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What Good Sources For Adult ADHD Are Out There? (discuss.online)

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As I'm sure most of you know, searching for tips on how to manage symptoms, what can effect medications, or just general information about ADHD there is a lot of advice for parents or information written about ADHD children. I'm tired of looking at information that sounds like ADHD is a thing you age out of, hell I thought we got past that point a long time ago. You fine folks have any sources for ADHD info that don't assume you're the parent of a bratty 6 year old?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The real issue with Adult ADHD is you are expected to manage it yourself... Gee thanks why not make my life as hard as possible...

But that said, I would say the baseline for support is a Psychiatrist or PMHNP-BC - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Getting the correct medication and combination of treatment is critical to stabilizing so you can take advantage of other resources.

I strongly suggest at minimum a medication to treat the ADHD and probably an anti depressant (if directed) as depression is a very common comorbidity.

Once you have a stable level of medical support the next step is the mental support. For that I strongly suggest a cognitive behavioural therapy provider. The reason being building stable behaviours is key to reducing the impact of some of the issues that come with ADHD.

After that I got nothing, because I have personally not made it past this point, and have actually back slid some due to life. I am transitioning to a new Therapist so fingers crossed I can start to recover some.