Adult ADD Strengths

From the Post Secret Blog.

Careful how you treat others, you might get an instant karma payback.

We’ve all been in line at a coffee shop or retail store where there’s been some self centered, egomanic with delusions of grandeur and full of deluded self importance, who treats the person behind the counter rudely without any cause on their part. It’s their way of spreading the uglyness in their heart around to others.

It’s nice to know that sometimes they get their karmic payback sooner than later.

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

Found an online press release for a teleconference with Marc Berthiaume, Director of the Marketed Pharmaceuticals Division of the Marketed Health Products Directorate of Health Canada on Adderall XR which has recently been put back on the market after suspending it in February 2005, in a controversial move.

I.e., it was supposedly pulled of the market for adverse cardiac events i.e. heart attack and sudden death when the death rate in the general population NOT taking Adderall XR was apparently higher. see my previous post.

The press release is dated August 24th and the teleconference is August 24th.

Health Canada has allowed Shire BioChem, the makers of Adderall XR to resume sales of Adderall XR. Health Canada appointed an external and independent committee, the New Drug Committee (NDC), which concluded that Health Canada’s original actions in banning the drug were appropriate and that the drug should be reintroduced to the Canadian market once some conditions have been met, and Health Canada has approved all those conditions.

Primarily, when prescribing and patient information is revised to reinforce the safe use of this medication and to reflect safety concerns, including the risk of sudden cardiac death in the general pediatric population.

Just a reminder for those in the Vancouver BC area. Our Vancouver Adult ADD support group meeting will happen at 7pm in the usual location, Ravensong Community Health care center. Details at the group’s webpage on my website.

Topic: Dealing with Depression, Anxiety and ADD.

Speaker: Lorelei Faulkner.

Lorelei used to work as an intake nurse at the ADHD Clinic at Childrens and Womens Hospital in Vancouver. She’s now working as the Clinical Nursing Instructor for Mental Health Programs at Childrens and Womens Hospital.

Many adults with ADD also have Depression and/or Anxiety, Lorelei will talk about some practial ways to mange both.

Evaluation and Treatment of Pediatric ADHD is an online CME (Continuing Medical Education Course) for Nurses from The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care. August 2005 p. 14-23. By Susan DeNisco MS, FNP, APRN, BC and others. CME credit expiration date: August 31, 2007

It discusses subtypes of ADD, diagnosis, medication, behavioral treatment, and suggestions for parents and teachers. Here’s a few of the suggestion for parents of ADD children

* If you are very angry about a behavior or an incident, don’t attempt communication until you regain your cool, because you cannot be objective until then. It is better to stop, settle down, and talk to the child later.

Dr. Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey are teaching a new 22-week teleconference course entitled ADD in 2005 starting November 2nd, 2005. They’ll be talking about the latest scientific developments in ADD as well as strategies to deal with ADD.

Their target audience is professionals who deal with ADD and “very interested adults”. The course will consist of 22 weekly 45 minute lectures plus a 30 minute Q&A. Participants will get 27.5 continuing education credits. The cost is US $2,150. Not pocket change. But, on the other hand, if they had it at $10 a class they’d have 3000 people on the line, no time for questions. I’m sure if you had the money, you’d probably feel it’s worth it, you’re getting access to 2 of the top people in the field of ADD for nearly half a year.

Cool video blog (vlog) movie called a wonderful world. It’s music video combined with zooming google earth maps.

From The Random Show, a vlog with random topics. With that title, it sounds like it’s either made by an ADDer or targeted to us. Maybe both:) If you have the bandwidth, go for the bigger version. Via Robert Scoble

11 MB version

72 MB version

The 3rd annual ADD Conference sponsored by ADDresources.org a non profit Association for ADD will be held in Seattle October 8-9,2005.

John Ratey, MD, author of “Shadow Syndromes”, and co-author “Driven to Distraction,” and “Delivered from Distraction.” will be a keynote speaker on Saturday and on Sunday, Angela Tzelepsis, Ph.D., therapist and college professor, with years of experience working with ADHD clients of all ages, will be the keynote presenter.

There will be four different breakout sessions from a selection of thirty breakout sessions presented by ADHD physicians, therapists, coaches and professional organizers.

Fees are very reasonable, $100 before Oct 1st and $125 after for a 2 day conference.