Overview: Groundbreaking and comprehensive, Driven to Distraction has been a lifeline to the approximately eighteen million Americans who are thought to have ADHD. Now the bestselling book is revised and updated with current medical information for a new generation searching for answers. Through vivid stories and case histories of patients-both adults and children-Hallowell and Ratey explore the varied forms ADHD takes, from hyperactivity to daydreaming. They dispel common myths, offer helpful coping tools, and give a thorough accounting of all treatment options as well as tips for dealing with a diagnosed child, partner, or family member. But most importantly, they focus on the positives that can come with this "disorder"-including high energy, intuitiveness, creativity, and enthusiasm.

"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Pantheon Books ... in 1994, and subsequently published in paperback by Touchstone ... in 1995"--Title page verso.

Introduction to the Anchor edition / Edward M Hallowell -- What is Attention Deficit Disorder? -- I sang in my chains like the sea: the child with ADD -- Sequence ravelled out of sound: adult ADD -- Living and loving with ADD: ADD in couples -- Big struggle: ADD and the family -- Parts of the elephant: subtypes of ADD -- How do I know if I have it?: the steps toward diagnosis -- What can you do about it?: the treatment of ADD -- Local habitation and a name: the biology of ADD -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Where to find help -- Index.