ADHD Support Pharmacist founder Susan Nguyen (pictured) is passionate about offering compassionate care for individuals living with the disorder and shared her insights in a recent episode of Raven Recruitment's Your Pharmacy Career podcast.
In her service, Nguyen aims to provide tailored consultations and educational resources for ADHD patients and caregivers.
"There is a gap in this space and if anything, it's a condition that has a lot of stigma," Nguyen told podcast host Krysti-Lee Patterson.
"There's also not much known about it."
ADHD Support Pharmacist is particularly close to Nguyen's heart, as she also lives with ADHD.
One of the reasons why she launched the consultancy was due to a lack of counselling services around medication.
"There's so much stigma around stimulants, we think they're habit-forming medication," she said.
"When we hand it out, it's met with suspicion. It's demoralising."
There needs to be better education around the disorder and pharmacists need to be comfortable treating it in the same way that they treat diabetes for example, she added.
"Now that I know so much more about ADHD, people try so hard and the last thing they need is that judgement from a healthcare professional who is meant to be there for them," said Nguyen, who also co-owns Carmen Drive Community Pharmacy.
In addition, Nguyen talked about the importance of creating inclusive, supportive workplaces, particularly for those employees who are neurodivergent.
"If you give them the support and create the right environment for them, they will thrive, they will be superstars," she said.
As well as running her own pharmacy and the ADHD service, Nguyen also runs consultation service Travel Healthy.
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