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Reddit mentions of Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

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Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
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  • GREAT FOR HOME OR CLASS: Simple timer with three colored lights and an optional alarm with visual and auditory cues for timed activities
  • MULTIFUNCTIONAL: Facilitate independent time management skills. Use as a hand-washing timer for kids or as a countdown in timeout and more!
  • EASY TO USE: Easy to operate with just 2 dials: total alarm time and warning time
  • AUDITORY & VISUAL CUES: Adjustable volume and visual cues
  • AGES 3+
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Release dateDecember 2005

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Found 4 comments on Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder:

u/spinningnuri · 3 pointsr/xxfitness

The anxiety might actually be related to ADHD -- they are co-morbid with each other, particularly in women.

Here's the thing. Diagnosis is good, it helps you by getting access to medication. But the behavior modifications and such, that can be done without a diagnosis.Combined with smart use of caffeine, it can be a good start.

here is a good video series on ADHD. Chopped up into short segments, because, hello, we have ADHD

Delivered From Distraction. One of my favorite books. I've bought many copies because I give them away to other people with ADHD

u/allpurposeguru · 3 pointsr/ADHD

I never wanted kids, my Dad was a real fucktard and so was his dad before him. (not gonna go into that here.) I didn't know I had ADHD. I just knew I would be a lousy dad.

I met an absolutely amazing woman, fell so hard there was a crater. Got married. She convinced me I couldn't possibly be as bad as my dad was.

We had two kids. Oldest kid was struggling in 3rd grade in school. We knew he was smart, couldn't figure out what was wrong. We had just switched schools, and the Principal of his new school pulled us in to the office and said "get him evaluated for ADHD." When we protested, she said "Just trust me."

Lo and behold, incredibly bad ADHD. I started researching what that meant for him, and got 3 paragraphs into Driven to Distraction and my response was "Oh, fuck, this guy is talking about ME, and it's genetic. Shit shit shit shit shit." Three goddamn paragraphs.

What I've learned in the 15 years after that is the following:

  1. I have NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER regretted having my children. Period, full stop. I am so very thankful that my wife convinced me everything would be ok, and it was. Even if I had known about my ADHD before we had kids I would have had 'em anyway.
  2. BOTH my kids have turned out to have ADHD. Because I have it too, and I struggle with it myself, I am *uniquely* qualified to help them out with it. Hell, they see me struggle and sometimes I'm the example they don't want to follow. I'm ok with that if they learn from my fuckups.
  3. I look at my kid's accomplishments and it blows my mind how amazing both of them have turned out to be. They are both well on their way to having happy, successful lives. ADHD is part of their lives, but it's not a part that defines them or makes them miserable. They struggle different amounts, in different ways, but I see how hard they work and try and I'm very proud of them. I think one big factor in this is that they KNOW they have these issues and can deal with them.
  4. Having kids, even WITHOUT this disability, is hard. It's worth it, though.

    The point of all this is: don't make any decisions about this now. You have a long time to decide what you want to do. If you ultimately don't have kids, that's ok. But don't think that ADHD will prevent you from having a happy family, it doesn't have to.
u/flagrancejones · 2 pointsr/ADHD

Your story sounds so familiar, I almost could have written it myself.

If you can find a doctor who understands ADHD, (mine had it himself), they should be able to understand a lot of what you're trying to communicate despite any language barriers. Mine just seemed to--know me--after only a few questions.

I would also recommend the book Delivered From Distraction. Not to downplay the importance of seeing a professional, but this book has helped me actually cope more than most other things.

Good luck! And your English seems fantastic, by the way.

u/letswatchstarwars · 2 pointsr/ENFP

Hey! I was diagnosed with ADHD a little over a year ago. I used to think I was INFP but now I think I'm ENFP.




Anyway, I find that my biggest challenges are with concentration, persistence, and emotional regulation. Some things I've found that help me:




  • I have the Time Tracker Mini Timer which I keep on my desk at work. I use it when I have to do a long boring task so I can break it up (basically use it to do the Pomodoro method). With the job I have I can't do it all the time because of how my tasks are broken up, but I do it when I can. Any timer will do, but I like that timer in particular because it has a light on top that changes from green to yellow to red, and you can choose the time that it changes from green to yellow. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't count down (i.e. you can't see how much time is left).




  • Writing things down!! I have a tendency to think I can remember WAY more for way longer than I actually can. I have a Leuchtturm1917 pocket notebook and a pen that I always keep with me. I kind of do Bullet Journaling but I've modified it to a system that works better for me. But keeping paper and pen with you is essential! And it's better than notes in your phone, in my opinion. The hard copy is a better reminder.




  • Write down 5 positive things about myself every day. We ADHDers can be our own worst critics and can tend to get down on ourselves when we don't do the things we want to do. It's good to remind ourselves of our positive qualities.




  • Try to practice mindfulness, especially in moments where I'm feeling especially distracted or emotional. I at least try to take a few deep breaths and just clear my head. My counselor always tells me to practice mindfulness, and I think it's a challenge to us as ENFPs and as ADHDers to focus on the present moment and not get caught up in our thoughts. But I definitely notice a difference when I consciously try to practice it.




  • If you haven't already, pick up Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Dr. Russell Barkley and Delivered From Distraction by Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey. Learning all I could about ADHD made all the difference for me. It helped me to understand what's going on in my brain, why certain things are harder for me than most people (like concentrating on things that are boring), and some of the positives of ADHD. Now I can recognize when something I'm doing or thinking or feeling is because of the ADHD and that makes me feel like I have some measure of control over it.



  • Go easy on yourself!! I feel like this is the most important and also the hardest tip to follow. The previous tip will help a lot. Once I learned about ADHD it made giving myself a break a whole lot easier. I don't know about you, but I tend to expect a lot from myself. It's important that we give ourselves permission to take a break, take a walk, or to fuck something up (it's life, it happens...most mistakes are fixable) and not be hard on ourselves over it. It seems like you're in the honeymoon phase with your diagnosis - you just got diagnosed and it finally explains so much about your life. This is a wonderful phase and I don't want to cast a shadow over it. But I'll tell you that you'll most likely eventually hit a phase (especially if you decide to get medicated) where you grieve how much of your life you "wasted" not knowing about your ADHD and not having your medication. There are also times where having the knowledge and the medication only give you the realization and the perspective of how much more it seems like everyone else in the world can do than you can. This is when it will be so important to practice self-compassion. Other people are good with organization and sticking to their budget and paying their bills on time and remembering their appointments and getting places on time. And people like us are good at empathizing and reading people and problem-solving and thinking outside the box and forging our own path. Different isn't always bad, sometimes it's just different.



    I hope some of this was helpful and what you were looking for!



    Edit: To add to that, I just watched this beautiful TEDxTalk: ADHD sucks, but not really