Dr. William (Bill) Dodson
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Everything is better when you've had a good night's sleep.
Also, take time away when you're feeling stressed.
Leave it.
Go somewhere else.
Get back to yourself.
Get relaxed before you go back in.
Again, it's basically just leading a life in balance.
No excesses and things like that.
No self-medication.
One of the drug misuse by people with ADHD is their attempt to medicate ADHD on their own, especially the hyperactive component.
This is a digression.
If you ask somebody who has a substance use disorder, what do you like about your substance?
When you use it, what are you sure it's going to do for you?
Now, people who are just not ADHD, just addicted to drugs, are asked to go high.
You know, I get to get high.
We in my buddies feel great.
We go out and get rowdy.
We're having a great time.
And that person's not what we're talking about.
People with ADHD will tell you, well, I blow a bowl of dope so I can slow down my brain to study, so I can slow down my brain and body to fall asleep.