By Brian J. Robinson
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"A wonderful, in- your- face book relating one young person's struggles with Attention Deficit Disorder..."
--Dr. Ned Hallowell M.D., Harvard Medicine
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(THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES OF AN IMPORTANT PhD DISSERTATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON RELATED TO THOSE "DIAGNOSED" WITH ADHD AND THEIR UNDERLYING THOUGHT PROCESSES)
Written, for the most part high on Adderall given by his "expert psychiatrist", "mADD man", is a message for change in the educational system, specifically with regards to the gifted children that are wired with alternative brain chemistries and stigmatized with such labels as "ADHD", or "learning disabled". "mADD man" follows one of the most outlandish and memorable characters in literature through his childhood suspensions and traumatic experiences incurred during Hebrew school, to his ups and downs in regular school, his party animal antics at Tulane University, straight through his almost fatal decline into existential depression while blowing massive amounts of white powder and Adderall in Shanghai, China and ultimately hitting bottom while smoking crystal meth rocks with his psychiatrist in Hollywood. The author has re-emerged as a pioneering entrepreneur and outspoken activist for ADHD miscomprehension. Read more
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