SIT STILL TIMMY! (Paperback) - Tim MacWilliam

SIT STILL TIMMY! (Paperback) - Tim MacWilliam

'Sit Still Timmy! Is an authentic and personal book that delves into the realities of living with ADHD. With raw discussions and genuine insights, it offers a realistic portrayal of the challenges faced by individuals with ADHD"

"As you read this book you are conscious of being somehow rushed along. The author, even in his style of writing, gives us a flavour of what it is like to be overwhelmed by by a mind buzzing with energy and ideas and yet unable to keep his soaring enthusiasms and passion under control"

"At times it is laugh out loud funny. At other times bleak"

Sit Still Timmy! is a self-help book combined into a life story of late-diagnosed ADHD designed to assist those with the condition, those yet to be diagnosed, and close family members forced to endure the daily fallout of unpredictable behaviour.

The number of people diagnosed with ADHD skyrocketed during the Covid-19 Lockdown. As a result, there is a small tsunami of people desperate for first-hand knowledge and help from someone who has first-hand experience of living with the condition before and after diagnosis to give a level of understanding and empathy.

The book explores how other associated conditions such as OCD, depression, sensitivity, extreme daydreaming, issues with anger and epilepsy are all associated with ADHD. A chapter is also devoted to the medications and therapy available and their effect.

Tim’s wife Katherine has written a chapter and features throughout the book. Sit Still Timmy is for the partners and relatives too.

A genuine roller coaster of ups and downs of the heart and head that will take the reader on a journey of battles with suicidal thoughts, self-harm and addiction, all of which may be entrenched with adult ADHD.

My diagnosis took the longest route possible. But first, I had to play my part in creating and raising my daughter, who went through school and university before becoming a specialist in mental health. So, it was she who, one day suggested, and seemingly out of the blue.

“Hey, Dad, have you ever thought you might have ADHD”

At that moment, life made sense for the first time in over half a century.

Sit Still, Timmy! Aims to help those recently diagnosed make sense of their life and realise it is OK to be you.