Posted by wendy b. on March 17, 2003, at 8:30:42
In reply to Re: Dual Diagnosis + ADHD » IWonder, posted by Ritch on March 14, 2003, at 20:01:57
> > Coaching? What have others done? Reading/researching but find no coaches for behavioral changes I see I WANT to make.. in Monterey Bay area. Ideas, please.
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> Hi, I think the *coach* thing has more to do with kids and adolescents struggling with ADHD. It would be interesting to hear about an example of the methods that one would use as a "coach" for an ADD adult.
>Hi Mitch & IWonder,
I have in fact read some basic texts on adult ADHD that said coaching can be very helpful. And coaches can be anyone who wants to help you handle your symptoms better. Some people pay money for these services, others use informal methods, like having a friend or relative check in on an agreed-upon regular basis. One book suggested that having a spouse or boy/girlfriend do the coaching is a bad idea, since they're heavily invested in your "doing your homework"... I think this makes a lot of sense. Sometime-poster (and my good pal) Zo on PB had somebody who would stop by and they'd just go over simple but necessary issues like: have you paid the electricity bill? What packages do you need to put in the mail? etc. Even something simple like this could be very helpful to those of us who forget paying our auto insurance... (like me!) I've always said, even before I finally got an ADHD diagnosis a month ago (I'm 42), that I needed a gym teacher to follow me around and bark orders at me... maybe then I'd get things done, AND on time! Now I realize that the ADHD stuff is WHY I always said that. At least things have become clearer, so I'm thankful.
Best to both of you,
Wendy
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