{"product_id":"puzzle-pieces-a-psychologists-adhd-memoir-of-late-diagnosis-at-50-paperback","title":"Puzzle Pieces: A Psychologist's ADHD Memoir of Late Diagnosis at 50 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelanie Du Preez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I gave it to my kids. I am Patient X.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Melanie du Preez spent twenty-six years diagnosing ADHD - in children, teenagers, university students, her own kids. She was fifty before a friend's one-word reply (\"Really?\") made her finally ask the question about herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuzzle Pieces is what happened next: the self-assessment she completed alone at her kitchen table, the decades of \"too much,\" \"too sensitive,\" and \"not trying hard enough\" suddenly making sense, and the slow, funny, occasionally furious work of understanding a brain that was never broken - just running on a different operating system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a clinical textbook, and it isn't a superpower narrative either. It's the ten kilos of rice bought by accident. The dining table that became a filing system. The \"robot mode\" that got her through other people's crises and cost her the ability to speak by the time she got home. The grief that showed up only after the relief did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for the women who suspect, the women just diagnosed, and the women who've spent a lifetime translating themselves for a world that never came with the right instructions, Puzzle Pieces offers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Jigsaw Mind framework for understanding ADHD as different wiring, not a deficit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A psychologist's-eye view of masking, burnout, rejection sensitive dysphoria, and diagnostic grief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Practical strategies you can use before, during, or without a formal diagnosis - no toxic positivity, no \"just try harder\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The real, unglamorous story of raising ADHD kids while undiagnosed yourself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Melanie du Preez is a clinical psychologist with 26+ years of experience in ADHD assessment and treatment, based in Klerksdorp, South Africa. Puzzle Pieces is Book 1 of The Jigsaw Mind series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour brain isn't broken. You just finally have the instructions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525326082296,"sku":"9798235042353","price":26.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/PAYQ-N0anF9798235042353.webp?v=1789591868","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/puzzle-pieces-a-psychologists-adhd-memoir-of-late-diagnosis-at-50-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}