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    Connecting the Dots: My Midlife Journey with Adult ADHD
    Connecting the Dots: My Midlife Journey with Adult ADHD
    Connecting the Dots: My Midlife Journey with Adult ADHD
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    Connecting the Dots: My Midlife Journey with Adult ADHD

    Written by Gabriella West

    Narrated by Daniela Acitelli

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    About this audiobook

    Most of us have heard of ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), so why is it so common for women not to be diagnosed until they are in midlife? While boys manifest their ADHD in hyperactive behaviors, female sufferers tend to internalize their symptoms, contending with anxiety, depression, demoralization, and self-esteem issues. Because of this, a woman's diagnosis often comes later on, with the realization that she is just not coping with life, work, and relationships as well as she should be. She's not meeting anyone's expectations, certainly not her own. So much has been discovered in the last ten years about ADHD in girls and women, but a lot of it's still not commonly known. Awareness of your symptoms is the key to change, and it all begins with self-awareness.

    Novelist Gabriella West is refreshingly candid about her journey towards a diagnosis of ADHD, which started a few years ago when she encouraged her female partner to get a diagnosis. She uncovers a family history of the disorder, looking back at her own mother's life as a divorced American in Ireland in the 1970s. In Connecting the Dots she highlights common symptoms that women with inattentive-type ADHD experience, and shows that although getting a diagnosis is not necessarily easy, the relief of finding an explanation for things that previously just seemed "wrong" is enormous and healing. (Approx. 8500 words--including appendices that offer the scoop on the current range of ADHD meds, a checklist of symptoms for inattentive ADD, and an added section on ADD and creativity.)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGabriella West
    Release dateDec 27, 2018
    ISBN9781987149098
    Connecting the Dots: My Midlife Journey with Adult ADHD

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    • 5/5
      Very informative and heartfelt. A short and sweet guide for women newly diagnosed with ADHD.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful! So helpful for women with ADHD. A great book.
    • 3/5
      Well it's short, kinda like a blog post. I listened to it while I was in the bus and needed something to listen too. I am consuming books on adhd for women. This is one. It's nor good or bad. She is talking about her experience. 
    • 3/5
      It was interesting to listen to the story first! Then it bothered me when she said ADHD is a ‘disease’!?
    • 5/5
      This is the first ADHD book that I have read that talked about the low-energy spectrum of ADHD. My daughter and I have all the symptoms of ADHD, but with low-energy. I learned some very helpful information in this book