Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a condition that affects how your brain regulates attention, manages impulses, and processes information. ADHD isn't just about being distracted or disorganised – it's a complex neurodevelopmental difference that impacts executive function, emotional regulation, and daily functioning in ways that can be genuinely disabling, even if they're invisible to others.

Here's how ADHD typically affects people:

Attention Regulation: ADHD affects your ability to direct and sustain attention, particularly for tasks that don't provide immediate feedback or engagement. Here's the thing most people don't understand: it's not that you can't focus – your brain has difficulty regulating where and when to direct its attention. You might hyperfocus for hours on something interesting whilst struggling to spend ten minutes on something important.

Executive Function: ADHD impacts fundamental brain processes including planning and prioritising tasks, regulating emotions and impulses, managing time effectively, and holding information in working memory. These aren't skills you can simply "try harder" at – they're neurological functions that work differently in ADHD brains.

Emotional Regulation: ADHD often involves strong emotional reactions to situations, difficulty handling criticism or setbacks, and mood fluctuations throughout the day that others might not experience. If you've been told you're "too sensitive" or "overreacting," this might be why.

Energy and Activity Levels: ADHD can manifest as feeling constantly driven by a motor, difficulty sitting still, or conversely, mental fog and difficulty maintaining energy for tasks. Not everyone with ADHD is hyperactive – many adults experience the inattentive presentation that's easier to miss.

Here's what we want you to understand: adult ADHD is a real neurodevelopmental condition, not a character flaw or lack of willpower. Your brain processes information differently, and appropriate treatment can help you develop strategies that work with your brain rather than against it.

Our approach starts by optimising your medication regimen to ensure you're receiving the most effective treatment at the appropriate dose. But we go further – we take a comprehensive approach to understand your individual circumstances, investigating potential contributing factors to your ADHD symptoms. This includes screening for undiagnosed medical conditions that may be impacting your attention and focus, assessing your sleep patterns and quality to identify any sleep disorders, and evaluating your nutritional status to detect any deficiencies that could be making your symptoms worse. By addressing these underlying issues alongside evidence-based medication management, we provide care that supports your overall wellbeing and improves your ADHD outcomes.