VOLUME 7, NO. 5 May 23, 2002
NJ ADD/ADHD ADULT NEWSLETTER
ADD ADULT SELF HELP SUPPORT GROUP
FOR ADD/ADHD ADULTS
AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
MEETING: THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ADD ADULT SELF HELP SUPPORT GROUP WILL BE ON MAY 23, 2002 AT 7:30 PM AT MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER, ROOM 114 STEINAM HOUSEMAN, LONG BRANCH, NJ. GO TO THE RECEPTION DESK IN THE MAIN LOBBY AND GET DIRECTIONS. THE TOPIC WILL BE: ASSERTIVENESS (STOP BEING ABUSED)--YOUR PERFECT RIGHT!!!
BOOK REVIEW: K. NADEAU & P. QUINN, (EDITORS), 2002, UNDERSTANDING WOMEN WITH AD/HD. SILVER SPRING, MD. THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR BOOK ON WOMEN WITH ADD, THE FIRST WAS SARI SOLDEN'S, WOMEN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER. THE EDITORS ALSO EDIT THE MAGAZINE FOR ADD WOMEN CALLED ADDVANCE. ALTHOUGH THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR WOMEN, IT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE WHO HAS ANY INTEREST IN WOMEN WITH ADD, AND CERTAINLY SHOULD BE READ IF YOU HAVE A CLIENT, PATIENT, SPOUSE, DAUGHTER, MOTHER OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEMALE IN YOUR LIFE WHO HAS ADD. ALTHOUGH MUCH OF WHAT WAS WRITTEN HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED, THE AVAILABILITY OF SO MUCH INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE MAKES THIS A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE. THE CHAPTERS ON FIBROMYALGIA, HORMONE INFLUENCES, GENDER DIFFERENCES, DEPROGRAMMING WOMEN WITH AD/HD, MOTHERHOOD, THE UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS OF DIAGNOSING ADD IN WOMEN, AND MEDICAL ISSUES WERE EXTREMELY VALUABLE SUMMARIES. MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I FACE IN DEALING WITH ADD COUPLES WERE IDENTIFIED. GIVEN THAT I USUALLY GET VERY BORED READING ADD BOOKS THAT REHASH OLD INFORMATION, I FOUND MYSELF DEVOURING THIS ONE. (BUT I DID HAVE TO SKIM SEVERAL CHAPTERS.) IF YOU ARE MALE, THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ TOO!!!
NEW MEDICATION DELIVERING SYSTEM: A TRANSDERMAL (SKIN PATCH) IS ABOUT TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC (PENDING FDA APPROVAL) CALLED A METHYPATCH. THE PATCH WILL DELIVER METHYLPHIDATE, THE GENERIC FORM OF RITALIN. FOR THOSE CHILDREN OR ADULTS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY REMEMBERING PILLS, THIS SYSTEM MAY BE VERY HELPFUL. IT COULD BE AVAILABLE AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS YEAR. NOVEN IS THE MANUFACTURER.
BOOK: SEVERAL GROUP MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING STUDY SKILLS, NOTE TAKING, MIND MAPPING, PAPERWORK ORGANIZATION, PLANNING RESEARCH PAPERS, MEMORIZING AND OTHER WORK OR STUDY SKILLS. ONE SUCH BOOK IS BY L.DAVIS STUDY STRATEGIES MADE EASY: A PRACTICAL PLAN FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS. ALTHOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN FOR STUDENTS THROUGH THE 12TH GRADE, MANY OF US NEVER LEARNED THESE STRATEGIES OR FORGOT THEM AS OUR RACING MINDS FOUND MORE EXCITING THINGS TO DO.
BOOK: ANOTHER VALUABLE BOOK FOR ADDers LOOKING FOR MEDICATION ALTERNATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF THEIR ADD MIGHT TRY: S. PUTMAN'S, NATURE'S RITALIN FOR THE MARATHON MIND: NURTURING YOUR AD/HD CHILD WITH EXERCISE, 2001, UPPER ACCCESS. MANY OF YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN CAJOLING MEMBERS FOR YEARS TO GET EXERCISING, AT LEAST 20 MINUTES OF AEROBIC EXERCISE A DAY, 365 DAYS/YEAR.
THIS ADD NEWSLETTER IS AVAILABLE FREE VIA email AT www.drlopresti.com
PEACE!!!
Bob