It’s Not A Bloody Trend

Critics Review

• A sledgehammer of a book putting to bed all the cynicism and misinformation around a condition that affects so many hidden, brilliant people. Read it if you live, or think you might live, with ADHD. Definitely read it if your lack of understanding leads you to believe it’s just a bloody trend. It bloody well isn’t. Only a neurodivergent person living with ADHD could write such a brilliantly informative yet easy to read book about ADHD. Kat Brown adeptly deconstructs the prevailing cynicism about a condition that could be so easily diagnosed and treated. If this book doesn’t challenge the discrimination that so many neurodivergent people live with, I don’t know what will

  Professor Tanya Byron

• You can’t influence the past but you can influence the future − and, drawing on lived experience, this book might just show you how

  Professor Susan Young, president of the UK ADHD Partnership, co-founder in 1994 of the UK's first adult ADHD clinic, and co-author of the 2008 NICE guidelines on adult ADHD

• Laugh out loud funny and deeply validating – every person who thinks ADHD isn’t real should read this book. Unputdownable

  Leanne Maskell, author of 'ADHD: An A to Z'

• Deeply researched, digestible and relatable. This is a book which not only assists and validates those starting their diagnosis journey, or already on its path, but also gives insight and experiential examples for those loved ones surrounding us to learn and understand with us. Brown speaks vulnerably of her own story whilst revealing a unique angle: a compilation of real life examples from different people interlacing her own experiences in an approachable and nurturing tone. ADHD manifests in many different ways and whilst a multiple choice box helps with initial diagnosis, this book shows a deep dive into the diversity of our real life experiences and how they are all illustrations of the obstacles we deal with daily. As the title suggests, there are some preconceptions about ADHD, and I myself have been fearful of talking about my diagnosis in public too much in fear of accusations of jumping on the band wagon. Brown writes that “rather than something being fashionable, it’s usually social change that has led to it being more clearly seen” which sums this up perfectly

  Emma Young, author of 'The Cheese Wheel'

• Some amazing points within the book whilst also providing a great perspective on the importance of how ADHD is not a trend. Excellently coupled with professional and clinical points of view. It’s an amazing insight on ADHD, particularly from an older generation

  Jess Chandler (@thejesschandler), neurodiversity activist

• Almost as difficult as dealing with ADHD is coping with the weight of other people’s opinions about it. This book serves as vindication for all those who’ve encountered eye-rolls from friends and family, and quashes much of the guilt, doubt and self-loathing that can accompany your navigation of a diagnosis or lengthy quest for one. Thoroughly researched and fantastically engaging; I didn’t even have to go back and re-read huge chunks I’d glossed over while thinking about my shopping list

  Laura Schofield, founder of Otto + Ivy

• Finally, the ADHD book we’ve been waiting for. Funny, compassionate and deeply useful. Kat Brown’s wisdom and personal experience makes for a must-read

  Rebecca Schiller, author of 'Earthed'