E75 - What is it like to have ADHD? (with Dr. Russell Ramsay)

Dr. Russell Ramsay is a co-founder of the Penn Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program, and served as professor of clinical psychology in the department of psychiatry of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

He is author of Nonmedication Treatments for Adult ADHD (2010); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD (with Dr. Anthony Rostain, 2015) and The Adult ADHD Tool Kit (also with Dr. Anthony Rostain, 2015).

His most recent book is Rethinking Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Turn Intentions into Actions (2020). In addition he has a popular blog on psychology today, rethinking adult ADHD.

In today’s episode we discuss:

 - Misconceptions people have about ADHD
 - What it is like to have ADHD
 - What kind of impairments it can cause
 - Medication based treatments for ADHD, their effectiveness and safety
 - And how you can approach ADHD treatment psychologically

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