Dr Sarah Warley

So even if you've got biochemical imbalance or whatever else the underlying cause is, you've still got to work through the wiring to undo it.

It's interesting that it's called dysphoria, isn't it?

Because what you've just described, if they've had 20,000 more rejection things, that's not dysphoric, it's accurate.

That's true.

That's very real.

You're behaving that way completely rationally in response to the way the world's been treating you.

So, yeah, so I don't think there's anything dysphoric about it.

It's just you're super, super sensitive to it because you've just heard it again and again and again.

You know, it's one of those things that it's not yet, it doesn't mean it won't be a separate diagnostic category, as you know, but it's...

incredibly real for people.

And it's definitely part of just the emotional turmoil and vortex that you can find yourself in with ADHD.

So, you know, it's not as simple as, you know, take this vitamin, take this supplement and the RSD will go away.

Because as I said, I think it's a combination of things.

I think it's actually a rational response to a lifetime of experience.

And by the way, depression is similar in a way.

Learned helplessness is what they call it in the animal kingdom.

But it's basically, you know, you carry on doing something and you get all these sort of

negative things happening you come to just see the negative and just expect the negative and you can't see all the positive things that are happening so it's neuroplasticity your brain begins to wire to look at things that way so but what I would say is

Absolutely.

If you can find out what the underlying drivers are for your particular symptoms, you can then create better emotional calm and strength and stability.