The ADHD Field Guide for Adults - Hardcover

by Cate Osborn (Author), Erik Gude (Author), Rennie Dyball (Author)

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

From the 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.

Author Biography

Cate Osborn, along with Erik Gude, is an educator and advocate for people with ADHD. She is the host of Sorry I Missed This on Understood.org, which focuses on ADHD's impact on relationships, communication, and intimacy, and the cohost of Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure. A certified sex educator, she is the advisor to Playboy for her expertise in the intersection of intimacy and neurodiversity. Her work has also appeared in Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, GQ, HuffPost, and other outlets. Find out more at Catieosaurus.com.

Erik Gude, along with Cate Osborn, is an educator and advocate for people with ADHD. He cohosts Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure and, with Cate Osborn, and frequently hosts panels about the intersection of ADHD and gaming at conventions, including DragonCon, Emerald City Comic Con, GenCon, MomoCon, and San Diego Comic-Con. Erik's ADHD Crafting Challenge was a huge success on TikTok with over 20 million views. A former cook, he is now a prop maker and fabricator at the legendary Fonco Studios. Follow him on TikTok and Instagram @HeyGude.

KC Davis is the bestselling author of How to Keep House While Drowning. A licensed therapist, she is the creator of the popular Struggle Care website, Instagram, and the Domestic Blisters TikTok. KC has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Well + Good, Good Inside with Dr. Becky, Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris, among dozens of other media. KC Davis lives in Houston with her husband and daughters.