Dec 4th, 2007 | Cures for A.D.D./A.D.H.D. | No Comments
Disclaimer: DNWFE. This is what has worked for me.
1. Get A Job: Toss out the window your delusions of being a multi-millionaire (with inflation, billionaire) within ten years. Not likely to happen. More likely you will find yourself engaged in self-created busy work that gets you nowhere. I shifted my full-time home-based business to a part-time venture. I got a full-time job that requires that I be on a train each morning at 7:46am. My desk and computer screen is visible to everyone in the office: there are no private offices. And there is no such thing as a private phone call. Every email that is sent and received is logged and stored and can be viewed by ANYONE else in the office. I thought this would drive me insane. You know what? I love it! I absorb the electricity from all of the other people around me who are engaged in business deals. I pick up their vibes and have become a selling machine.
2. Get Regular Exercise: For months I've been jogging 1 1/2 miles every other day. That 20 minute jog works up a great sweat and clears out my head. (See: Shoot Me Now)
3. Be On The Lookout For A.D.D.ness: Self-awareness is key. For example, I did not take any old job. I got a job doing sales. The job requires that I be in the office…sometimes. It requires that I be outside looking for prospects. Let me emphasize that again. The job requires that I be OUTSIDE! In the cold air! In the breeze! In the sunshine! In the rain! If that's not A.D.D. heaven…I don't know what is. And whenever my A.D.D.ness starts to act up, I just redirect it. I walk around the office and have a five minute chat with someone (business related but a chat nonetheless). I do a two minute walk around the office to "move the body." I make a call to a prospect. I set up a quick lunch appointment. Or I open up a document I've been working on, put on some headphones, listen to music and type a new proposal for a new sale.
Sep 1st, 2007 | Cures for A.D.D./A.D.H.D. | 4 Comments
Bugs Bunny: Would you like to shoot me now or wait ’til you get home?
Daffy Duck: Shoot him now! Shoot him now!
Bugs Bunny: You keep outta this! He doesn’t have to shoot you now!
Daffy Duck: He does SO have to shoot me now!
[to Elmer]
Daffy Duck: I demand that you shoot me now!
[Elmer raises his gun. As Daffy sticks his tongue out at Bugs, he is shot]
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Source: Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck…of course!
Face the facts. With current “technology” there is no cure for A.D.D. Medications alter whatever chemical states are in your brain, behavior modification makes aspects of it more tolerable and a healthy dose of humor makes it almost bearable. But there are those moments when all you want to do is scream “Shoot me now.” And no…this is not a death wish and no, it is not suicidal depression. It is a realist’s view of life with A.D.D. It will never go away, it will always be a part of who you are and what you do.
However, there might be mini-cures for A.D.D. Like those cold remedies that provide temporary relief, I’ve found two mini-cures for A.D.D. that provide temporary relief from the symptoms of A.D.D. Both are OTC remedies and readily available. And you don’t need a prescription. And if you order now we’ll throw in the Julienne Slicer…just look at these beautiful french fries. But wait, if you call within the next hour…… 
Mini-Cure #1: Jogging
After a ten-plus year hiatus from jogging, almost five weeks ago I started doing it again. I find that it makes the day that much more tolerable…especially since my “normal” work day can run into 16 hour marathons (pun sort of intended). It clears my head and makes it possible to focus.
Now an expanding body of research shows that exercise can improve the performance of the brain by boosting memory and cognitive processing speed. Exercise can, in fact, create a stronger, faster brain.
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Source: Lobes of Steel
Mini-Cure #2: Music
I’ve always found music to be extraordinarily helpful in getting through tasks. My “theory” is that music satisfies the A.D.D. craving of the brain and makes it possible for you to concentrate on the task at hand. So you are giving in to your A.D.D.ness without it interfering with your work.
Conclusion
There is no cure for A.D.D. But like cold remedies, there are cures that can temporarily relieve the symptoms. Your mission, Mr. Phelps, is to find your mini-cure.
[Updated on September 2, 2007]
The jogging helps reduce the “scrambled eggs for brains” feeling. And while naps accomplish the same thing, the nap clears the slate while the the jogging both clears the slate and helps increase the overall energy level.
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