Hey Jorge, I tried to use words like "may" and "can" help, because as you know, things that will work for you will change and what may work for one person with ADHD will not work for another. This is the 4th or 5th notification I've gotten from you about ADT, so I will address it. I don't think it belongs in this conversation for a few reasons. I haven't been able to find corroborating research beyond Dr. Hallowell's paper. If you have research papers with studies of people with ADT, I'd love to see them. It seems to be a symptom of living in our current environment with technology and sounds a lot like burn out, which is a broader discussion. From my research, it looks like ADT comes and goes, only mirrors a few symptoms of ADHD, and as you have said, there is a solution. This means it is significantly different from ADHD which is chronic and does not have a simple solution. As you said in another comment, ADHD can be hard for people to grasp. I've already gotten plenty of comments like "taking an ice bath every morning will cure your ADHD." Adding in another acronym that is not a diagnosis will muddy the waters. There has been enough pain in the comments I've received from stigma and feeling alone that I am happy to center ADHD only in my writing in this series. I don't disagree, but there are some people who prefer <diagnosis> people and some people who prefer people with <diagnosis>. I know it's a debate in the Autistic community especially. I tried to mix it up as much as possible. In a perfect world, we wouldn't need these labels and could move away from diagnosis styles like the DSM, but right now it really helps us relate to each other. My research was in mental health stigma as it affects seeking help, so I'm always going to discuss where I'm at in my mental health journey, as imperfect as it may be. ADT, labels, the DSM, the sad state of the U.S. mental healthcare system, the wrongs mental health professionals have committed and are committing, the lack of training mental health professionals get on ADHD, the social model of disability vs the medical model of disability, how difficult it is to get a proper diagnosis, lack of research on psychiatric medication being prescribed to patients long term, and many other aspects of mental health in the U.S. would all make great topics for blog posts.
