Dr. Kieran Kennedy

Yeah, bit of a myth.

I'm not going to lie in terms of some of the stuff we see on social media, you know, Instagram, TikTok, some of it is really not very helpful.

And, you know, again, with all respect to everyone else, there's a lot of people online giving people really quite.

significant health advice, actually.

And again, it's with respect that sometimes I might think, well, you haven't actually done a psychology degree.

You're not a doctor.

But again, it depends.

I think when people are sharing their personal experience and things they've heard and seeing what works for them, that's amazing.

I love that.

And I love that about social media now in terms of getting people's experience and knowledge out there.

But yeah, when it tips into people kind of giving health advice or feeling that they maybe might know better than a health professional, that can get a little bit dangerous and a little bit gear grinding at times.

A really good question.

I mean, in terms of, let's say, the classic what to expect, if the medication is working and working well, someone might notice or expect their focus and attention to improve.

They might just be able to stick with a task for longer without getting distracted or their mind wandering.

They might have less procrastination, be able to start things better if someone's actually quite hyperactive.

They might feel like their brain and body are actually just a lot calmer and more able to sit in a meeting or sit for study or different parts of work.

But again, you know, that's why I love what I do.

But it's very, very individual.

You know, there's no kind of blanket statement of.

you take the medication and then you will feel this way because just like adhd can look at different for everyone the effects of the medication can also look different for everyone as well so it's a very individual kind of unique thing in terms of what it actually does and how it works