Adult ADD Strengths

Dr. Daniel Amen speaking in Vancouver Thursday Dec 1st

Dr. Daniel Amen will be in Vancouver Thursday Dec 1st at the Fraser Academy to speak on the topic of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. It won’t be specifically on ADD but it looks like he will mention it a bit.

There are 40 tickets left.

Fraser Academy is at 2294 West 10th Ave in Vancouver ph 604-736-5575

He’ll be speaking from 6:30-8 PM and the tickets are $15

“Fraser Academy is an independent school for students in grades 1 to 12 who are experiencing dyslexia or other language-based learning difficulties.”

Just a reminder to those in the Vancouver area, we have a meeting of the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Meeting tonight.

The topic is ADD and women but men are welcome to attend. The speaker is Christine, one of our members that has ADD. Should be interesting.

If you want more information on women with ADHD check out this page on my website.

http://www.dreamstalker.org/wings/hum156.htm

Time for a little humor. Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

They have finally found a diagnosis for my condition. Hooray!!

I have recently been diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. !

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder…

This is how it goes: I decide to wash the car; I start toward the garage and notice the mail on the table. Ok, I’m going to wash the car. But first I’m going to go through the mail. I lay the car keys down on the desk, discard the junk mail and I notice the trash can is full. Ok, I’ll just put the bills on my desk and take the trash can out, but since I’m going to be near the mailbox anyway, I’ll pay these few bills first.

Just saw the movie Born into Brothels by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman. Been thinking of watching it for a while since the CBC has kept promoting it and didn’t because I thought it would just be another story of humanity’s greed, selfishness and cruelty. Finally decided to see it. Very glad I did. While it did cover those topics it did much more.

It was a phenomenal movie, very moving, very inspiritional and not contrived. It won an academy award as best documentary. A must see.

Here’s an online CME (continuing medical education) course for Pharmacists on managing Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Mary A. Gutierrez, PharmD, BCPP and Lisa C. Holloman, PharmD, BCPP.

This text-only teaching module reviews current concepts in diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactive disorder, disparities in diagnosis of ADHD in adults, current treatment modalities, and how comorbid psychiatric disorders affect medication choice.

I have a Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Clinical Resources for Medical Professionals page on my ADHD Resource Website if you know of any doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist or nurse interested in learning more about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder from their experts in their fields, please invite them to check it out. It has links to online CME’s and diagnostic and treatment guidelines for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in adults and children.