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Self-Reinforcing Dopamine in ADHD
ADHD requires lots of Self-Awareness.
We know that any decision is executed at Prefrontal level in ADHD, an advantage in emergency situations, a disadvantage in analytic settings.
This scenario highlights the importance of Self-Awareness in ADHD.
ADHDers have poor judgment.
While this is an indelible benchmark, there are techniques to control the Impulsivity.
Training is the key, and it can be lengthy.
Keep in mind that nothing happens without Reward in ADHD, and not everyday is rewarding.
Managing boundaries and schedules is a starting point towards achieving Self-Worth and Analytical skills.
ADHDers feel omnipotent, until they burn out.
Counseling is almost indispensable in the initial addressing phase.
Self-Reinforcing Discipline is the first counselor’s responsibility.
ADHDers don’t have Discipline in their vocabulary, literally.
Once the patient is disciplined, they can work on their own abilities.
Self-Reinforcement
Reinforcement best describes ADHD therapy.
ADHDers function on Stimulation and Reward only, primarily a pharmacological approach to date.
However, new complementary therapies are understudy, targeting the Brain Reward Systems regulated by Dopamine.
More brain regions associated to dopamine are being identified in addition to the long established Hippocampus.
The Hippocampus/Hypothalamus connection has qualified the latter for Reward.
The general name for the Brain Reward System is the Mesolimbic Dopamine System, leaving no doubt about the predominant role of this neurotransmitter in multiple cognitive and motor functions.
Latest research shows the versatility of dopamine.
Dopamine release can be stimulated by voluntary cerebral activity like Visualization of the future in what is been coined as Mental Time Travel.
People are usually stuck in the Past.
Living in the Past is living in Death, especially if marked by trauma.
The same trauma that we project in the future, a destructive cycle named Chronic Catastrophizing.
On the contrary, looking to the future as the realization of our expectations, anticipates reward, the Self Reinforcement Hypothesis, followed by the Operant Conditioning that consolidates reward by releasing dopamine.
The all process Self-Reinforces behavior in ADHD, disciplining the ADHD brain.
Discipline will be the final product in the cure of ADHD.