ADD and Zombies: Fearless Medication Management for ADD and ADHD

About the Author\nWes Crenshaw, PhD is a licensed psychologist and board-certified in Couple and Family Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He specializes in working with adolescents, young adults, and their families from his private practice, Family Psychological Services, LLC in Lawrence, Kansas. In addition to this book, he is the author of Treating Families and Children in the Child Protective System (Brunner-Routledge, 2004), and I Always Want to Be Where I'm Not: Successful Living with ADD and ADHD (Family Psychological Press). He also appears occasionally on public radio stations across the nation and regularly in the Kansas City and St. Louis metros both on radio and TV. He writes regularly for ADDitude magazine. You can learn more about his work at dr-wes.com, follow his tweets of pithy wisdom about ADD, teens, parenting, dating, divorce, marriage, and young adulthood at @wescrenshawphd, or read his blog at familypsychological.com.\nKelsey Daugherty, DNP PMHNP is a board-certified nurse practitioner specializing in psychiatric medication management. She works with Dr. Wes and nine other therapists at Family Psychological Services, LLC in Lawrence, Kansas prescribing psychopharmaceuticals including stimulant medication on protocol. She did her doctoral research project on stimulant tolerance and has coauthored several articles in ADDitude magazine. She consults worldwide via video on complex cases of ADD, ADHD, and co-occurring mental health disorders.\nWes Crenshaw and Kelsey Daugherty guide readers on medication management for ADD and ADHD using advice drawn from thousands of hours of clinical contact with hundreds of fascinating clients. Written in an engaging, conversational style for readers of all ages, the authors explore what it means to have ADD, describe how to get an accurate evaluation, examine co-occurring diagnoses and how they are treated in the context of ADD, and explain how to find a good prescriber. They compare and contrast the array of medications available to treat ADD, explain how to use them correctly, and help readers manage and work around the side effects. Crenshaw and Daugherty offer numerous case examples throughout the book to illustrate their integrative model of treatment designed to get readers with an ADD diagnosis on the road to fearless medication management.•Have you been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, or do you suspect you should be? Do you want to be sure you have an accurate diagnosis? Do you wonder if you’re getting the best treatment? Do you have a love-hate relationship with your medication or wonder why it seems to have stopped working? This book is for you.•Does your partner, child, roommate, or friend have ADD? Do you wonder if medication might be right for them, and if so, which one? Do you struggle alongside them to deal with the many side effects of their stimulant? Do you wonder about alternative treatments? This book is for you.•Are you a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician’s assistant? Do you wish you had broader training and experience in assessing and prescribing for ADD and ADHD? Do you sometimes feel like you’re winging it? Do you wonder if this disorder is over- or underdiagnosed? Do you wish you could refer those cases out, but haven’t anyone to refer them to? This book is for you.