As I mentioned a couple of blogs ago, I suspect I might have ADHD, even mildly. When I started looking into ADHD for Benny, I started getting targeted posts on social media, and a heap of things started to make sense for me. Some of the things were new revelations, others I knew and finally started putting the pieces together.

While some people look at ADHD like a superpower and it brings a lot of awesome things to their lives, others find the challenges that come with it, well, challenging. Some people find medication life changing for managing the symptoms, however like most medications there are side effects. Here are some other options that might also be worth looking into.

There are varying theories as to what causes ADHD, from some saying its purely a trauma response, and others saying it’s a natural neurological variation. Here are some of the things i’ve seen:

In my quest for knowledge, one of the things I’ve been researching is ADHD and other forms of neurodiversity. Part of the reason for this is that neurodiversity is something that premature babies have a higher chance of it happening, and even more in micro preemies.