[sanityseeker]

It is called, 'ADD and Loving it'. It is a great one and a half hour program that really breaks down what ADD and ADHD are all about. It is a Canadian production and if anyone is familiar with the Red Greene show you will recognize the two guys who made the film.

The cross over of symptoms with bipolar is really interesting. No wonder so many of us dx'ed with BP eventually get ADD added to the list of concurent disorders. The similarities were really stricking to me.

It is going to be rebroadcast in my area (northwest US - southwest Canada on KCTS) on the 16th at noon or midnight... forget which now. I will have to look it up again.

I highly recommend folks check out the PBS schedule in their area to see when it is on again. It wasn't easy for me to find. It didn't come up on the search so I eventually clicked on TV Schedule, plugged in my geographic area and it brought me to the schedule. Since I had just been watching it, it was easy to find because I only needed to go to the date and time when I had watched it. From there it linked me to a page telling me when it would be aired again.

It might take some time going through the schedule but it is worth the effort.

Here is a link to the trailer...
http://totallyadd.com/totallyadd-loving-it-trailer/

A description of the film from the totally ADD website.

The film that started it all, ADD & Loving It?! starring comedian and actor Patrick McKenna. Watch as Patrick gets his own diagnosis and learns from top experts about Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This ground-breaking documentary is a blend of humour, hope, and science that dispels common myths about ADD/ADHD.

I hope those who do get a chance to watch it might come back and comment on the show.

[Perna]

Thanks! I've wandered by that show a couple times, there are some good new health shows on these days.

[pachyderm]

I have not seen the show. I have wondered about the title, though: loving it? Really? To me that makes me suspicious of the show, and how it might be misleading.

[sanityseeker]

Don't judge a book by its cover pachy. Every cloud has a silver lining even mental illness.

[pachyderm]

Originally Posted by sanityseeker

Don't judge a book by its cover pachy.

I do, though. I figure if the book title is really good, then someone must have thought about it, so maybe the book is good too. And the other way around.

[Perna]

We are what we are and one can "enjoy" that and take advantage of what is or fight against it? It's all an adventure and we all have different trials and tribulations to work with. Why not enjoy working on the mud pit in front of you instead of wishing to be in someone else's mud pit that looks more interesting? The perspective we have of another's mud pit isn't that good so what we perceive as interesting might not be at all what we want.

I don't have ADD (I don't think, my sister-in-law does accuse my older brother of it though :-) but I can imagine how working with ADD, learning good study skills and literally having to put them into effect to get anywhere would be a "good" discipline. I have always wished I was more disciplined, could "make" myself do some of the things I wish I would but don't. We all have good and bad things going for us and, as you say, pachy it works both ways where the title makes you read the book or be suspicious of it. When in doubt, I fall back on my other strengths and enjoy them (humor, creativity, imagination, honesty, common sense/logic, intelligence, etc.). I do get things done and do have energy but don't always perceive that I do. I can see loving the problems that make you work harder?

[abience]

It's noon for those of us in the KCTS viewing area. Thanks for the heads up.

A

[sanityseeker]

Originally Posted by pachyderm

I do, though. I figure if the book title is really good, then someone must have thought about it, so maybe the book is good too. And the other way around.

Your loss Pachy... (just funin' with ya just in case you take me too seriously)

[pachyderm]

Going by the book title is an easy way to (start to) pick books. I mean, there are so many choices, anything that makes it easier is what I go for!

[sanityseeker]

Its not a book (though it may be that too) but it is the film I am recommending. Why not at least go look at the trailer before you make any judgements. Just a suggestion.

[lynn P.]

I'm watching the show right now and I really like it. I also like the title and to me the 'loving it' means accepting and learning to live with it as Perna said, rather than stifling the symptoms - the way doctors over medicate those who have it. The show will also be repeated through out March break on PBS. Thanks for posting this and I'm always willing to look at alternative ways to think.