Successful Living with Adult ADD

Live Well with ADD (and other neuro-differences)

The first part of Successful Living with Adult ADD tells about dealing with ADHD challenges in general. It discusses reframing the way that we think about our ADD/ADHD. Rather than the doom and gloom that the media focuses on, we can choose to look at the positives that this brain difference confers on us. These positives can help us deal with the negative symptoms.

Next, there are ideas for bringing order out of chaos in the home setting and with finances. Decluttering and cleaning are examined. Step-by-step tactics for going from chaos to a tidy home are formulated. Dealing with finances and the fallout of late bill payment are discussed. There are plans, both non-electronic and electronic, for getting finances under control to enhance financial stability and to lower stress.

Finally, Successful Living with Adult ADD frankly discusses how to make adult relationships work, where one or both people have ADHD. The roots of loneliness are explored and strategies to deal with those lonely feelings are delineated. The ways that adults can foster a positive relationship when one or both partners have this brain difference are explored.

The book has a robust Resources Section, which includes reviews of useful websites, books, and internet videos. Links are provided.

Connie Mistler Davidson’s books in the Adult Series of the Live Well with ADD books contain practical and useful information for adults who want to lessen the effects of the negative symptoms of ADD/ADHD and accentuate the positive. This information is both encouraging and realistic. Connie has a deep understanding of ADD/ADHD. She has lived her best life with ADD/ADHD and parented independent children with this neurologic difference.

Writing as an educational professional, with over 30 years in the classroom with neuro-divergent learners, these books have excellent clarity. They find the middle ground between being too technical and not having enough technical details about this brain difference. Research studies are cited with links to the studies’ information.

These books from the Live Well with ADD Adult Series, while explanatory, have a nice stylistic tone, great grammar, and very good proof reading. Articles within the books are usually between 400-1000 words long, which makes the books easy to read at the reader’s own pace.