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Exploring the world of people with Attention Deficit
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This page is ADD links: hundreds and hundreds of
annotated and categorized ADD / ADHD links.
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Annotated Links
What follows are some of the ADD-related sites
that I've found helpful and/or fun. These are the links that I've
divided into categories.
(Not all links fit into categories or necessarily get put into the
appropriate category right away.) If you would like to go to the
alphabetical listings (which contains all of the links except those
added within the last week) click on one of the letters of the
alphabet.
On-Line
Forums
(4/1)
NEWSGROUPS
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Stories - send
your own story
(4/22)
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Diagnosis,
Treatment and Medications
(3/28)
- A.D.D.
and Addictions -
Wendy Richardson, MA, LMFCC **
- ADD
Journey - from diagnosis to living
happily - Cynthia Hammer, MS **
- ADD
Medications: Pharmacotherapy for ADD
Adults, article by Edward Hallowell, John Ratey and Catherine
Leveroni. - 3/14
- ADD Meds
- Just Say "Know" Another article by
Bob Seay on the Mining Company site. - dated 2/10/97
- ADD
Research: A Look At Today and Tomorrow
- an Interview with Russell Barkley, M.D. -
3/2
- ADDERALL
APPROVED!: Text file containing news
flash (Jan '96) about full approval of Adderal (Obetrol) by FDA -
3/14 - link updated 3/23
- Adderall,
Success with (or not) - bulletin board
"thread" from the Mining
Company's Bulletin
Board - 3/22 **
- ADDicted?
Are we too eager to give our children a drug for a condition many
experts don't even believe exists? Lengthy article in
Education Week on the Web. - 3/7
- Amen
Clinic for Behavioral Medicine - Dr.
Daniel G. Amen has been a featured speaker at numerous ADD
conferences. He has used SPECT scans to show how ADD causes
some of the differences that are noted and to explain why trying
harder doesn't work. Includes interactive online ADD
survey.
- Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Pharmacotherapy - the Virtual Hospital
- recent review of literature on efficacy of meds.
- Behavior
Modification / Medication - Russell
Barkley's latest views
- Biofeedback
- A Controlled Study of the Effects of EEG Biofeedback on
Cognition and Behavior of Children With Attention Deficit Disorder
and Learning Disabilities
- Biofeedback
- Jason's Story - Tourette's &
ADD
- The
Biofeedback Network
- Child
Health Fact Sheet - ADD (Victoria,
Australia)
- Controversial
Treatments for Children With Attention Deficit
Disorder - CH.A.D.D. position
paper
- Diagnosis
- 20 Questions: Diagnostic Questions
from Driven to Distraction by Hallowell and Ratey. -
3/14
- Directions
for ADD Research - NIMH -
3/3
- DSM
IV Criteria: Diagnostic Criteria from
DSM-IV. - 3/14
- Five
Stages of ADD Management - Bob Seay -
2/23
- Hyperfocus
- "He can't be ADD - he can sit and work at the computer for
hours." - a common misconception - 3/22 **
- In
Search of the Magic Bullet - Some
parents give all the right meds for all the right reasons, but may
not realize that medication is not the complete
answer.
- Is
ADD Being Over-Diagnosed? - ADDult
ADDvise **
- Jasper/Goldberg
Adult Screening Examination: Self test
for adults who think they have ADD. - 3/14
- Just
What The Doctor Ordered - Name Brand
Prescriptions and HMOs - Bob Seay
- Medications
and ADD without Hyperactivity - from
Carla Nelson of Bouncing
Brain
- Medications
for ADD **
- Medications
for ADHD - HealthGuide OnLine
- A Multi-modal
Approach to ADD Managment - W hat
Medication Can and Cannot Do for People with ADD
- New
Research about ADD and Treatments -
sign up for free trial of newsletter (very good)
- Obetrol - See
Adderall
- Questions
To Ask When Selecting a Professional To Assess or Treat
ADHD - Parent's Educational Resource
Center - 3/6
- Ritalin
Alternative Shows Promise With ADDults
- Effexor - University Hospitals of Cleveland- 3/20
- The
Ritalin Debate - Overused Chemical or
Wonder Drug? - from ABC News
- Ritalin
or Psychotherapy? - Tamara
Moore
- St.
John's Wort - The Health Gazette
- 3/2
- Seeking
Hyperactivity's Genetic Roots
- 3/2
- Simplified
Symptomology - Symptoms of ADD in
every-day language - from the Mining Company - 3/7
- Sixty
Symptoms of ADD - Glenn Danforth's
compilation geared toward adults.
- Stimulant
Treatement for ADHD (Australian
experience)
- Taking
the Hype Out of Hyperactivity - From
Food Insight -
3/2
- The
Top 10 Behavioral Strategies that ADDers Need to
Know - Optimal Functioning Institute -
a coaching service - 3/7
- Treating
a Child With Attention Deficit Disorder
- CH.A.D.D. position paper
- U.S.
National Library of Medicine Free
Medline
- What
to Ask Your Insurance Company - Better
Health - 3/2
- Whether
to Use Abusable Medications to Treat Patients with a History of
Alcohol or Substance Abuse - Thoughts
of a practicing physician (Paul T. Elliot, M.D.) on the use of
stimulant medications for people with a history of substance
abuse. His thoughts and practices agree with what research I've
read.
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Women
and ADD
(4/28)
- ADD
in Females: From Childhood Through
Adulthood - Kathleen Nadeau
- 3/2
- ADDvance
- An online magazine for women with Attention Deficit
Disorder - Information about the
on-line magazine. Looks good. Contributors include Sari Solden,
Lynn Weiss, Nancy Ratey, Kate Kelley, Peggy Ramundo, Wilma
Fellman, Carolyn Koehnline, Kathleen Nadeau, and Patricia Quinn.
Has articles & information on support groups. Sure would like
to see a sample issue, though. -
information
updated 4/2
- The Crazy
Lady Planner site.
- How
Women Cope with ADD - from ABC News
2/8
- Husbands
of "Messies" - The Messy Homemaker -
3/7
- Interview
with Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo -
ADDA 1997 - 3/18
- Interview
with Kate
Kelly & Peggy
Ramundo - ADDA 1997 - 3/18
- Interview
with Kate Kelly & Peggy
Ramundo - ADDA 1997 - 3/18
- Maternal
Smoking during pregnancy linked to ADHD
(and to lower IQ) - 4/12
- Silent
Running - ADD without hyperactivity is
still ADD - certainly not only in women, but a frequent reason ADD
is missed in women and girls (probably more than boys) - Bob
Seay
- Interview
With Sari Solden,
M.S. - 3/3
- Tara's
Story - Women With ADD - They let us
pass by! - 2/24
- Women
and ADD - an active links page on the
Mining Co.
- Women
with Attention Deficit Disorder :
Embracing Disorganization at Home and In the Workplace -
Information about the book by Sari Solden - 3/27 **
- You
Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!
information about book (and cassettes) by Kelly and Ramundo - 3/27
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Workplace
Issues
(4/28)
- ADD
in the Workplace - article by Peter W.
Choate, MSW
- ADD
in the Workplace - Don't Ask - Don't
Tell? - from ABC News
- ADD
in the Workplace - Driven to
Distraction - My Desk is a Mess - Does that mean I have ADD? -
from ABC News
- ADD
on the Job - by Lynn Weiss,
Ph.D. - excerpt - 4/28
- ADHD
Job Search - 4/28
- Americans
With Disabilities Act Document Center
ADA Statute, Regulations, ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act.
Accessibility Guidelines), Federally Reviewed Tech Sheets, and
Other Assistance Documents
- Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) - EEOC Fact
Sheet (92) **
- Boss
Attention Deficit Disorder Syndrome -
Are you a BADD Boss?
- Career
Choices and ADD: We Have A Choice -
Wilma Fellman, M.Ed., LPC - 3/3
- Careers
in Transition: Starting With the Right
Plan - article by Stephen Choate,
MSW
- Don't
Bite the Hand that Feeds You - How to
help your employer accomodate a disability.
- Professional
Organizer, Finding One, What Does One
Do? Includes web directory of professional organizers in Northern
California
- Succeeding
in the Workplace - Peter
Latham, J.D. and Patricia Latham, J.D. - information about their
book ** - 4/1
- Working
Things Out at Work - Bob Seay at Mining
Co.
- Workplace
Experiences - S.L. & UoAZ
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