This Simple ADHD Hack Helped 10,000 Women

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  @pdatnc · 3 months ago (edited)

  "A new notebook!"  That is so me! I am the owner of note books of every description. They were all going to fix my life!

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  @Flowerpot_Bee · 1 year ago

  I love: 'ADHD isn't just a label, it's a lens'

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  @sandymalich · 1 year ago

  I am turning 70 next month and I was diagnosed 11 years ago. I am a woman and I was always disruptive in class and was always put in the back row. I always paid my bills. I got bored vert easy and went through boyfriends. I am up front with everyone that I meet.  I was in school in the 60s and labeled a brat, Stupid and odd.I did make it to 70.  I volunteer in Oncology and I shine. I know my ups and downs. I take concerta and Effexor and it helps. I stay clear of conflict and people who stress me. 😊

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  @HooteNanny-20thC · 11 days ago

  I can totally relate to staying at work until the custodians come in.  I taught middle school and would stay most evenings until 7 or 8 pm.  Other teachers chided me, "If you're working harder than the students, you're doing it wrong."  Yeah.  But I can't do it with less.  :(

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  @MvanO8 · 11 months ago

  The &quot;it might be them, not you&quot; made me cry for the little innocent unknowing soul i once was, who had always thought something was wrong with me. That i was to blame.<br>I needed to change.<br><br>Now i know it was also a lack of understanding, lack of knowledge and perhaps even a lack of adults willing to change for the best of their child.<br><br>My niece has recently been diagnosed as ADD and the first thing i asked the counselor; &quot;What can we do to support her and make her life easier&quot;.<br><br>I don&apos;t want her to go through the same s* that so many children like myself go through. No more dumb, lazy, crazy, dramatic accusations on top of feeling simply to much and even not wanted.<br>My diagnosis has not been official yet, but i will do everything in my power to help her walk a path with less hurdles and more understanding and support.

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  @libbyt5869 · 1 year ago

  Several aspects I don’t hear about: 1. Part of perfectionism is what I call “deer in headlights”, if I know something backwards and forwards I run less risk of my brain freezing up so I know nothing. 2 Fear of resting because I might never get back to finish the job. 3. Engaging three sensory systems as a way of being able to listen. For example I took amazing notes in class but when asked to put down my pencil and just listen I couldn’t remember a thing. Now I use a coloring book to help focus on what is being said.

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  @tanyagarment2683 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I very much appreciate the time stamps, that allow me to easily replay the parts that I miss when I am thinking about the part before.

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  @HazelSecker · 11 months ago

  Thanks Alex for all you do, this podcast is just brilliant.

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  @binusida · 11 months ago

  &quot;In work they don&apos;t want to be seen as different so they go along even in ways where &nbsp;it may not work for their unique learning style or their unique brain, so &nbsp;spending lots of hours after work trying to process everything and do the work because they couldn&apos;t focus during work or re teach it to themselves. &quot;<br>I had to pause the video and write down this quote because it reflects my reality so well I&apos;ll probably use it to explain my experience to others.

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  @countrysister700 · 11 months ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLqYFiP_aE&amp;t=1905">31:45</a> ADHD meds actually work quickly (you know if one is right, wrong, or ok unlike antidepressants) but they only get you half way to &quot;normalcy&quot;. &nbsp;The SLOW part is tuning habits, diet, accomodations which honestly as an older adult is taking years.

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  @countrysister700 · 11 months ago

  Revelation (to me at least): &nbsp;re masking on a first date. &nbsp;I dont mask well as an adult but initial interviews often go well because of dopamine. &nbsp;Im dressed up, studied up, freshly medicated and caffeinated. The rest of the relationship slides downhill from there. 😂

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  @Smilesallot4u · 4 months ago

  They put my mom on the little yellow pill to help her with her brain that wouldn’t shut off back in the 70’s! I am my mother’s daughter, and she was my savour! She passed away at 67 and I was 27. I’m now, 59. Wow, wound right up after doing this for 59 years without knowing!! It’s been with me forever! Age of 3 I can remember…. ❤ couldn’t figure out why no one remembered anything from their childhood! Well they do, just I have details 🤪

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