that here is a person trying to make me feel good about something that is bad - ADD. A person who would try to "positive think" his way out of falling from an airplane without a parachute! Upon reflection, though, most people who read this book come to realize that ADD is not "good" or "bad" except in the context of a culture. The same characteristics that make a child hard to control in a classroom or at home make the adult that child can become a prime candidate for running his/her own business or taking a Fortune-500 company into the 21st century and beyond. It was in reading this book that I learned how important it is to use those differences as the advantages that they can be. If I start falling from an airplane, I may (1) find a way to make a parachute out of what I do have on hand or (2) find a soft enough place to land, or (3) even learn to fly! I might also, knowing that I am ADD, and that things can go wrong, bring a parachute with me on the trip. More Information / reviews -- Graphical Pages -- Interview w/ Thom Hartmann More Information / reviews -- Text Only Pages -- Interview w/ Thom Hartmann Interview w/ Thom Hartmann (#2)   Order Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception from Amazon.com ($12.00 - NO DISCOUNT AT THIS TIME) Top of Page -- Balance Check's Library of ADD/ADHD Books You Mean I'm Not Crazy, Stupid or Lazy?! A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. Driven to Distraction Attention Deficit Disorder: a Different Perception: a Hunter in a Farmer's World Women With Attention Deficit Disorder Back to ADD Home Page -- Back to ADD Links Page ADD Home Page -- Text Only -- ADD Links Page Women with Attention Deficit Disorder Embracing Disorganization at Home & in the WorkPlace by Sari Solden Paperback This has been called a must read for women dealing with the problems specific to women with ADD. "The descriptions of women jumping from one task to another in a frenzy of distraction will move you - either to laughter or tears." Like the Teenager's Guide to A.D.D., this book is very good reading for people not in its intended audience - i.e. MEN. While the problems of hormones women go through are unique to their gender, the problems of disorganization at home and work are not! Paperback Published by Underwood Books Publication date: October 1, 1995 Dimensions (in inches): 8.46 x 5.53 x 0.85 ISBN: 1887424059 More Information including reviews - Graphical Pages -- Interview with Sari Solden More Information including reviews - Text Only Page   Order Women With Attention Deficit Disorder from Amazon.com: --- SOFTCOVER $9.56 (You Save: $2.39 (20%)) NOTE: Prices are subject to change and may be changed without notice to Balance Check. The prices on amazon.com are the correct prices. This concludes my "hot list" of books. I am working on a (virtually) complete listing of ADD books and hope to break it into at least the same categories I've been using for my links pages. I expect to have that page (under construction) up within the next two weeks. (3/14/98) -- Balance Check  Top of Page -- Balance Check's Library of ADD/ADHD Books You Mean I'm Not Crazy, Stupid or Lazy?! A Teenager's Guide to A.D.D. Driven to Distraction Attention Deficit Disorder: a Different Perception: a Hunter in a Farmer's World Women With Attention Deficit Disorder Back to ADD Home Page -- Back to ADD Links Page ADD Home Page -- Text Only -- ADD Links Page   Enter your e-mail address to receive e-mail when the selected pages are updated. You can select multiple pages. Your Internet e-mail address: Balance Check's ADD/ADHD Library Balance Check's List of Five Essential ADD/ADHD Books New Links List on Balance Check Balance Check's ADD / ADHD Home Page