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Delivered from Distraction Reading Checklist
The topics the book covers, in the order its description lists them, to tick off as you read.
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The description of Delivered from Distraction comes back to one point: ADD is a trait, and it only becomes a disorder when it impairs your life. This list follows the nine topics the description lists, in its order, then adds that closing point as a tenth item. It is a reading guide to what the book covers. It gives no diagnosis, treatment or medication advice, and the description itself says the new drugs are not for everyone. Check with your doctor about anything that applies to you.
Why these items are on the list
- Whether ADD runs in families. The book's description lists this topic first.
- New diagnostic procedures and tests. The description names new procedures, tests and evaluations.
- Links between ADD and other conditions. Listed in the description as a topic of its own.
- Freeing up inner talents and strengths. The description says people with ADD have talents and gifts. Note how the book suggests freeing them up.
- New drugs and how they work. The description says these drugs are not for everyone.
- Therapies beyond medication. The description includes changes in diet, exercise and lifestyle among them.
- Adapting the twelve-step program. The description says the classic program is adapted to treat ADD. Note how the authors change it.
- Sexual problems and how to resolve them. The description says the book covers these problems and how to resolve them. Write down any questions for your doctor.
- Strategies for procrastination and clutter. The last bullet in the description, paired with chronic forgetfulness.
- Trait versus disorder distinction. The book describes ADD as a trait, and a disorder only when it impairs your life.
On your phone, each tick marks a topic you have read, which suits picking the book up in short sessions. You can share the list with someone reading along.
When to use it
Use it while you are reading the book, or when deciding which topics to read first.