Hello Brains!!
I’m Francisca, and I’m from Dallas, TX. Born outside of the US in Chile I’ve had to live the “gifted child” stigma for a long time, until college sent me crashing. I had a “soft” ADHD diagnosis then, just after a few talks with a neurologist and spent the next 4 years on Ritalin… it was a nightmare!! Constant headaches, messed up sleep schedule, no focus at all… I ended taking 4 pills a day when I decided to just stop it because I could not function.
Many years later, I’m here in the US and from some fellow ADHD friends I start hearing about “Executive Disfunction”… that lead me to the how to ADHD channel and when I saw your TedTalk I could cry of relief…
A couple of months ago I finally got a formal ADHD diagnosis as a side effect of my depression and anxiety diagnosis… I’m starting with therapy and a neurologist again, but I have to tackle those 2 first because I’m a new mom (11 months old), with only my husband as support… all of our families are 10 hours away by plane and all out friends are responsible people that take covid very seriously, so I’ve had almost no human contact outside our self imposed quarantine…
Any other new parents here? I need to know not only how to deal with my own unholy trinity (ADHD, depression, anxiety), but also how to prepare for when our daughter starts with it as I’m pretty sure it will happen (we are both ADHD). I’m kinda scared, kinda panicky… I don’t want to subject her to what I went through.