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A review by kateplunket
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood by John J. Ratey, Edward M. Hallowell
3.0
as a person with adhd i have felt often that no one truly understands what it feels like to live inside my brain, this book taught me other wise. that those with adhd get it and these aren’t lone or crazy reactions or feelings. for allowing me that insight it gets 3 stars.
as a book about adhd it was clearly not written for people with adhd. the chapters were all about 2 hours long (audiobook) he constantly read lists of symptoms and treatments with about 25-50 items and he rarely quickly got to the point. the most useful part of the book was the case studies and the affirmations it provided me with.
i also am now much more aware of how far we have come in understanding and treating adhd over the last 20years and how much stigma the disorder carried in the early stages. i am thankful to have been diagnosed in a time with more understanding and look forward to continued progress in the understanding treating and diagnosing of adhd. (also him saying it is more common in boys is very silly bc it is just more commonly diagnosed in boys. the differences in symptoms btwn boys and girls with adhd leads many girls to go undiagnosed, unless extremely hyperactive, until later in life or never.
as a book about adhd it was clearly not written for people with adhd. the chapters were all about 2 hours long (audiobook) he constantly read lists of symptoms and treatments with about 25-50 items and he rarely quickly got to the point. the most useful part of the book was the case studies and the affirmations it provided me with.
i also am now much more aware of how far we have come in understanding and treating adhd over the last 20years and how much stigma the disorder carried in the early stages. i am thankful to have been diagnosed in a time with more understanding and look forward to continued progress in the understanding treating and diagnosing of adhd. (also him saying it is more common in boys is very silly bc it is just more commonly diagnosed in boys. the differences in symptoms btwn boys and girls with adhd leads many girls to go undiagnosed, unless extremely hyperactive, until later in life or never.