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🧩Adults with ADHD (Aotearoa NZ)

Understand adult ADHD and navigate diagnosis, meds and support in NZ

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What ADHD actually is

The three presentations

How adult ADHD looks different from the kid version

Why so many adults are diagnosed late

How common is it really

Dopamine and the reward problem

Executive function, the brain's manager

Time blindness

Working memory overload

Emotional dysregulation and rejection sensitivity

The strengths side

Getting assessed in New Zealand

The 2026 prescribing change and who can treat you now

NZ medicines, controlled drugs and PHARMAC funding

Treatment is a stack, not a single switch

Externalise your memory

Reminders and the daily review

Break tasks down until they are stupidly small

Beat time blindness with external time

Body doubling and reducing distraction

Emotional regulation tools

Money and admin survival

Sleep and exercise

Self-compassion over shame

Work, study and your rights in New Zealand

Putting it together, a simple weekly routine

Where to go next

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