Cover of Both by Oliver Mindwell

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The question at two in the morning · A Pattern Weaver guide

Both
Polymath, ADHD, or both: seven honest differences.

Seven differences that actually separate the two, and what to do about each, without pretending to diagnose you.

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What is actually in it

10 chapters, 30 pages.

Introduction: The quiz at two in the morning.

  1. Why the two get confused
  2. Seven honest differences
  3. The overlap is large, and it is not a contradiction
  4. Tool one: the two-week switch log
  5. Tool two: the boring-task audit
  6. What happens in an assessment
  7. Tool three: design for both
  8. Common objections
  9. Talking to the people who labelled you
  10. A thirty-day plan

Conclusion: The second question. Then the Sources chapter, where every source named in the book is listed with a link, and a short note on the author.

The tools

Three tools, and the worksheets to run them.

The two-week switch log

A printable log of when and why you switch tasks. Two weeks of it tells you more than any online quiz, because it is about you.

The boring-task audit

Which dull things you can do and which you genuinely cannot. This is the line the seven differences actually turn on.

Design for both

How to build a week that works whether the answer is one, the other, or both, which for many people it is.

Sources

7 sources, every one a working link. Where a finding has limits or has been revised, the book says so. Not all of them are journal papers, and the chapter says which is which.

The first page

Read the opening before you pay for the rest.

Maybe a teacher said it first. Maybe it was a quiz you took online at two in the morning. Maybe you said it to yourself, staring at your fifth new hobby of the year, with the other four gathering dust behind you. I think I have ADHD. From the video this guide was written for

Somebody probably said it first. A teacher, a parent, a partner, a colleague. Or a quiz said it, one of the ones you take at two in the morning when your fifth new interest of the year is lighting you up and the other four are gathering dust behind you. I think I have ADHD.

This book is for the person who has said that sentence and does not know what to do with it.

Two things need to be said before anything else, and they are not in tension.

The first: ADHD is real. It is one of the best-studied conditions in psychiatry, it affects hundreds of millions of adults, it is diagnosed by qualified professionals through a proper evaluation, and for the people who have it, diagnosis and treatment can change a life. Nothing in this book is a diagnosis, a substitute for one, or an argument that ADHD is merely a creative temperament with a bad reputation.

That is the opening of 30 pages.

Before you buy

The questions worth asking.

Is this just the video in writing?

Partly, and here is exactly which part. The three tools are the same three tools, because they work. What the video does not have: the worksheets for all three, the full research with every source linked, a chapter on what really happens in a professional assessment, and one on talking to the people who labelled you, and the questions there was no room for. If you only wanted the three tools, you already have them, free.

Will this tell me whether I have ADHD?

No, and it says so on its own first page. It is not a diagnostic tool and nothing in it is a substitute for a proper assessment. What it does is lay out seven differences honestly, including how large the overlap is, and describe what an assessment actually involves so that going for one is less daunting. If attention or executive function is affecting your life, see a qualified clinician.

How long is it, really?

30 pages at 6 by 9 inches, about 5,000 words, 10 chapters plus an introduction and a conclusion. It is a short book and it is priced like one. It is not a 300 page business book and it does not pretend to be.

What do I get, and how?

One PDF. The download link appears on the confirmation page the moment the payment clears, and the same link is emailed to you with your invoice. No account, no app, nothing to install. The link does not expire, and if you lose the email you can have it sent again.

Can I print the worksheets?

Yes. The pages are laid out at 6 by 9 inches. The parts you fill in sit inside the chapters they belong to, so you can print just those pages, or the whole book.

Are the sources real, and can I check them?

Every source is named and linked in the Sources chapter, 7 of them in this one, and the links were checked when the book was built. Not all of them are journal papers: some are reference pages, talks, or news write ups of a study, and the chapter says which is which. Where a finding has limits or has been revised, the book says so rather than quoting the headline.

Something went wrong: the file will not open, or I was charged twice.

Reply to the email your invoice came in and it gets fixed, with a fresh link or by refunding a duplicate charge. To be straight with you, that is not a change of mind refund policy. Because the file is delivered the instant you pay, and you confirm that at checkout, the 14 day right of withdrawal does not apply. This is us fixing our own mistakes, which is a different thing.

The second question.

30 pages, three tools, 7 linked sources. One file, yours to keep.

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