book on ADHD or attention

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hi my dear friends,

i noticed, that I intensively focus when i sit at the computer at very small and unimportant things, and can't stop detaching from my computer. Often the overall thing i wanted to do is lost. I know i can do hyperfocus, but only when i am not depressed and so on. Yeah, and i never planned anything, and i have problems not to go too much into details. And i always want to go to bed early... but mostly i can't do it, so often there are so many little things i want to do, and then i hang on the computer and don't get much done... but still go very late to bed.

Sometimes when i drink coffee or alcohole i get pretty excited, sort of hyperactive... don't know. I know i got AS, but i don't know if i got ADHD as well. Anyhow, the name of the label is not such important, i would like to know more about how to recognize my attention behavior and how i can improve it if there is something to improve. Therefore, could you give me any hints what kind of books i could read to improve that?

all good books about attention, planning and ADHD are welcome. Which one would you recommend?

thanks,
anton

I would recommend "Delivered from Distraction" by Hallowell and Ratey (those are their last names, I don't remember their first names). It's the sequel to the first book about ADHD that they co-authored: "Driven to Distraction."

"Driven to Distraction" is more clinical, and seemed to be geared towards parents of kids with ADHD.

"Delivered from Distraction" seemed more geared towards adults and adolescents with ADHD (or anybody who has problems with attention/hyperactivity). It contains a lot of stories about individuals with ADHD, and more in the way of strategies to deal with problems organizing.

thanks, i just ordered your recommendation

anton

This was recommended to me. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attention-Defic ... 808&sr=1-1

And this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ADD-Friendly-Wa ... pd_sim_b_3

I've read neither, so I've no idea.

I've only recently come round to the idea of having ADD, but it makes total sense.