Your Life Can Be Better

By Douglas A. Puryear,

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Book description

ADHD causes us many problems and make our lives harder. This book focuses on strategies that will make your life easier and better.

I’m a psychiatrist who has ADHD. I’m going to share with you some of the ways I’ve learned to cope with my ADHD problems. I’ll also share…

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1 author picked Your Life Can Be Better as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I stumbled on this book when trying to help my husband, who has ADHD, find some actionable coping skills. This book was so different from others I had encountered, and I loved it for exactly that reason. Written by an MD who was diagnosed later, the author shared real-life scenarios and difficulties he had experienced his entire life that he had never known were attributed to his unique brain.

I enjoyed how the author offered short, entertaining, and memorable accounts of his experiences. Simple things like “rulemaking” or understanding struggles with visual cues (ie. looking right at the condiment in…

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