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Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its

Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its
By Terry Matlen

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Women with AD/HD tormented by the daily chores and decisions needed to survive in a world of linear thinking will find solace in this self-help guide. Offering a collection of practical solutions to seemingly simple daily problems, this book will help to relieve the guilt and anxiety so many women have when they feel they don't measure up to the norms of today's society. These proven gems of wisdom, submitted by hundreds of women with AD/HD from all over the world, will help the reader painlessly get through the piles of laundry on her floor and stacks of paper on her desk. Written to accommodate readers with AD/HD who often have difficulty reading a book from cover to cover, this guide is designed like a manual, allowing them to flip through to areas of interest without having to read the entire book to find what they need. Practical tips provide help in dealing with organizational tasks, including paperwork in the home and office, preparing meals, social situations, paying bills on time, household chores, shopping, and personal and family health.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #14949 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-01-01
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 333 pages

Editorial Reviews

ADDitude Magazine, February 2005, Reviewed by Christine Adamec, Author of Moms with ADD
A treasure trove for every woman with AD/HD....a labor of love...I highly recommend it.

About the Author
Terry Matlen, M.S.W., has been an advocate for those with AD/HD for more than a dozen years. She is the leader of AD/HD support groups, the editor of the web site on AD/HD, www.ADDconsults.com, an author of articles on AD/HD, a sought-after speaker at conferences, and former member of the board of directors of the Attention Deficit Disorder Association. She lives in Birmingham, Michigan.

Customer Reviews

beyond disappointing1
I bet you think from the subtitle that this book is new and different, not just more of the same.

Well, that would be wrong. It is more of the same, so much more, and so much of it useless.

This is very important: the picture of the cover is deceptive. The book is NOT spiral bound, and there are NO tabs. It is a plain old paperback. Very disappointing, and in this case you really can tell a book by it's cover: the contents are at least as disappointing. You'd have to slog through pages of irrelevance to find something useful.

And the tips border on the hilarious: Use rice in water to clean out a baby bottle. This is helpful? Come on, this tip isn't even remotely relevant to an ADDer, in fact it adds to the confusion: by the time you get the box of Uncle Ben's out, you'll be thinking of fried rice and a great Chinese takeout place you know; you'll order in bean curd Hunan style, wolf it down, and when you're cleaning up, hours later, you'll find the baby bottle in the sink, unwashed, and next to the dish drainer will be your unopened box of rice.

And oh, in case you're wondering what to have for dinner next Halloween, did you know you can hand sculpt mashed potatoes into Halloween ghosts? You think I'm kidding, huh? Oh no, it's right there on page 277. And, they suggest, "You can serve it with bat shaped meatloaf (using a cookie cutter)." But only if you can remember why you're going through your cookie cutters in the middle of making dinner while the trick or treaters are banging on your front door.

I suggest you keep it simple. Step 1, do not buy this book. Read the alternative suggestions in the reviews. Browse carefully, very carefully.

PS Notice that the top favorable review is written by a career and life-planning counselor, not by someone with ADD.

Keep Looking2
In the last few years, lots of books about adult ADD have come on the market, and most of them are better than this one. I am embarrassed to admit I bought this book strictly because of its cover - I thought it was a tabbed spiral notebook. As another reviewer mentioned, it's actually a plain paperback. The title was also appealing since I've experimented with nearly every organizational method known to man, including "piles, palms, and post-its". I assumed the book would include creative ways to organize, but it was only "tips", which are small blurbs that I forgot within five minutes. Search Amazon for "adult adhd" and you'll find tons of books on the subject, almost all of them more genuinely useful than this one.

Humor5
I have ADHD. This book made me laugh out loud,which is something hard to come by with this...altered brain of mine.
I've shared it with some of my patients who share this joy as well.