The Adult ADD Solution: A 30 Day Holistic Roadmap to Overcoming Adult ADD/ADHD

My name is George Sachs. I'm a clinical psychologist and expert in Adult ADD. I also have Adult ADD so much of what I teach comes from my own personal experience with Adult ADD.

I believe in a holistic approach that starts with sleep, diet and exercise and includes emotional, relational and spiritual practices to truly overcome Adult ADD. This book deals with more than just tips to become more organized. We examine the impact of a life of untreated Adult ADD, and how that effects self-esteem, relationships and overall success. The key word is "overall." That is our holistic approach, because Adult ADD impacts all areas of one's life.

How many times have you bought a paper date planner? hoping that this time you would actually use it! I know that the normal advice many so-called experts give to adults with ADD just dont' work. Maybe because those experts don't have Adult ADD. Well I Do. So I know that the typical methods for organization and productivity don't always work for us adults with ADD. That is why I offer "work-arounds." These are field-tested tools, tips and techniques that work for adults with ADD and take into account the unique way that we approach life.

I hope that you find the concepts I teach equally helpful and easy to understand. Adult ADD is challenging for oneself and loved ones, but with support and this program, you can overcome some of your worst symptoms and become the person you always knew you could be.

Kirkus Review

Forget the Ritalin and try changing lifestyle, outlook, and habits argues this energetic debut primer for adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Sachs, a clinical psychologist with ADD who specializes in treating it, contends that drugs rarely help adult sufferers. He recommends instead a targeted regimen of self-analysis and behavior modification pegged to a monthlong calendar of daily lessons and goals (with weekends devoted to review). The program starts with tips on getting a good night's sleep, proper hydration, exercise to flare off energy, and a suitable diet.

Sachs moves on to techniques to counteract the impulsiveness, distractions, and inappropriate conduct that plague ADD patients. He encourages readers to inventory their strengths and weaknesses and concentrate on tasks and careers they find interesting.

Noting how persistent lateness, missed deadlines, and chaotic comportment harm families and co-workers, he suggests that readers embed themselves in social networks that train sufferers to become reliable, punctual, and considerate of others. (He credits the men's group The ManKind Project with helping him cultivate these virtues.) And Sachs offers many straightforward tricks to short-circuit ADD symptoms: keep a notebook to jot down off-topic ideas instead of blurting them out at meetings; loudly say "No!" when attention drifts away from the work; use apps to avoid getting sidetracked by email; break big jobs into small steps with rewards to motivate incremental accomplishments.

Sachs provides lucid explanations of the brain science behind the cravings for stimuli and inability to concentrate that plague those with ADD and probes sufferers' anguish as they cycle through failure, shame, self-loathing, and withdrawal.

He conveys all of this with a mix of been-there insight and mordant humor. (The "Instant Gratification Monkey" is "the voice that pipes up when you're working on your taxes due tomorrow and says, 'Hey, let's take a trip down memory lane and see if our ex is still on Facebook.' ") People with ADD (and many others who recognize themselves) should find much useful guidance here.

A cleareyed but warmly reassuring self-help guide with loads of hands-on ADD advice.