{"id":3450,"date":"2025-11-06T15:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:07:03","slug":"adhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/adhd\/","title":{"rendered":"ADHD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4gpl150ze4o\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4gpl150ze4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The BBC reports that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get treatment on the NHS for adult ADHD. Whether you believe this mental condition is a narcissistic affectation or a genuine handicap for 5% of the world\u2019s population, there is no hiding the overwhelming demand for professional help.<\/p>\n<p>I was lucky; I contacted the ADHD Foundation back in 2017 &#8211; I doubt they are so free with their consultations now. They told me mine was in the 1% of the most severe cases (finally, I had excelled at something!)<\/p>\n<p>But I did not go to a psychiatrist. There was no way I would take psychotic drugs in the hope of a \u201ccure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I came to terms with the condition. Indeed, I learned to embrace it &#8211; which, I would suggest, is a much better solution.<\/p>\n<p>The story is told in my book <em>Faster, Louder, Riskier, Sexier: A wonderful life with ADHD.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I had to rewrite it six times before I learned to appreciate the central character. Now people tell me it\u2019s the best thing I\u2019ve ever done. Certainly, I am intensely proud of it.<\/p>\n<p>If it helps anyone else, then that is a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.eu\/d\/bbM5CS3\">https:\/\/amzn.eu\/d\/bbM5CS3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4gpl150ze4o &nbsp; The BBC reports that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get treatment on the NHS for adult ADHD. Whether you believe this mental condition is a narcissistic affectation or a genuine handicap for 5% of the world\u2019s population, there is no hiding the overwhelming demand for professional help. I was lucky; I contacted &#8230; <a title=\"ADHD\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/adhd\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ADHD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3450"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3453,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3450\/revisions\/3453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}