Dr. Yath Ramesh

But once I made a diagnosis of ADHD in her case, actually, we did talk about starting medication and we started her on ADHD medication, but we also

thought about the fact that her health anxiety was very understandable in the context of what she was going through, we actually found out that she almost died when she was a small child, and that really had an impact on her when she was going into her later life, and it brought back those memories and thoughts about death again.

So with a combination of ADHD medication and also anxiety-focused therapy, she did really well.

And so, I mean, this is just an example how even within one family, you can approach ADHD in completely different ways.

And that's actually how to deliver individually tailored support for someone.

I have met people who have accessed so much content that's out there for ADHD.

I've had conversations with people at the assessment who can tell me so much of the information that you put out through this podcast because they identify with so much of it.

They identify with having ADHD, but when they hear the words from my mouth confirming that they have the diagnosis,

usually the first reaction is still shock.

Because despite all of the times that they thought that they must have ADHD, there was also always that little voice, the RSD, that was saying, you might not.

Yeah, it might not be you.

It might be everyone else, but just not you.

So there is a big shock when people can get the diagnosis.

then what happens is when you let that ride out there's another emotion that comes in and it's relief because once you start realizing that actually all along that narrative that you held that you were flawed that there was something fundamentally wrong with you

wasn't actually as true as you thought it to be because there is an explanation.

You are reacting in a predictable way based on the way that your brain was hardwired.

You can start to understand yourself in the past, but it also gives you a clarity to be able to understand yourself in the present and to look to the future.

So there is a grieving process, but fundamentally at the end of it, when...

It works.

You come out with more clarity than you had before.