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WOMEN WITH ATTENTION

DEFICIT DISORDER

Embrace Your Differences

And Transform Your Life

Newly revised 10th Anniversary Edition!

by Sari Solden MS, LMFT

Introduction by

Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo

Forewords by

Edward T. Hallowell, M.D.

and John J. Ratey, M.D.

Underwood Books

Nevada City, California

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder

ISBN-13: 978-0-9785-9091-8

Copyright © 2005 by Sari Solden

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without explicit permission from the author or the author’s agent, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages.

Contact Sari Solden at

P.O. Box 3320, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106

or at sari@sarisolden.com

Published in eBook format by Introspect Press.

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The ideas in this book are based on the author’s personal experience with ADD, and as such are not to be considered medical advice. This book is not intended as a substitute for psychotherapy or the medical treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the various medications described herein can only be prescribed by a physician. The reader should consult a qualified health care professional in matters relating to health and particularly with respect to any symptoms which may require diagnosis or medical attention.

Cover illustration is a detail from the painting “Hera” by Francis Picabia, 1928, Collection Gaston Kahn, Paris.

I dedicate this book with gratitude and love to my husband, Dean, who ventures boldly each day into the eye of the hurricane, where together we find calm and peace in the center of the storm.

A Note to the Reader

I wanted to write this book . . . because it became clear to me through my work as a therapist that there are many women who have been struggling with serious unexplained and often mysterious difficulties their entire lives. These women are leading lives filled with secrecy, shame, and a quiet desperation, unable to describe their difficulties to close friends, family or even mental health professionals in a way that could lead to self-understanding. Many of these women have been going through life confused and foggy, unable to access their considerable strengths. They experience their lives as a continuous treadmill, and express feelings of being trapped, unable to make sense of their lives.

I wrote this book because I’ve watched these women cross a line at some point and see their lives begin to shift. I want to let other women know that I’ve seen women with these kinds of difficulties learn how to move ahead and begin to take back their lives.

I know that other women can also embark on this same emotional journey, learning to embrace their lives in a new and powerful way.