Husband has ADD

My husband has ADD and has recently started a 6 week schooling thing. He's in class for about 8 hours a day and is going crazy. He's so restless. He doesn't want to take medication, because he had a bad reaction to it as a kid and he's learned to work with how he is. Thankfully his job is constantly shifting him from one thing to another, but during this training thing they pretty much just sit, listen, and talk. He's driving me up the wall because he's so stressed out from it and can't sit still, ect.

He sits in the back corner of the class, so is relatively unnoticed and he wants something he can do to help ease the restlessness, but also allows him to concentrate in class. Does anyone have any strategies that may help?

p.s. He does exercise for an hour a day, but it's not helping.

My ex had ADD. Could he doodle? Does he like to draw? He could color with coloring pencils (I'm serious). He could make little models with clay. Anything to keep his hands busy. I know this sounds lame but if the teacher doesn't notice, it might do the trick. Puzzles? Those small, moving puzzles, like Rubik's cube but not as hard.

Good luck.

I began tape recording In colledge, It was the only way I could learn.
And if his writting is ilegeable this will take the palce of note taking.

He might concider taping some of his lectures so he can review them later.
ADHD is very dificult to deal with .

meditaion and relaxation techniques are the only thing left beside medication and behavior modification.

There are those stress /squezze balls you can buy at stapels office supply .

I figdet with most anything . I'm always tangeling my ear buds un aware that go with my cd player. , I spend lots of time untagling them, I like to flip two double A batteries In my palm . its more fun and faster than those chinese balls . and make no noise.

anythig whirrly is fun too . I whip my ear buds around..LOL!

He might try playing some soothing music real low through a MP3 or Ipod as back ground noise . it may help relax and sooth yet still let him hear and see the instructor.


Has he considered trying stratera? Its a non stimulant. I have heard mixed resuts from it works from it doesn't work as well as say adderal .

Patricia

Ahhh .. I almost broke out in hives visualizing making lots of tapes ...

making the tapes is fairly easy . Its what happens to these tapes "afterwards" that tend to be rather ..ahh..

like this in the mind.



and can end up like this...



notice everything in this picture is useful .....at some point in time...thats actualy moderately organized in compared to My...

so my point is . Its after one makes the tapes that can lead the inability to label and remember what was recorded on which tape due to the inability to follow through with comleteing a task which requires use of the executive functions I believe .

so... I Dog ....if you can set up or help him set up the organizing system for his tapes from class he will be forever grateful...




Patricia

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There are lots of "fidget" toys out there. I liked the suggestions earlier. Something small and quiet should help. I work in a call center all day. I usually have to have one earphone in from my MP3 player listening to music in order to pay attention to my calls...