Dr. Alex George

And so I went for my first run and I hardly ran a kilometer in the first go.

But even at the end of that, I was like, God, that was really hard work, but I feel something.

And that was the start of a journey to eventually running the London Marathon, which I achieved this year.

And genuinely, the difference it's made to my brain, to my mental health, is even greater than my physical health.

I'm no longer 20 stone.

I'm kind of 14 stone fit and strong.

And the running is definitely a big part of that.

But when it comes to ADHD, it quietens the mind.

It lifts my mood.

It makes me feel alive.

It brings me into the present moment.

It reminds me of my strengths.

It's just incredible.

And I know that you're an avid runner yourself.

So I know that I'm talking about something you very well understand.

Rather than turning to a bottle of beer, rather than turning to something else like food to numb,

this thing gives you dopamine in a way that is incredible that helps you that builds you that makes you feel strong and purposeful so i am actually incredibly grateful to running i genuinely believe actually to be honest to tell a kind of a dark story i actually felt very very low not that long ago in the last kind of 18 months and i felt i was having very dark thoughts and i thought i don't really know what to do i feel that bad and i thought well

I'm here to stay and I need to stay, so perhaps I'll go for a run.

And I went for that run.

And when I came back, I came back from the edge, if you like.