HOLY COW!!! | ADHD Information
i read the comments on amazon posted about the book and it seems likeits mostly for children who cant sit still.. does it address other issues like
forgetfullness or losing things or talk about help for adults in any way??
There were no comments there by adults who said it helped them? .. I
really want to get it but I want to make sure its effective for me, myself,
first.
I have been doing the exercises in the book I found at Barnes and Nobel called Stopping ADHD and
HOLY COW!
I haven't lost one paper in my fourth grade class I teach.
I haven't missed one meeting.
I've only been late one time.
I've only got the schedules mixed up once!
I haven't burned anything on the stove or in the oven since I began the exercises.
I can type more accurately - I took the typing test on line many times to prove this to myself. I have increased by 10 words per minute (I could only do that on medication before)
I am getting my papers corrected instead of letting a pile accumulate.
I haven't missed or been late to pick up my son from soccer yet!
All of this and I am not taking medication this year!! I am amazed. Usually I would be doing all of the above in the opposite kind of way! Unless I was taking Adderall.
I just wanted to share!
I actually want to shout if from every roof top!!!!
Maybe it can help someone else too!
I wish someone else would try these and let me know if they work for you too. It didn't take very long to see some results here.
that is great anni i will have to go buy it...are you currently on meds? and who is the author? i want to buy it
David,
It helped me. I don't know if it will help everybody, but I thought I should let people know. If it helps you, then you should let others know, too.
There are some reviews on the site on Amazon. A mother wrote that it really helped her child.
Also, the book is endorsed by a doctor who wrote the test that most doctors use to test ADD. The book lists his endorsement on the front.
I think it is worth trying. You are supposed to do these exercises for 9 months. i've only been doing them for about a month.
So, let me know if you try them. I would love to know if they help you David!!! That would prove the theory for sure!!!
I am not on meds right now. I wanted to see the difference if I tried these exercises and it is amazing to me.
The author is O'Dell.
Here is the book on Amazon. It is actually on sale for .85
I hope this link works, sometimes when I post links, they don't seem to work.
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I am not on meds right now. I wanted to see the difference if I tried these exercises and it is amazing to me.
The author is O'Dell.
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Think it'll help me?
I am so ordering that book.My son walked late too, but he didn't crawl very much - every sibling he has brought him whatever he wanted. He just had to sit there. He shows signs of ADD. I gave him the crawling test and he didnt' pass it either.
May I ask what kind of exercises? Does it also help with ADD without the H?
I am the one who posted on the other thread about the crawling.
They are crawling exercises. They have helped me and I am an adult. I actually called the number I found on the website and talked to one of the authors personally. She claims that EVERY PERSON she has helped with the exercises has had results of improvement. She said she even helped an 80 year old woman once. I was intrigued by the book then and wondered if I could disprove their theory. I have tried to study it and get information about it since then. I finally just decided to try the exercises.
They are really helping me. I was dx with ADD the inattentive type. I don't get up out of my seat, but I am uncomfortable just sitting still, like in a theater. I procrastinate, forget things, burn dinner, forget to tuck my kids in bed, leave them at soccer practices, forget birthdays, etc, etc,. It is crazy. But since I've been trying these exercises I've noticed a big difference. Even in the morning, I divide my time up that I have to get ready for work. I have never done that before. It is weird.
What the theory is - is that because this reflex is controlling you and you haven't matured it yet, you do lots of things to cope. You can be restless, or your mind can jump from one thing to another. You are so distracted trying to cope with the discomfort that you do all the things we do as ADD and ADHD people to cope. Imagine if you felt a dull pain for a long time, you might not notice it as much after a while, but it would distract you. That's how I think about it.
The difference in memory for me has been awesome. I don't really understand why it is helping me so much, but I'm not taking meds and I feel like I can get so much done. I feel like myself but not in a fog anymore.
The book claims to help both ADHD and ADD. I believe it. There is a test in the book. I failed it. Others around me could pass it. It was very interesting. so I decided to try the exercises. I am still doing them. I have a long way to go.
When I was a baby I did have the braces and casts on my legs. I had pigeon toes. But anyone who doesn't crawl very much as a baby can be affected by it. And us smart ADD and ADHD people see people walking and so we naturally walk early.
If you read it, you can tell me what you think. The things the book talks about make so much sense to me.
It is a very well written and precise book. The directions are easy to follow.
If anyone tries it I would love to know if it works for you too.
I ordered the book. They have a website also -- although it pretty much comes out and says that these people dont actually have ADHD but immaturity of some kind of reflex, or something like that. Explains the fidgeting, restlessness, unable to sit still and pay attention. What about the constant flipping of channels that is classic ADD/ADHD? Does it help with that? That's my biggest concern :(flipping channels is also a male thing - haven't u ever watched seinfeld?? 
LOL Brookelea
What next, are you going to tell me I have man hands, too?
I get no support here, I swear! :P
Is this the book that says that if you don't crawl when a baby then it messes up your development? Someone on another thread talked about it and said she had leg braces and a bar when she was that age and so did I so I thought I should buy it and try the excersises....but then I forgot about it !
It sure is Sabina :) I ordered a used copy from Amazon.com for .75 :) I actually walked pretty late. Bout 16 months. Darnit!
Rockin's good, tho. I rocked my babies to sleep a lot. Does that count?
I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as you're living, my baby you'll be.
thanks Guys, I'm going to try to remember to buy the book..maybe it will help something
I know I talked about this somewhere, but it fits in here, too. I don't remember crawling as a kid, but then I don't remember much back then. However, I do remember for years being an army crawler. We'd play army as kids, and belly crawled a lot. Then we started climbing trees a lot, which is like crawling vertically. Once, we started climbing one tree and crossing over to another. Like squirrels. Then we'd climb cherry trees, eat cherrys, and smoke pot. woo-hoo! That was fun.
I can remember crawling at 6mo. and walking by 14mo, holding onto coffee table for balance. Then I grabbed momma's rocker(OOPS). [QUOTE=Davidornado]Rockin's good, tho. I rocked my babies to sleep a lot. Does that count?
I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as you're living, my baby you'll be.
[/QUOTE]That book always makes me cry
REally wanna cry?
Go read it to your DadD. 
I read it to my mom, once. Blubber blubber.
I still rock my kids and sing it to them when they let me.
Pretty soon they'll be rockin' me, I guess... OMG! I look like a zoo!
where was I when all this tree climbing, monkey acting, herb smokin' was going on? Nobody callled me???
Whaddya think I work out so much for, have to be strong to join the tree climbers of North America club
I like hanging out w/my buddies the trees, they always calm me down....but it would be fun to climb w/some wacky monkeys
Since I was a kid I brachiated.
In college once we got high in a tree, and urinated from the high point. It was kinda like a thing we did. Like territorial dominance behavior. Usually from cliffs, rock climbing, etc. In this case,
What we didn't calculate into our adventure was the de scent...
David!! I can't believe you know that song! That was one of our (me and my girls) favorite books! I wonder if we sing it in the same tune??Although...we always thought the mother was kinda psycho climbing in the window of her grown son's house...We probably do, eh? hehe
My youngest dd reads it herself, now (10 years old).
I liked the zoo pages. Really, it looks like an ADDer room, right?
My son's...
Or my daughter's...
men are so cute that way, the way they can bond and and hang out in groups and insult each other and yes, urinate outdoors and be proud and happy about it like a dog that brings you a bird trophywhat's this thread about anyway..I like "Holy Cow"...
also boys and men change like THAT! when their buddies get around them. Alpha male stuff but they're still sweet
psalty, psometimes, toohmmm....pee salty........gotta think about that..but not for too long
Naw, like in sea salty.
"An old salt"...