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Grouped by where you actually are rather than by what kind of page it is. Start wherever the question you have is sitting.
Is this me?
For anybody reading with a particular question in the back of their mind. None of this can tell you what you have. It can tell you whether the pattern is one worth asking about.
- What ADHD actually looks like in a lifeFifty real moments, if you want the recognisable version rather than the clinical one.
- The words people useThirty-four terms explained, including the two or three that are borrowed wrong and stop you asking the right question.
- Adult ADHD, explainedWhat it is, what it is not, and why it gets missed in adults for decades at a time.
- How ADHD actually worksThe mechanism underneath: why urgency starts the engine when importance will not.
- ADHD in women and girlsWhy a whole generation was missed, and what the pattern looks like at forty rather than at eight.
- ADHD and autism togetherThe overlap, the contradictions, and why an assessment often finds only what it went looking for.
- ADHD and emotionsRejection sensitivity and the ninety minute rule. The half that is rarely on the checklist.
- Is it ADHD or anxiety?articleAnxiety can produce concentration problems that look identical from the inside. Sometimes that is the right explanation.
- Interest, not importancearticleWhy the two o'clock wall is mechanics rather than character.
- The keys in your pocketarticleThings that stop existing the moment they leave your hand, and what is actually going on.
How do I actually find out?
The practical route in Ireland. There are two doors, and which one suits you depends on money, time and where you live rather than on how serious you are.
- Getting assessed in IrelandBoth routes set out plainly: the public referral through your GP, and self-referral to a private clinic.
- What it costs, and how long you waitCurrent private fees and public waiting times, kept up to date here because they move.
- Gathering your childhood evidenceAssessments turn on childhood, and most adults arrive with none of it. One afternoon, one folder.
- The GP conversation kitFor the appointment itself, if you find yourself going blank in front of a doctor. Common, and not a character flaw.
- What the report containsSelected pages shown before you start, blurred, with readable preparation examples, so you know what you are giving your time to.
- How to get an ADHD diagnosis in IrelandarticleThe whole path in order, from first thought to written report.
- Referring yourself, without a GP letterarticleSeveral Irish clinics now take you directly. What that does and does not change.
- The HSE waiting list, and what to do inside itarticleThere is no single national figure. How to find your own number, and how to make the wait count.
- Is going private worth it?articleWhat the money buys, what it does not, and when waiting is the better call.
- Reading your old school reportsarticleWhat the coded language of a 1990s report card was actually describing.
I know already. What now?
The part that gets written about least, which is odd, because it lasts considerably longer than the assessment does.
- After a diagnosisThe stretch nobody prepares you for, including the grief nobody mentions.
- What actually helpsSorted by how good the evidence is, including the things that do not work.
- How the medication pathway worksHow it is prescribed and monitored in Ireland. No doses, no recommendations.
- Supports, work and studyThe practical routes that exist, including ADHD Ireland, the WRC and DARE.
From understanding to everyday use
The book and companion app sit alongside these free resources. Read about how they connect, including optional listening support from Revival Harmony.
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