How to Talk to a Provider About ADHD

The first step is just educate yourself as much as possible. There's so much that you can kind of learn about an ADHD brain and how it's working. And try to work on behavioral modification that's independent of medication. Maybe you're going to be someone who needs to be on medication. But I always like doing that behavioral kind of imprinting, stemming from understanding what your patterns are because of two reasons. One, it's going to eventually help functioning. Two, it gives you a little bit of grace. Like this isn't me. This isn't a moral failure. My brain's moving too fast. And this is what it's doing right now.

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