| If is a fact that, ADHD is a relatively common disease | | | | Fortunately, I have a very supportive family and |
| in children and in most of the cases it's very easy to | | | | together we have worked out a few things that help |
| cure while in some cases it become quite complex | | | | to a certain extent in controlling the urge to spend |
| and required proper treatment. The treatment of Adult | | | | impulsively. I am sure if you have ADD/ADHD, you too |
| ADHD is the highly specialized, and now lot of | | | | will benefit from these simple tips. |
| research has been made and proper treatment of this | | | | The first thing that I had to do was to become aware |
| disease is commonly available. There is different point | | | | of my impulsive spending habit. My family knew about |
| of view on the treatment of ADHD, some parents are | | | | it but wanted me to recognize the problem. I did and |
| not interested in medicated treatment because they | | | | then this set precedence for rest of the impulsive |
| believe that it is unnatural and medicines have | | | | spending prevention program. Earlier when I used to go |
| significant side effects, whereas some parent prefer | | | | out 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 ADHD | | | | whenever I go out shopping, I am armed with a |
| and there is nothing any specific treatment for all | | | | shopping list and make sure that I stick to it. This has |
| patients of the ADHD. In treatment of ADHD there are | | | | helped me from over-spending each time I go out. |
| series of step that must be followed to better ure | | | | Without ADD/ADHD, having a credit card is |
| Adult ADHD. The success of treatment depends on | | | | dangerous. Just imagine my plight with my impulsive |
| identification of deficiencies and requirements of | | | | spending. 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 very | | | | money leaving my wallet! |
| difficult to stop being impulsive. This means that I | | | | My family came up with a better solution to deal with |
| indulge a lot in impulsive spending. This is one of the | | | | my 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 to | | | | and think about whether I really needed to buy them. If |
| store all the new purchases I make. I am afraid of this | | | | I felt that I couldn't live without the items, I took cash |
| symptom of ADD/ADHD because I do not want to be | | | | and bought them the following day. |
| in debts like thousands of other impulsive spenders. | | | | |