YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

IMHO, there isn't likely any one therapy that will be the "it" therapy for ADHD. I spent 15 years in CBT, before being diagnosed with ADHD, but I didn't get much out of it... no one can ever say I didn't give it a good solid try! Currently I'm seeing a licensed social worker (who sent me f...

In a word, YES! Before I started getting treated for my ADHD, I was all over the place and the trail of perplexed people I've left in my path is something akin the burning of Atlanta. (like that overly long sentence with Civil War references that totally don't belong, ha!) It sounds as though you're...

Have you tried Valerian Root, Lemon Balm or Kava Kava? I know there are more, but I've had enough success with those in combination with a consistent meditation practice; I haven't had much more reason to delve much further into the herbal realm.

.... ok, I may have lied a little, this is my second post. But it sounded like a fun title. :D Hi, I call myself Impetuous as I am, well just a touch impetuous. Clinically, I'm an Adult ADHD'er that was raised by Borderline Mother and pathologically passive Father. Stir briskly for 15 years (age I m...

One of my parents was a misdiagnosed (and consequently untreated) borderline, she's completely regressed to about age 8 now. (That's a disclaimer and cautionary tale all wrapped up in one sentence, lol!) I asked my therapist to refer me to a dbt group, just to exorcise my mother's demons from my hea...