As an end note to ADHD Awareness Month, I (Kirsty) want to share this poem with you that was sent to me by a friend. This really tugged on my heart strings and certainly offers another perspective.
ADHD Awareness | Family and Friends
Whilst we consider the impact on the individuals mental health, another thing that tends to often be overlooked, is the impact of ADHD /ADD on family members of those diagnosed. To gain this perspective and try to understand how family members or friends’ mental health can be impacted, I spoke with Sharon about her experience surrounding her daughter’s diagnosis:
ADHD Awareness Month | Ryan Swain
I was so fortunate to have the experience of talking with public Figure and motivational speaker Ryan Swain about his journey with ADHD. Ryan (who was diagnosed as an adult) has used his life experience and taken the opportunity share
ADHD Awareness Month
This year’s theme of ADHD Awareness Month is ‘discovering new perspectives’. This got me thinking… Primarily ADHD is recognised as a neurodevelopmental condition impacting on behaviour, and this is usually the focus of treatment.
However, the aim of this blog is to look at this from another perspective and highlight how ADHD co-exists with, and impacts on mental health.