Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its

Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its
by Terry Matlen MSW

Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its
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Author: Terry Matlen MSW
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-01
ISBN: 1886941599
Number of pages: 333
Publisher: Specialty Press/A.D.D. Warehouse
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Book Reviews of Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its

Book Review: Great idea, but poorly executed.
Summary: 2 Stars

As a woman with ADHD, I really and truly wanted to like this book. Its description greatly appealed to me -- I mean, with my inattentive ways, nothing catches my eye like a whole book filled with quick tips and suggestions tailored just for women like ME!

Man, was I disappointed. The book is not all bad, and has some clever tips and tricks scattered throughout...but for the most part, I felt let down. I thought, overall, that the tips were:

- Poorly Formatted: Each major section contains tips from various women that are presented as lengthy paragraphs within bulleted lists. These lists and paragraphs can run on for more than a page. This design not only made it difficult for my ADHD-brain to scan easily, but the layout just felt CHEAP. It really and truly felt like my great aunt compiled a list of tips from her friends and pasted it all together into one long Word document.

- Poorly Organized: The tips that fall under each main topic should have been broken up into subsections instead of organized by author. Food Preparation contains a huge number of tips that skip all over the place, from grocery shopping to meal planning to food storage to grocery shopping again. This makes it very hard to scan for the info that is relevant to me!

- Often Irrelevant: Some of the tips are really helpful, but most are not. Many of the tips have very little to do with managing with ADHD. For example, one that stuck out was the tip to stick an apple in a bag of potatoes to keep the potatoes from sprouting. That is a cool tip, and one I am eager to try out, but it makes me wonder...does this only happen to us ladies with ADHD? Do the potatoes somehow KNOW?

Again...this book really is not *awful*. It has a number of clever tips and tricks, and I am sure that almost anyone (ADHD or otherwise) could find a piece or two of advice that they can use. I do, however, highly recommend Kolberg and Nadeau's book, ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life, as either an alternative or supplement to this book and as a great example of a book that was truly designed with the ADHD brain in mind.

Summary of Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its

Women with AD/HD tormented by the daily chores and decisions needed to survive in a world of linear thinking will find solace in this self-help guide. Offering a collection of practical solutions to seemingly simple daily problems, this book will help to relieve the guilt and anxiety so many women have when they feel they don't measure up to the norms of today's society. These proven gems of wisdom, submitted by hundreds of women with AD/HD from all over the world, will help the reader painlessly get through the piles of laundry on her floor and stacks of paper on her desk. Written to accommodate readers with AD/HD who often have difficulty reading a book from cover to cover, this guide is designed like a manual, allowing them to flip through to areas of interest without having to read the entire book to find what they need. Practical tips provide help in dealing with organizational tasks, including paperwork in the home and office, preparing meals, social situations, paying bills on time, household chores, shopping, and personal and family health.

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