Taking Charge of Adult ADHD: Proven Strategies to Succeed at Work, at Home, and in Relationships

The more I read of this book, the more issues arises with it. While it has some good advice, in my view it’s not written or edited with the audience in mind - people with ADD/ADHD.This book does contain good advice and guidance on how ADD effects your life as an adult. But it’s poorly written and edited.The writing and editing standards aren’t horrible, but little thought has been given to the prevalence of reading disabilities and low reading comprehension those of us with ADD/ADHD can have. I don’t, but I still find this book a struggle to read. And it’s unnecessary, if a better writer and editor had worked on it.The issues I have include:- The tone being lecturing and aggressive at times;- key concepts required to understand chapters are explained in later chapters, requiring flipping back and forth;- alienating scientific jargon is dropped into main text;- page layouts are confusing and distracting;- there’s a lot of grammar and spelling errors;- some just plain sloppy writing make concepts and guidance harder than to understand than needed (double negative phrases in a sentence are bad enough, but they use triple negatives!); and- even counting seems difficult (the writer says there are five factors to an ADD problem, then lists and describes four).I also find some of the main author’s views - such as describing talking therapies, including forms of psychotherapy, and ADD/ADHD support groups as “sitting around complaining” - as being questionable, at best, unprofessional, disingenuous, and prejudicial when I’m try to view them objectively.

This book focuses entirely on ‘correcting’ the ‘negative’ aspects of adhd. Made me feel terrible- i’ve binned it. There are other books such as delivered from distraction which looks at the positive aspects and frames areas which aren’t strengths in a nicer way and to put structures in which will make life easier. this book could easily be used by a person without adhd to beat someone with, in a way it has potential to be punstive and controlling

This book is very pessimistic about ADHD and fails to recognise that ADHD can be a super-power when directed. As testament, the list of celebrities/athletes/actors/entrepreneurs with ADHD is huge - including Olympic champion Michael Phelps; Grammy-winning singer and actor Justin Timberlake / will-i-am.By labelling those with ADHD as delinquents & mentally ill, this can create a self-fulfilling prophecy of re-creating such behaviour. In addition, the author places too much emphasis on those "suffering" with ADHD requiring the assistance drugs/medication in order to operate 'normally'. At times, the book reads like a sales collateral for ADHD medication.I wouldn't recommend this book for those who are looking to understand the positives and strengths of having ADHD as it is quite a negative read. However, chapter 4 does provide some beneficial recommendations for managing ADHD in everyday decisions without the need for drug use.

After being disappointed with the first chapter, which wasn't relevant to me (it's all about getting a diagnosis I've already been given), I'm really glad I stuck with it. The rest so far has been really useful, both in making sense of the problems I'm having, and working out coping strategies for the future.

This book has really helped me join a lot of dots, and assisted me to get the write medicine I need. It's also been a good introduction for family and friends.