Thanks for the suggestion. She has been diagnosed with ADHD, but
refuses to take any allopathic medication, preferring to go with
homeopathic remedies. Some of these are effective at countering anxiety
and stress while they're occuring, but mostly don't stop her from
becoming frustrated over distractions. I've asked her about taking
whatever has been prescribed to her, but she says she can't bear the
"speedy" effects that they have on her. I assume that those effects are
only temporary, and will stop once her body becomes accustomed to them,
but she says she would still prefer to avoid taking them. My feeling is
that I don't have the right or the ability to force them on her, so I'm
trying to find other ways of helping her.

Vicki suggested studying in 15-20 minutes increments taking short
breaks, which is what we've kind of had to do anyway, and that does seem
to help a lot. We haven't tried flash cards, but I'll make some for our
next meeting.

Thanks for all your input, and I'll certainly keep you all posted on our
progress and welcome any more help.

Will

P.S. Any particular reason my last email got lagged by twelve days? I
wrote it on Oct 17 and just got it today (Oct 29).




-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Carroll [mailto:carroll_scott@...]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:39 PM
To: haxx0rz@...
Subject: Re: [ADHD - Online Support Group]-- FW: Adult Peer-Tutoring



Paxil CR is the best med on the market for stress or anxiety. If she is
unable to focus have her take an online test from ADHD.com of search
Google for one, that is what I did and it force me to realize its was me
but my brain. I take Adderall XR and I have gone from constantly being
on the move to days without stress and complete undivided attention.
She will need to be seen by a doctor and most likely a psychiatrist.

Scott
34 y.o. male

----- Original Message -----
From: 5uxx0rz <mailto:suxx0rz@...>
To: ADD/ADHD Support
<mailto:ADD_ADHD_Online_Support_Group@yahoogroups.com> Group
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:25 PM
Subject: [ADHD - Online Support Group]-- FW: Adult Peer-Tutoring


Hi, My name is Will.

I am a chemistry tutor at a university in North Carolina. This semester
I've picked up a tutee with ADHD. She's in her mid-thirties and doesn't
take medication.

Chemistry is a hard subject for most people anyway, and this course is
an endless source of frustration for her. The course is very
quick-paced, and there is seemingly endless amount of information to
memorize, as well as quite a few things to be done where there is no set
procedure, so you kind of have to develop a "big picture" from which you
can figure out how to do something.

I was wondering if anyone might have some tips for me (or things I can
suggest for her to try) that might reduce the level of stress that she's
experiencing, or to help what I'm teaching "stick." I'm willing to try
just about anything, and the university has allowed me to put in more
hours working with her than other students.

If I hear anything to try, I'll certainly post results to let the group
know how different things have worked.

Thanks for any help,
Will