Part Four: Inside the Mind of JeffsADDMind – A Conversation
Based on the popularity of the blog — JeffsADDMind — and the willingness of its author, known only as “Jeff,” to discuss most any issue that touches on Adult ADHD (and even issues that don’t touch on Adult ADHD), one would be surprised to learn that there is another side of Jeff that is not [...]
3 Steps to Conquering ADD ADHD & How Women Can Regain Those Shapely Curves
After my analysis of the Total Transformation Program® I decided to revisit the concept of “miracle cures for ADHD.” I googled “3 step cure adhd” and found some very interesting things. What follows is a result of some of those findings.
1. Cure ADHD with Laughter: That’s not really what this particular website article was promoting [...]
The Power of Positive Thinking & ADHD
Note: This post, written by Bryan Hutchinson, is in response to the two-part post (links are here and here) from Paradigm of Thought (POT).
To: Paradigm Of Thought, Jeff,
I very much enjoyed reading this entire post, more so than the first one. The first part just seemed to be missing too many points and wasn’t clear [...]
You Have A.D.D. And You Can Succeed: A Rebuttal By “Paradigm Of Thought” – Part II
A Bit of Background: A lengthy comment on the blog post You Have A.D.D./A.D.H.D. and You Will NOT Be Rich and Famous resulted in a lengthy response on my part that became the blog post You Have ADD/ADHD and You Will STILL Not Be Rich and Famous. The author of the lengthy comment, Paradigm of [...]
You Have A.D.D. And You Can Succeed: A Rebuttal By “Paradigm Of Thought” – Part I
A Bit of Background: A lengthy comment on the blog post You Have A.D.D./A.D.H.D. and You Will NOT Be Rich and Famous resulted in a lengthy response on my part that became the blog post You Have ADD/ADHD and You Will STILL Not Be Rich and Famous. The author of the lengthy comment, Paradigm of [...]
The Total Transformation Program® – Does It Work?
[The impetus for this post was a recent comment on this blog]
Total Transformation Infomercial
What is the Total Transformation Program®?
According to their website, “The Total Transformation is a child behavior modification program for child behavior problems like oppositional defiance disorder and child anger issues.”1 It “offers practical, real world solutions for the most challenging problems parents [...]
Sorry, Virginia, But I Have Bad News
Sorry, Virginia, but I have bad news. There is no Santa Claus and there is no cure for A.D.D./A.D.H.D. At a later time we can examine the Santa Claus issue but, for now, I would like to examine the “Cure for A.D.D.” issue.
1. There is no cure for A.D.D. because there is nothing to cure. [...]
Unwrapping The Sales Manure
On October 6, 2009, I received an official request to remove the screen shots from this particular blog post. In response, on October 7, 2009, I removed or hid all of the copyrighted material that appeared in the images below. I assure you that no pixels were harmed during this process.
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When Will The A.D.D. Stop?
Question: When will the A.D.D. stop? Answer: When you are dead.
Depressing answer, no? But at least you know you are facing a life-long enemy. So learn to live with it. Learn to control it. Learn to carve out a (somewhat) sane life.
Carpe Diem
Is A.D.H.D./A.D.D. A Gift or A Curse?
On the negative side, when someone is diagnosed with A.D.H.D., it is because “things have been going significantly wrong” so that referring to it as a gift “might [be] meet with skepticism.”
On the positive side: “[T]here are lots of skills, abilities and characteristics that routinely come with ADHD, and which most people [...]
How To Cure A.D.D.
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.D.D. Snake Oils?
Need a cure for A.D.D.? You can choose:
Interactive metronome,
Yoga,
Neuroliminal training,
Chiropractic technique,
and plain ol’ behavior modification.
Do any of these techniques work? Who knows. But if A.D.D. is truly a problem of a botched wiring job in the brain1, none of these techniques directly address this wiring problem. The total sum of their effect may be no [...]
“Shoot Me Now” – The “Cure” for Adult A.D.D.
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. [...]