Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hi everyone, it's Susan Clopin here for Attitude magazine. We're very fortunate to have Dr

Michelle Novatny. She is internationally recognized as an expert in the field of ADHD. She was one of the founders and the

former president CEO of the National Detention Deficit Disorder Association

and is the author of numerous books including one of my favorites what does everybody else know that I don't.

She has a website www.m. the botany.com so please check her out. She did want me to

disclose to all of you that she's also a paid consultant for Shire Pharmaceuticals.

Having said that, she is a regular contributor to Attitude magazine

and to Attitude mag.com, and we're fortunate to have her words in almost every issue.

So, with no more ado, let me introduce Michelle to all have a few words and then we'll take some questions. Thank you.

Thank you, Susan, and I appreciate the intro and also want to give a shout out for Attitude magazine

and all the wonderful work you guys do in helping to promote awareness and information for people with ADHD.

So I'm happy to be part of that.

All right, and thinking about today's information about results with ADHD, I thought it might be helpful before we took

questions to just sort of go over some of the kinds of advice I tend to share in my

private practice as I work with adults with ADHD. So I sort of have gleaned some of the best of tips

ideas or thinking about ADHD to share with folks to kick us off. So I talk about the fact that managing ADHD is really more like a

marathon than a sprint. I've got a son who's a marathon runner and when you're

planning to do something for the long term sometimes

you set yourself up differently than if it's just a short-term thing. So I know with

children there's an often thought that you know it's going to be better next week

it'll be better next month it'll be better when but as an adult it's important to

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