Reddit reviews Attention Deficit Disorder 2nd (second) edition Text Only

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It's gonna be tough, man. It's gonna be a battle. People generally have a very poor understanding of ADHD. It's hard for people with a fully operational frontal cortex to understand what it's like not to have that. I used to believe it when I was younger: if the problem's in your head, you can control it, right?

Not always. But it can take a while to appreciate that facet of reality.

I would suggest not to look to any administrations or medical practitioners to completely and effectively guide you toward being a functioning adult. I did (I'm in the US) and...they didn't help me beyond getting medication - which is part of the answer, I feel, but not the complete answer. In about ten years of looking for professional support, I've probably only met one expert with an intuitive understanding of ADHD-PI, and a handful of professionals who treat it as a serious disability.

You're going to have to fight your brain for executive control, and then you're going to have to fight a world that struggles to understand what that first fight means.

I would suggest reading everything you can about ADHD. I only recently discovered the Hunter Theory of ADHD by reading Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception. Thom Hartmann talks a lot about how ADHDers are more suited for a nomadic existence, and how to adapt this genetic heritage to a modern society.

To be honest, I've felt some pushback from this sub when people have attempted to explore the Hunter theory, which seriously irritates me. I don't see how it even contradicts the latest scientific discoveries about ADHD. What's more, it has helped me tremendously to think of myself in this way rather than forcing myself to be neurotypical. I'm not. That's not going to change. So why not embrace the discrepancy and attempt to work with it?

Sorry for ranting. Hope some of it helped. Good luck!