Dr G's ADHD Chat

135 ADHD-Why Willpower Doesn’t Work


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ADHDers, both parents and adults with ADHD will frequently blame lack of willpower when they have any difficulties secondary to ADHD. When they procrastinate, when they forget about doing something, when they fail to complete a task on time they blame inadequate willpower and berate themselves. This totally ignores the fact that ADHD is a neurologic difference that appears to be cause by inadequate neurotransmitter production. In short, you can’t will your nervous system to produce more dopamine. You have to figure out ways to accomplish tasks with your ADHD brain, not a neurotypical brain, but the one you were.issued at conception. In this episode I’ll discuss this issue further and discuss a few of the ways to get your ADHD brain to help you get the job done.

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