I posted not too long ago wondering about my new diagnosis of "you seem to have a lot of ADD-type traits and a family history," also lamenting the fact that the prescribed Ritalin doesn't seem to be helping. Well, I'm up to 30mg/day now (15mg x2), and it still isn't helping, but that's another story. I'll discuss that with the shrink at my appointment on Wednesday.

When he introduced the ADD idea to me, he had me purchase a book, 4 weeks to an organized life with AD/HD. I was skeptical of self-help books... I generally hate them, but so far, this one seems promising. It contains a four-week plan with a few simple activities each day to kind of help you learn to use your strengths as a visual learner/thinker instead of trying to force yourself to be organized in the ways that work for non-ADD people. I've tried the sticky notes and lists. They don't work. At all.

I'm excited to give the four-week plan in this book a try, and I'm wondering if any of you have read this book and done the work, and what you think of it.

Also, are there any other books you would recommend to the newly-diagnosed? I've never been hyperactive, and only minimally impulsive, but I'm a grad/professional/PA student I have severe issues with studying, time management, and initiating relatively simple tasks that feel completely insurmountable. [Insert guilt and feelings of laziness and inadequacy here!]

I'm still amazed I made it through the first year of PA school with never studying except for intense cramming the night before/morning of every exam. I played computer games in lecture, I never studied after class, I crammed for my exams, and I managed to make it through somehow. I guess that's pretty characteristic of ADD. Why did it take so long to figure this out??? Why didn't it occur to ME?

Whatever. Water under the bridge.

Anyway... books. Have you tried the one I mentioned? Is there another that changed your life? Please share!