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soluLlons Lo problems LhaL can hobble you 1he subLlLle ls CeLLlng Lhe MosL CuL of Llfe wlLh ALLenLlon
ueflclL ulsorder" and lL dellvers on LhaL promlse Lo Lhe exLenL LhaL you LhoughLfully follow Lhelr advlce
(ALLenLlon ueflclL ln all forms ls referred Lo as AuPu for Lhe remalnder) Are you Lhe parenL of an AuPu
chlld? CeL Lhe book 1he wlfe or slbllng? CeL Lhe book
As someone who ls AuPu (you don'L have lL" you f someone who AuPu much as one ls asLhmaLlc
or rlghLhanded) Lhls book sLands ouL as Lhe besL of Lhe seven or elghL books l have read on Lhe sub[ecL
WhaL makes lL more auLhenLlc and meanlngful Lo me Lhan any oLher book ls LhaL Lhe docLor auLhors are
boLh AuPu and one ls dyslexlc yeL boLh graduaLed ln Lhe Lop of Lhelr medlcal school classes provlng
Lhere ls hope and ways Lo channel lL for many
Cne of Lhe maln polnLs ls LhaL how you relaLe Lo your condlLlon ls largely lnfluenced by Lhose who ralse
you and Lhose wlLh whom you are beholden for your educaLlon soclal llfe and examples for llvlng 1he
supporL of Lhose on whom one depends growlng up ls as crlLlcal as any Lherapy drug or behavlor
modlflcaLlon Lechnlque one can employ lor Lhose of us ralsed ln a Llme or place berefL of undersLandlng
abouL AuPu Lhls book goes a long way Loward reorlenLlng our Lhlnklng abouL our condlLlon our
behavlors and our llfe ln general
1hls ls one of Lhe mosL currenL books on Lhe Loplc so Lhelr overvlew of drugs for Lhls condlLlon conLalns
mosL all now avallable buL Lhey don'L sLop wlLh pharmacologlcal remedles 1hey challenge you (me
whomever) Lo Lhlnk dlfferenLly abouL Lhe condlLlon and undersLand boLh Lhe good and bad aspecLs of lL
As wlLh anyLhlng ln llfe AuPu ls a comblnaLlon of blesslngs and curses and Lhey're noL same for each
person
1he llLany of Loplcs relaLed Lo AuPu prevenLs me from golng down Lhe llsL of Loplcs covered buL Lhey
lnclude lamlly relaLlons and acLlons medlcaLlons Lherapy organlzaLlon moLlvaLlon menLal healLh co
morbld condlLlons and relaLlve sLaLlsLlcs on how ofLen mosL are assoclaLed wlLh AuPu (lL rarely slLs
alone ln Lhe mlnd) procrasLlnaLlon cluLLer and accompanylng sexual and behavloral lssues
8esL of all lL's noL a borlng cllnlcal read lL ls broadly lllusLraLed wlLh examples from Lhelr own llves
Lhelr medlcal pracLlces and use realworld examples Lo hlghllghL efflcaclous remedles and soluLlons 1hls
ls a good read lf you are AuPu have an AuPu person ln your famlly (our behavlor can mysLlfy even Lhe
wlsesL person) or slmply wanL Lo see how you sLack up
And for anyone who reads Lhls revlew lL ls Lruly lnfurlaLlng Lo say Lo someone who ls AuPu (or any
varlaLlon Lhereof) l Lhlnk l have LhaL My mlnd wanders all Lhe Llme" 1haL's llke Lelllng a cancer
paLlenL ?eah l had a mole removed docLor sald lL looked susplclous" or Lelllng a parapleglc Wow lL
really sucks when my leg falls asleep l know how you feel" lf paylng aLLenLlon was all LhaL lL ls lL
wouldn'L be an lssue so please don'L lnsulL someone who's been deallng wlLh lL by assumlng you know
anyLhlng abouL lL or LhaL you have an undersLandlng of Lhe many many hurdles lL presenLs lf you
suspecL you or a loved one ls AuPu Lake Lhls lnvenLory
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lf lL Lurns ouL LhaL your score (or LhaL of a person of lnLeresL) on Lhls lnvenLory lndlcaLes LhaL you are
AuPu Lhen by all means geL Lhe book lf noL well you mlghL beneflL anyway