Root cause of ADHD

One of the problems of ADHD is that any one with ADHD psychoanalyze the hell out out their condition down to breaking down each and every symptom they have. I have been doing this since a long time even before I discoverd ADHD. In fact I discovered ADHD because I was psychoanalyzing my symptoms everyday and kept searching for answers online. I always knew some thing was wrong in my brain and spent a decade ruling every mental condition down to ADHD. 

Since i discovered ADHD, I empolyed various mental strategies including but not limited to  Meditation, diet, CBT, Exercice etc. Most of these strategies relived symptom temporarily, but efficacy of any strategy doesn't last longer no matter how hard you practice. The initial improvement is usually tapered off after a few days and you don't find motivation to follow any strategy after the results have diminished. 

Thankfully I have discovered a strategy that is bringing out good results that don't seem to diminish with time. I am creating this blog to document that strategy and mainly for my personal benefit that if I ever get lost, I can refer back to this page and get myself aligned back onto the path of recovery.

To understand the strategy we mush understand the how  brains are wired and the behaviour patterns. Every brain has some shortcuts wired into it which are generally guided by emotion. These responses are typically overpower the logical part of the brain. One major shortcut is fight of flight mechanism. ADHD brains are hypersensitive to threat. They are constantly looking out for threats. They either pick up minor signal or non existent signals and go into what i called a threat mode. 

When the brain is in threat mode, it does the following, 

1. Act Extremely selfish: When you are threatened, you get this feeling that you should chase after comfort and get more of it. You turn to your social media feed, netflix, food, matrrubation or any other activity that is low or null on mental intensity and high on pleasure. Understand that this is not due to weak will power but you are acting selfish for comforts. The moment you realise you are actually acting selfish and probably doing nothing will atleast lower the threat perception if not drive the threat away. 

Another strategy is to act kind. Be kind on your self. You are constantly under threat because you are unking on yourself. You think you must  

2 .You chase comfort: