The ADHD Field Guide for Adults

By: Cate Osborn, Erik Gude, Rennie Dyball, KC Davis - introduction LPC

Narrated by: Cate Osborn, Erik Gude, Rennie Dyball

An Instant NationalBestseller!

From the social media sensations and mental health advocates Cate Osborn (@Catieosaurus) and Erik Gude (@ErikGude) comes a modern and refreshingly honest guide to managing ADHD for adults, “that gives solid information and practical tips in a format that you can actually consume” (KC Davis, LPC, New York Times bestselling author).

WELCOME TO THE CLUB—ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in adults, yet “there are no US guidelines for diagnosing and treating patients beyond childhood” (The New York Times). With roughly eight million adults living with ADHD and more people seeking and receiving diagnoses each year, there’s a huge gap between lived experiences and straightforward information.

Enter Cate Osborn and Erik Gude, ADHD advocates, educators, and hosts of the wildly popular podcast Catie and Eric’s Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure. They have witnessed this info gap firsthand in their own lives and in the flood of questions they regularly field from their millions of social media followers. Irreverent, indispensable, candid, and reassuring, Cate and Erik don’t paper over the realities of neurodivergence. They give it to you straight.

Featuring the most up-to-date foundational information, The ADHD Field Guide for Adults also explores issues that are rarely discussed, such as navigating sex and intimacy, and the healthcare system. Ingeniously structured and designed to be accessible for neurodivergent readers, The ADHD Field Guide for Adults features a wealth of knowledge and hard-won wisdom on:

-Identifying comorbidities (e.g. autism; anxiety; depression; dyslexia; and others)
-Coping with stress, boredom, and other experiences
-Asking for help
-Creating organizational systems that work for you and how to triage if you diverge from them
-Improving time management
-Recognizing the effects of hormones on ADHD
-Learning to listen to your body when interoception makes it tricky
-Approaching sex and sensory issues, desire and intimacy
-Noticing Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and other cognitive distortions in relationships
-And much more…

From taking responsibility to testing and evaluations, to tips for productivity and organization, to thoughtful discussions on diagnosis and identity, The ADHD Field Guide for Adults is the perfect book not only for adults who have ADHD, but for anyone who wants to understand them.

Awesome

Loved the book, loved the flow of the audio book so much I finished it in one day
Update: I’m kinder to myself after listening to this book. That was the authors stated goal, and a week or two out, I am. Just so someone knows, it helps.

Realistic and relatable

Such an amazing conversation about a complex topic. I love that it covers ADHD thoroughly without speaking down to the reader, and makes both us (and that emotionally neglected inner child) feel so validated.
Thank you!

Terrible audio book format

In the beginning of the book they do mention that it was written to be skipped around a lot and the book wasn't meant to be read cover to cover. While in physical book format I'm sure that's not an issue in audio book format it translates terribly. An audio book specifically made with ADHD people in mind forcing you to keep your phone next to you to be prepared to skip ahead otherwise you will hear repeated information over and over again I feel like is pretty anti ADHD friendly. I'm left constantly with the choice either deal and be bored something we all know is hard for ADHD brains. Or pick up my phone to skip and run the risk of distraction something that is also hard for ADHD brains. I really wish they would have made an abridged version for the audio book where they removed the filler and designed the abridged version with the intention to be read cover to cover the way most people consume audiobooks.