Sasha Hamdani

And so if we don't get on top of this, what happens, and I've seen it so many times, is that for women in particular, I'm seeing women who are on antidepressant number six or seven.

They're coming to me and they're like, I don't know what to do anymore.

I think I have ADHD.

Did you talk to someone about this?

Yes.

I've talked to my doctor for years.

What did they say?

First thing that they're going to hear is they're going to say, well, you're doing too well.

There's no way you could have ADHD.

The second thing they're going to hear is, no, it's anxiety and depression.

Let's treat that first.

The third thing they're going to hear is after there's six or seven antidepressants in, then they're going to say, listen, these antidepressants aren't working.

Can I please look into ADHD?

They're going to be like, we can't treat ADHD until your anxiety and depression are clear.

These people aren't getting help.

And it's because emotional dysregulation isn't in the criteria.

And it probably gives you a little bit more agency.

The way that this book is set up, the first part of it is truly just the science behind and a lot of the evolutionary perspective and just like the history of it, how it came about, the neurobiology, what is actually happening, what areas of the brain are being triggered, that amygdala is being hyperactive because it's assessing threats all the time, even though it's not appropriate.

And then the second part of the book is

How deeply do you feel?