@drjenwolkin 1st thank you for helping start putting so much my life together. I could never understand how a person could work in a Mon to Fri 9 to 5 job and hope for a raise in a year or a pat on the back once in awhile. I was an event planner. Every day there was gratification.
@Favwontmiss At 12 my daughter asked for a periodic table to study, read Stephen Hawking and attended astronomy lectures at a local University. She got help at 18 without me because I didn't understand. Now she helps me understand who I am. I am finding myself in her mental disorder
People with ADHD have whatโs called an โinterest-based nervous system.โ They literally canโt force themselves to care about things that bore them. Itโs not a choice. Itโs not willpower. Their brains physically wonโt produce the neurochemicals needed to engage unless something triggers interest, urgency, novelty, or challenge.