In this pioneering exploration of ADD and AD/HD, Sari Solden combines real-life histories and treatment experiences with the latest clinical research.
Solden poignantly depicts the shame many women experience as they find themselves unable to live up to expectations ingrained early in life. Through exercises, self-talk, and client stories, she helps women dismantle their self-images as "slobs" or "space cadets" and enjoy success on their own terms.
This new edition provides fresh information on medications, women's issues, and hormones, and a greatly expanded section on diagnosis, treatment and counseling, as well as an updated and enlarged Resource Section.
Also included for the first time are:

• An entirely new chapter on women's friendship and ADD
• A new Decision Work Tree
• A new Strategy Grid
• A new Women's Voices section, from Solden's online Q&A column.

"If you are a new reader, you have a big treat in store for you. If you are a loyal fan of Sari's work, you will be delighted with the new material that will add another dimension to your understanding of how ADD plays a role in your life... Give yourself the gift of healing laughter and tears. We did."
--Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo, authors, You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?!

"Before Sari's book came out, women with ADD were an invisible population...This book inspired others to write about and begin researching the issues of women and girls with ADD.
"I love Sari's humor, her sensitivity, her warmth as she details the trials and tribulations in life with ADD."
--Edward Hallowell, M.D., coauthor, Driven to Distraction

"By examining the interplay between genetics and environment, Sari Solden has broken new ground in Women with Attention Deficit Disorder... On both a personal and professional level, Solden explores just how women deal with the neurologic difference that is ADD."
--John J.Ratey, M.D., coauthor, Driven to Distraction

Contents

A Note to the Reader
Foreword
Introduction
Author’s Preface
A Pocket Guide to ADD
Essay: The Buried Treasure
Part I: Surviving
Chapter 1: Coming out of the (Messy) Closet: Introduction to My Personal And Professional Story
Chapter 2: Girls and ADD: An Equal Opportunity Disorder
Chapter 3: Dance with the Lady with the Hole in Her Stocking: A Portrait of the Inner World of Women with ADD Before Diagnosis
Chapter 4: Who Am I? What’s the Matter with Me?
Chapter 5: Disorganization : The Disorder of Dis-order Part II: Hiding
Chapter 6: The Job from Hell: A Woman’s Job Description
Chapter 7: The Emotional Legacy
Chapter 8: Secondary Effects: Underachievement and a Depressed Mood
Chapter 9: Secondary Effects: Relationships
Part III: Emerging
Chapter 10: Diagnostic Dilemmas for Women
Chapter 11: Self- Assessment for Women and Paths to Diagnosis
Chapter 12: An Overview of Treatment: Getting Started the Grief Cycle, Medication, Women’s Issues
Chapter 13: Treatment Continued: The Rest of the MESST: Education, Support, Strategies and Therapy
Part IV: Embracing
Chapter 14: Embracing Disorganization
Chapter 15: The 3 R’s at Work: Restructuring, Renegotiating, Redefining
Chapter 16: Restructuring: At Home and in Your Personal Life
Chapter 17: Renegotiating Your Relationships
Chapter 18: Redefining Your Self- Image
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Resources
Bibliography
Index