This Explains Everything: A psychiatrist's guide to navigating adult ADHD [9781761823893]

Overview

The clear, compassionate and practical guide for anyone navigating the early stages of an adult ADHD diagnosis.

Discussion of ADHD is surging across the globe. In the past decade alone, the number of adults seeking diagnosis has skyrocketed and demand for support continues to grow. Around the world, people are breathing a sigh of relief – finally, an explanation for all those years of feeling, somehow, so different.

But what does adult ADHD actually look and feel like in everyday life? How do symptoms really show up day to day? And what about things like masking, rejection sensitivity, current guidelines for diagnosis, misinformation and where to begin with medication? Here, psychiatrist and ADHD specialist Dr Kieran Kennedy guides us through what living with adult ADHD actually looks like – and the knowledge we need not just to survive with it but to thrive.

Drawing on evidence-based research and Dr Kieran’s insights from his years in the psychiatrist’s chair, This Explains Everything is your guidebook to navigating adult ADHD: from seeking diagnosis and talking to your doctor about medication to how diagnostic symptoms show up for adults, emotional dysregulation and time blindness. Along the way, he explains the science of the neurodivergent brain, how psychology, diet and exercise can complement and support medications and the must-knows for women with ADHD.

With revelatory insight and striking patient cases, Dr Kieran Kennedy leads us through an emotional and deeply relatable journey into the world of adult ADHD.

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