ADHD: Truly a deficit?

After Familias Leonas TDAH‘s last meeting in Mar del Plata and the repercusion of my blog post about my diagnosis, I’ve been talking to quite a few families about it; specially mothers and grandmothers of ADHD kids, but also other people who don’t have the disorder and wanted to know and understand a little bit more about it.

And there was a particular topic that I would like to address, and it has to do with the concept of DEFICIT within the ADHD label; stemming primarily from the name: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Living With ADHD

They say the first step to heal is to be able to say things out loud.

Some may know or remember, some may have no idea. I was diagnosed with ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in 1996, when I was 12 years old. ADHD is a chronic disorder of the neurodevelopmental type. In simple terms, it is a deficit in the regulatory action of several neurotransmitters within the brain cortex (mainly dopamine and norepinephrine and to a lesser extent, serotonin), and usually lasts a lifetime.

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The Aftermath

Hey guys. Andres here. First of all, I wanna thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support. It means a great lot.

It’s been a long journey this past year and a half. Colin Tench‘s passing hit really close to home and affected me a great deal. But he was my staunchest supporter and would kick my ass if he believed I was slacking off. And since I prefer my asses unkicked, I was not.

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