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I’m excited to announce that I will be collaborating with Zoë Kessler (check out her blog! ADHD from A to Zoë and my post about her blog) in what we believe will be a fascinating examination of the ADHD experience. I’m looking forward to having lively discussions with Zoë and sharing them with you. I think you’re going to enjoy Zoë’s warmth, honesty, intelligence and clear-headed approach to the adult ADHD life and associated life issues.

The impetus for our collaboration is based on our similarities and, of course, our differences.

Similarities: We are both adult ADHDers who were diagnosed late in life – Zoë, four years ago and me, six years ago. We’re 51 and 52 years old respectively; our birth dates are days apart; we use our cars as a drum kit when we drive (and some of our favs are Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Green Day). We both love gardening, cooking, and we each have a diabetic dog…spooky! (Did I mention that we were both philosophy majors?)

Differences: Despite the similarities, a number of significant factors are at play that create important differences. Geography and environment (me, urban American (a New Yawka), Zoë, rural Canadian); gender; career paths; marital status (married with children, Zoë is single); birth status (child of immigrants, Zoë is an adoptee). As we delve into the subject matter we will no doubt uncover many more differences and the effect these differences have had on our ADHD lives.

The “He Said / She Said” Series Will Appear On Zoë’s Blog

Readers of Jeff’s ADD Mind Will Be Informed When New Series-Related Posts Appear

CLICK HERE To Read The Introduction and Part I of the “He Said / She Said” Series

About Zoë Kessler

Zoë is an author and regularly contributing blogger at psychcentral.com. Her popular blog is called ADHD from A to Zoë.  Ms. Kessler is also a contributing writer to ADDitude magazine, MORE Magazine, CBC Radio One, and others on a variety of ADHD-related topics. She’s written, produced and performed ADHD standup comedy, and her upcoming book, Chick-A-D-D (working title) is widely anticipated. Let’s hope she gets over her procrastination long enough to finish writing it!

About Jeff Siegel

Jeff has lived the life of a typical adult ADHDer. In addition to an ever-growing list of unfinished projects, he has had numerous careers such as adjunct lecturer; movie projectionist; shoe salesman and, his current pursuit, web developer. For several years Jeff has been blogging about his atypical life (though typical for an ADHDer). Because of his varied interests, his blog touches on many other topics such as cooking, philosophy, and politics.

When Zoë suggested to Jeff that they collaboratively examine various adult ADHD issues, his response was: “Absolutely! This could be quite exciting. We can bring different perspectives – male versus female – to the very same issues.” Jeff hopes that, in addition to enlightening the readers, they can solve world hunger and usher in a new peace that would last for generations.

Disclaimer: Although the He Said / She Said series is a collaborative effort between Zoë Kessler and Jeff Siegel, each author speaks for her or himself and the opinions expressed are solely those of the respective authors, in both the He Said / She Said series, as well as in their respective blogs: ADHD from A to Zoë and Jeff’s A.D.D. Mind

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Is Zoë praying that she finds my brilliantly written blog that will make me rich and famous?

It’s not often that you find a blog that so resonates with your soul that all you can do is read post after post after post while having a silly grin on your face as you nod in agreement with so, so many things and…yet… that’s exactly what happened to me when I found Zoë Kessler’s blog ADHD From A to Zoë.¹ I was astounded to find out that someone else also uses their car as a concert stage (I sing along at the top of my lungs, turning my car into a drum kit), or that they still play air guitar in public (I’ve always skipped down the sidewalk if I felt like it, even though I’m now 51 years old. The other day, the sun broke out in the afternoon, after a long, dark Canadian winter. As I walked along the sidewalk downtown, I sang an old Lou Reed song in my head. By the time I got to the refrain, “I Wanna Go to New York City,” I was really getting into it. It wasn’t until I was in the middle of the intersection at a green light that I caught myself playing air guitar. Right there. In public. At an intersection.) or that they spend many, many useful hours examining Google Analytics (Analytics lets ADHDers put in all kinds of procrastination time while tracking statistics from their blog site.) But why do her posts so resonate with me? Is it because we share the same potential for genius, also known as ADHD? Is it because we are about the same age and love the same music? (She loves Hendrix AND Janis Joplin AND Green Day!) Or is it because we share similar physical characteristics? (Click here to see the side-by-side comparison.) I’m not sure what’s the ultimate factor but, damn, I’m glad I know about her blog.

So, you haven’t clicked on any of those links yet? What are you waiting for? A frakkin’ invitation? Well, here it is!! Go! Click Now!! You must read ADHD from A to Zoë. And remember…readers who click within the next 30 minutes will get a FREE, that’s right, a FREE Veg-a-Matic!! It slices! It dices! It juliennes!! But wait!! There’s even more!! For a small shipping and handling fee of $99.95 I’ll throw in a FREE Jack La Lanne Power Juicer!!² So…click already…will ya?

1. Well, to be more accurate, she found my blog first which led me to her blog.
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• ADD Moms
• ADD Students

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(NOTE: Sorry to say that most of the links below are no longer valid. (Nov. 11,2010))

Young Girls

• Girls & ADHD: Are You Missing the Signs
• Expert Explains the Link between Eating Disorders and Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD) in New Book
• Girls’ Symptoms Different, ADHD Risks Real, Researchers Say
• Girls With ADHD May Be At Risk For Depression

Women

• Women Suffer In Silence With ADHD
• Women with ADHD Benefit from Treatment
• One woman’s answer to the chaos of ADHD
• Attention Deficit Disorder Hits Women Harder

1. As a father of two daughters I have a keen interest in this particular subject.

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• Women, Girls and Attention Deficit Disorder
• Treatment of Women and Girls with AD/HD
• AD/HD, ADD in Women

Kathleen Nadeau has written extensively about women, girls and A.D./H.D. See: The National Center for Girls and Women with AD/HD

You might want to read these two short articles from the The National Center for Girls and Women with AD/HD

• Girls with A.D.D.
• Women with A.D.D.

1. h/t to ADDA for highlighting this site

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