Being constantly on the go, which drives others crazy, can make social outings complicated and can interfere with your work. If you have ADHD as an adult, you may have found that medication may help but just doesn’t do enough to completely control the situation.
A new study in the Journal of American Medical Association suggests that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy can be helpful for coping with symptoms of ADHD. This form of counselling helps you identify thoughts and behaviours that are counterproductive, provides training in planning, problem solving, reducing distractions and thinking more in healthy ways.
The researchers found that those who received Cognitive Behaviour Therapy improved significantly by the end of 12 sessions. Improvement was maintained well after 12months too.
ADHD is usually picked up quite readily at school and there’s lots of help at that time, with parents and teachers involved, but once you are in the workforce, you may have to find support elsewhere. This is a short term option that can be subsidized by the Medicare Health Care Plan programme.
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