ADHD study

A new study from the University of Toronto concludes, "Women with ADHD are much more likely to have a wide range of mental and physical health problems in comparison to women without ADHD."  

I believe strongly that ADHD is a behavioral disorder, not a bio-chemical disorder. Doctors will say that they can measure chemical changes in the brains of people with ADHD and that proves it is a bio-chemical disorder.  I believe that behavioral differences in people with ADHD cause changes in their brains, which cause ADHD.  So, yes, I believe doctors can measure the chemical changes in the brain.  I just don't think those changes start in the brain.  They start with behavior.  

I believe that people with ADHD are disconnected from their emotions.  If they were to learn, over time, how to express their emotions in direct connection with the events that caused those emotions, I believe their symptoms would subside.

The study says, "The prevalence of mental illness among women with ADHD was disturbingly high with 46% having seriously considered suicide, 36% having generalized anxiety disorder, 31% having major depressive disorder and 39% having substance abuse problems at some point in their life".  All of these are to be expected in people who do not correctly express their emotions.

The answer is for people everywhere to learn how to correctly express their emotions.  If that were to happen, this is just one of many diseases that could be eradicated. Obviously, that is a difficult goal to achieve.  I believe if we start educating people now, maybe thirty or forty years from now there will be significant change on a cultural level. So spread the word.  Let people know that healthy emotions lead to healthy people.  And be a role model.  Teach yourself how to express correctly.  Your children and your children's children will thank you for it.