Read the book Stopping ADHD by Dr. O'Dell (a PHD in learning disabilities from Purdue University)
The exercises in this book are changing my life. I don't need meds anymore and I remember things, I organize things. It has really been amazing to me. All the exercises are in the book. You don't need to buy anything else.
Good luck to you, my friend.
I ordered the book on amazon for .95 I cant wait to get it. Thanks everyone!!!!hey monkey
i thought i would check out the scientologists too --- cos a couple of months back on this forum there was a lot of chat about them and it piqued my curiousity. so i popped in to the LA scientology centre but yeah, didn't like them. the receptionist was nice you know but the other two blokes who did my psychometric testing etc. were SUPER SLIMY and seriously off-putting. they gave me the book, dianetics, and i am an avid reader and open to pretty much anything i thought - but the moment i got home i threw it into the bin, i disliked the impression i got from them that much....
very surprising for me. but i don't mean to put you off. check it out if you want - i just thought they were awful people (the two i met) and i was genuinely open-minded when i approached it and interested to hear their ideas. i love ideas. any ideas. but i got an instinctive, gut bad reaction from them and so i threw their book in the bin - hmmmmmm so much for being open-minded i guess.
still on the original question of high-blood pressure --- i am sure there are a couple of people with high blood pressure on here (Davido??) who will help you out and counseling and don't forget annidagostini's miracle cure ---- the book Stopping ADHD by O'Dell.
good luck with it. cj
I went to the doctor in Sep, got tested for adhd, saw 3 psychologists who agreed I ahave add, She was about to give me adderal, I was soo happy, thinking, finally I will be able to function, from what I read on here, people seem to change for the better, get things done, focus, etc, Except she asked how my blood pressure was, well its high, she took my blood pressure and told me it need to be normal before she can prescribe me anything, I was sooo frustrated, I am 29yo mess, feel sooo way behind because of this thing called add holding me back from going forward, finishing shool, concentrating at work, I dont even have motivation to do things, its sooo complicated to go to the doctor and get refered from one place to the other, anyways im suppose to go get some meds to lower my blood pressure, hopefully that will work, I know i need to loose 20 pounds wich will prob bring my blood pressure back to normal, its sooooo frustrating, Is this happening to anyone out there?? I feel soo helpless, Ive been on my own for 10yrs, struggling with works and bills, so disorganized and behing on everything, my brain is always awake and thinking a million things at the same time, even when i go to sleep I have vivid dreams every night. my scientologist friend wants me to go and do some auditing and he says it will help me and literally cure me, hes soo opposed to me taking the meds, hes very succesfull but you know they are weird, I dont want to get involved in it. I appreciate anyones feed back. Help! Don't fret, my friend, there are answers out there for you. I'd say first get on an exercise program that is not to harsh. Get a treadmill, gazelle, or walk around the block and just walk till you sweat, don't overdo it! Take some good vitamins from a good store, GNC, the vitamin store etc. and check out some amino acids like 5-HTP or L-tyrosine, ask someone at the health food store counter for something for the mind. Get a good AD/HD book at the bookstore and read it through a few times (that's what I need to do when I read something). Learn to meditate to slow down your thoughts, breathing deeply through the nose and fill your lungs to capacity.Have you considered taking alternatives? There are supplements and vitamines that you can take which may do the trick.
Check out the alternatives to medications section here.
Good luck!