“This thing we call ADD is actually part of the evolution of the species.”
“You do not have a disability, rather, a diff-ability. You are not less able, you just learn and process differently.”
“The problem is not that you can’t focus but that you can’t focus on what you cannot find value in.”
“Medicine should always be the last choice and sometimes causes more problems than it appears to solve. Remember, the medicine corrects nothing.”
“ADD is this wonderful gift, and because we do not understand it, we try to medicate it away and temporarily if not for the long term compromising the individual.”
In working with ADD/HD individuals over the last ten years I begin the process with a combination of education and evaluation of the person who is gifted with ADD/HD. Depending on the age of the individual, their parent or spouse is invited to participate in the process. But so often not only do the people who have been impacted with ADD/HD not understand all the different ways that they have been impacted, both positive and negative, but the people around them certainly don’t get it. Secondly each person is both uniquely impacted and a unique individual, which in of itself negates a one size fits all approach, if it is going to be truly successful.
From there a unique protocol of recommendations is created. The protocol includes recommendations about diet, concentration exercises, supplements, habit alterations, and activities that would be helpful for the individual to best utilize their unique form of ADD/HD to reach their personal goals.
We then begin the process of implementation which may include the using of some tools, the development of skill sets, and continuing education process. At the end of the session we jointly decide if the person needs any ongoing work or follow-up sessions to help deal with either the protocol or with issues created in the past due to the ADD/HD, such as low self-esteem, depression, self-abusive behavior, or addiction. |
