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Root cause, source of healing.

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Since my sincere acknowledgment of my diagnosis, I have read hundreds of articles and stories of adults who have this condition. I say "sincere acknowledgment" because I was diagnosed in 2005 but just in 2018 I decided to do something about my struggles with this condition.

What I have found, and what has worked for me, so far, was not a list of tips and tricks to follow to circumvent the symptoms of ADHD. It was not reading about how to write lists or set alarms to remind me to do things. It was discovering the root cause of my behavior. It was taking a serious look at why and what is making me do what I do. The tips and tricks are important in the short term of course but, what I found was figuring out the "why".

For example, I was treated for for depression for years and never for ADHD. Even after my diagnosis in 2005 doctors still wanted to treat me for depression. I took medication for this for quite some time. Not now. I am off those meds because I found out the "why" of the emotions that made me feel as though I was depressed. I have learned to recognize my emotions and deal with them appropriately. What worked for me is I took an agonizingly honest look at myself and my behavior and, I found my emotions were out there twisting in the wind. I am learning to deal with them and to notice when I am going too far with a negative thought or feeling. It is helping me heal.

We ADHD'ers struggle with our emotions being more intense than most neurotypicals, (I read this somewhere) and I believe it.

Press on, Crush it, Cheers!

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dubstepMaul

Hi leighan, thank you for sharing.

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58inahurry

you appear to be sincere although yr use of labels in yr verbiage kinda gives u away, leighan u are a long way frm authenticity

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leighan in reply to 58inahurry

an insult?

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leighan in reply to leighan

bttr to not spel corctly?

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leighan in reply to leighan

or tu not spek corctly? sory tu ofend. i wll go awy.

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