Alexis Sidor

The Unmedicated ADHD

For the longest time I have been dealing with my ADHD unmedicated. Now there is nothing wrong with being medicated but being female it makes it even harder to have a medical professional take you seriously. Typically since this disorder is defined as being hyper active usually males will get diagnosed early on in life while most women don't until they reach adulthood. Even then usually it takes a series of tests and professional examinations to even get considered for the disorder. This is because ADHD manifests differently in females than it does in males. Lucky for me I wasn't one of those females as I got diagnosed at age four. However a lot of my ADHD symptoms growing up were also misdiagnosed as anxiety or depressions which lead me to taking medications I didn't need to. After fighting with medical professionals for so long to get on the right medication I started looking at other things I could control to help my brain function. I'm going to share my top 3 methods I do to try to keep myself under control.