The ADHD Advantage: What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength

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Michael Jordan, for example, generally considered the greatest basketball player in history, is one such athlete with ADHD. Overall, "The ADHD Advantage" provides a fresh and empowering perspective on ADHD, and it offers practical strategies for embracing the strengths associated with this neurobiological difference and for managing its symptoms in a positive and productive way. Who is the author of The ADHD Advantage? In its simplest form it is described as overactive, impulsive behaviour where someone has an inability to concentrate effectively. He also postulates that ADHD’ers are resilient and can deal with failure well, because their constant failure makes them stronger. I can also tell you that is patently untrue, as I live with an ADHD’er and his failures just make him depressed. ADHD Screen Time Management Strategies: To shift your kids from screen into the “real world”, and stop them from craving screen time all the time

Motivation and reward are also key aspects that ADHD athletes may also struggle with. As a performance psychologist, maintaining motivation will be a key aspect of any work with an ADHD athlete, particularly when managing arousal. Motivation is a puzzling conundrum with ADHD, how can a person be so motivated for one thing, yet so unmotivated for another that they view as equally important? ADHD motivation is not affected by willpower, or external motivation, and is primarily powered by intrinsic motivation. When an ADHD athlete views a task as interesting to them their chemistry in the brain changes, they can be up for something immediately, and that switch turns ‘on’. This process however is not voluntary to the individual. From a psychological point of view, this means that any motivational work with the athlete must bear this in mind. Intrinsic motivators will be what an ADHD athlete can identify with, therefore we must use them. Motivators such as enjoyment, purpose and growth are way more important for an ADHD athlete than trophies or prizes.Which is quite a few, since my country Slovenia only has about 800,000 parents. My work has been featured across every major media outlet through articles and radio shows This Created a Ripple Effect Throughout Europe Kids with ADHD are known to have impulsive outbursts, but there are ways to minimize and even prevent those from happening. Here is why I wanted to read this book: there is a teen in my family with this diagnosis and I wanted to understand more about the condition. I’ve never read any other books on this subject. You’ll get some of these directly in the e-book, and others will be delivered to you together with the e-book in separate PDFs.

HyperFocus Strategies: You can use these to engage the HyperDrive mode of their brain and effortlessly enter their Focus Zone Medical News Today has strict sourcing guidelines and draws only from peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical journals and associations. We avoid using tertiary references. We link primary sources — including studies, scientific references, and statistics — within each article and also list them in the resources section at the bottom of our articles. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. The New York Times–bestselling author of Better Than Normal, esteemed psychiatrist Dale Archer, M.D., reveals how ADHD might be the key to your success. I continued developing them while working with children facing ADHD challenges for over 40 years – in schools, kindergartens, and homes all over Europe.Home Reorganization Strategies: With a few subtle changes in the rooms they spend the most time in, you’ll be able to prevent messy and cluttered spaces that get on your nerves and distract them from focusing. Chang Z, Ghirardi L, Quinn PD, Asherson P, D’Onofrio BM, Larsson H. Risks and benefits of ADHD medication on behavioral and neuropsychiatric outcomes: a qualitative review of pharmacoepidemiology studies using linked prescription databases. Biol Psychiatry. 2019;86(5):335-343. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.04.009

Automaticity/Impulsivity – Those with ADHD thrive on impulsivity. Split-second decisions are their forte. These decisions can lead to winning or losing. A previous blog of mine with Liverpool.com spoke in depth about automaticity in sport. It is such a vital skill at the elite level and cannot be overlooked. Focus on your child’s strengths while helping cultivate an awareness of weaknesses that can be worked on. Although more and more people “have” ADHD, it’s still stigmatized, its most common symptoms are seen as obstacles to a normal life. As a result, vast quantities of drugs are prescribed every year. Though manufactured to ease the symptoms of ADHD, these drugs can sometimes have serious, even deadly, side effects.ADHD چیزی نیست که درمان بشه. باید بهش عادت کنید و بپذیریدش و مثل یک موهبت بهش نگاه کنید. وقتی این کارو بکنید، تمام توانایی های خودتون رو پیدا میکنید. سرکوب کردنش فقط یه هیولا ازش می‌سازه. Over the years, I also worked with over 1,000 European families 1on1 that came to me as “their light at the end of the tunnel”. A Protocol For Facing Chore Resistance: In the rare case that your kids might not want to do their chores, you’ll be able to use a gentle step-by-step system to get them done anyway, without a fight. I know there are many challenges that go along with ADHD. This list isn’t meant to minimize those challenges but to remind everyone that there are important strengths too! When optimizing mental health it is important to not only focus on what isn’t working and how you want it to be different but to celebrate what goes well and enhance the strengths that exist. Big pharma is influencing too much. Stimulants take a physical and mental toll. They pump up the heart rate and stimulate the nervous system which puts a strain on the body long term. Side effects include sleeplessness, loss of appetite, mood swings, and dry mouth. These affect half of the people taking the drugs. Animal studies suggest that taking these for many years could alter the whole structure and function of the brain increasing anxiety, causing depression, and eroding cognitive powers.