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Can you write a little about your therapy? How does it work?

Klathmon 9y ago
It is a bit weird calling it therapy, it feels more like a "one-on-one class on how to deal with ADHD". They gave me a lot of tools to help with it, as well as provided a good base "structure" which was important when I was first starting (which was over a decade ago now!) Tools like how I greatly benefit from a very strict schedule that needs many things packed tightly together at some points, but very big gaps in others, and I need to follow it to the t. Tools like knowing that exercise and eating right help quite a lot, tools like how to structure my days and put external reminders or blocks up that can keep me on track. Tools like being able to figure out that I work well in COMPLETE silence, or a very chaotic atmosphere, but not much in between. And information about things like "hyperfocus" which is an ironic symptom of ADHD for many people, and ways that I can kind of "trigger" it sometimes and use it to my advantage (while making sure I set alarms to make sure I don't keep working until 9PM because I forgot what time it was and the last time I looked at a clock was 3 in the afternoon...) They are basically just people that have dealt with ADHD before, and can help me find what works best for myself. Also, just talking to someone about how something you tried (either medication or lifestyle change) worked can be really eye opening. You never really think on your own about how something you tried in your life really affected it, and just verbalizing that helped dial in medication amounts and show the effectiveness of lifestyle changes.
- zarkov99 9y ago
  Thanks a lot. Any references you can share?
  - Klathmon 9y ago
    Not really sorry. I'd recommend if you are looking to search for a therapist in your area that has experience dealing with adults with ADHD (or children if you are looking for someone else, or I guess are a child yourself... you never know online!) The important thing is to go to the appointments, which was tough at first, but after a bit the appointments were the "anchor" that I started learning how to schedule my life around, and then I was eventually able to schedule the appointments around my life.

It is a bit weird calling it therapy, it feels more like a "one-on-one class on how to deal with ADHD". They gave me a lot of tools to help with it, as well as provided a good base "structure" which was important when I was first starting (which was over a decade ago now!) Tools like how I greatly benefit from a very strict schedule that needs many things packed tightly together at some points, but very big gaps in others, and I need to follow it to the t. Tools like knowing that exercise and eating right help quite a lot, tools like how to structure my days and put external reminders or blocks up that can keep me on track. Tools like being able to figure out that I work well in COMPLETE silence, or a very chaotic atmosphere, but not much in between. And information about things like "hyperfocus" which is an ironic symptom of ADHD for many people, and ways that I can kind of "trigger" it sometimes and use it to my advantage (while making sure I set alarms to make sure I don't keep working until 9PM because I forgot what time it was and the last time I looked at a clock was 3 in the afternoon...) They are basically just people that have dealt with ADHD before, and can help me find what works best for myself. Also, just talking to someone about how something you tried (either medication or lifestyle change) worked can be really eye opening. You never really think on your own about how something you tried in your life really affected it, and just verbalizing that helped dial in medication amounts and show the effectiveness of lifestyle changes.

zarkov99 9y ago
Thanks a lot. Any references you can share?
- Klathmon 9y ago
  Not really sorry. I'd recommend if you are looking to search for a therapist in your area that has experience dealing with adults with ADHD (or children if you are looking for someone else, or I guess are a child yourself... you never know online!) The important thing is to go to the appointments, which was tough at first, but after a bit the appointments were the "anchor" that I started learning how to schedule my life around, and then I was eventually able to schedule the appointments around my life.