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ADHD an A-Z: Figuring it Out Step by Step
by Leanne Maskell
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
This is between a 3* and a 5* read for me so I settled in the middle. It’s an amazingly clear and concise book about ADHD and has TONS of activities to help those of us with it figure life out a bit more easily. Accessible font and layout. Loved the chapter summaries at the beginnings of sections.
I would say that this book definitely walks a line between managing neurodivergence and “wellness”. Most of the time it is well judged but there are several places where I think you could feel vulnerable or like any minor infractions of diet/caffeine are traits of ADHD. That is not what is meant at all and the section on dependence (“vices”) is really carefully handled. But I did wonder “is this written by someone who is either naturally or choicefully slim?”
At the beginning of the book, she says to read the book how you like. I’m going to suggest that it is best to dip in and out because there is a lot of advice and suggested activity and I personally (ADHD person) got overwhelmed reading all the myriad of ways I might hack my life. I will return to specific chapters going forwards and maybe work through it via audiobook.
I would say that this book definitely walks a line between managing neurodivergence and “wellness”. Most of the time it is well judged but there are several places where I think you could feel vulnerable or like any minor infractions of diet/caffeine are traits of ADHD. That is not what is meant at all and the section on dependence (“vices”) is really carefully handled. But I did wonder “is this written by someone who is either naturally or choicefully slim?”
At the beginning of the book, she says to read the book how you like. I’m going to suggest that it is best to dip in and out because there is a lot of advice and suggested activity and I personally (ADHD person) got overwhelmed reading all the myriad of ways I might hack my life. I will return to specific chapters going forwards and maybe work through it via audiobook.