ADHD and ADD... Beating the Odds!

If is a fact that, ADHD is a relatively common diseaseFortunately, I have a very supportive family and
in children and in most of the cases it's very easy totogether we have worked out a few things that help
cure while in some cases it become quite complexto a certain extent in controlling the urge to spend
and required proper treatment. The treatment of Adultimpulsively. I am sure if you have ADD/ADHD, you too
ADHD is the highly specialized, and now lot ofwill benefit from these simple tips.
research has been made and proper treatment of thisThe first thing that I had to do was to become aware
disease is commonly available. There is different pointof my impulsive spending habit. My family knew about
of view on the treatment of ADHD, some parents areit but wanted me to recognize the problem. I did and
not interested in medicated treatment because theythen this set precedence for rest of the impulsive
believe that it is unnatural and medicines havespending prevention program. Earlier when I used to go
significant side effects, whereas some parent preferout shopping, I used to do so without a shopping list
to treat their effected children at growing stage.and end up buying things that I did not need. Now
Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for Adult ADHDwhenever I go out shopping, I am armed with a
and there is nothing any specific treatment for allshopping list and make sure that I stick to it. This has
patients of the ADHD. In treatment of ADHD there arehelped me from over-spending each time I go out.
series of step that must be followed to better ureWithout ADD/ADHD, having a credit card is
Adult ADHD. The success of treatment depends ondangerous. Just imagine my plight with my impulsive
identification of deficiencies and requirements ofspending. So now I take just cold hard cash to do
patients accurately.shopping and trust me it does hurt to see all that
For people like me, who have ADD/ADHD, it is verymoney leaving my wallet!
difficult to stop being impulsive. This means that IMy family came up with a better solution to deal with
indulge a lot in impulsive spending. This is one of themy ADD/ADHD symptom of spending without a
major symptoms I have of ADD/ADHD. Unfortunately,reason. They started sending me out with an empty
I tend to buy first and think later.wallet to look at things. This made me go back home
I have a room in the house that is especially used toand think about whether I really needed to buy them. If
store all the new purchases I make. I am afraid of thisI felt that I couldn't live without the items, I took cash
symptom of ADD/ADHD because I do not want to beand bought them the following day.
in debts like thousands of other impulsive spenders.