Is it you, me, or adult A.D.D.? : stopping the roller coaster when someone you love has attention deficit disorder / Gina Pera ; foreword by Russell Barkley.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356) and index.
Contents
1. Who has a ticket to ride? Spotting ADHD's surprising signs -- 2. Laying the tracks's foundation: what is ADHD, anyway? -- 3. Deconstructing your coaster: why each is unique -- 4. Financial loop-the-loops: "it's only money, honey!" -- 5. Driving while distracted: the roller coaster hits the road -- 6. Peaks and valleys: ADHD in the bedroom -- 7. More mystifying twists and turns -- 8. First plunge: explaining the inexplicable -- 9. Second plunge: managing the unmanageable -- 10. Third plunge: breaking down in illness - or through to truth -- 11. Strategies for right now -- 12. Solving ADHD's double whammy -- 13. Psychological denial: the FEAR factor -- 14. Biological denial: not unwilling to see - just unable -- 15. New ways to broach "the conversation" -- 16. More solutions and strategies -- 17. Why the wrong therapy is worse than no therapy -- 18. Therapy that works for ADHD -- 19. More solutions and strategies -- 20. Making connections bewteen brain and behavior -- 21. Rx: treatment results that last -- 22. Maximizing lifestyle choices, minimizing Rx side effects -- 23. Catch your breath and take five -- Appendix A: Adult ADHD evaluation and diagnosis -- Appendix B: "But I heard that...": more background for the unconvinced -- Appendix C: Three views from decades on the ADHD roller coaster
