Thank you so much for making this post! Such validation. I am an auHDhd'er and for many years I was totally addicted to exercise (after I got sober from drugs and alcohol). However, after a near death car accident and TBI, I started feeling the negative effects of overexercising and slowly it got so bad that I was not able to exercise at all. Then I got addicted to alcohol again. And am now trying to find a healthy balance (finally) and holy hell is it hard. I still cannot exercise much and I truly know the harm it has caused and how long the recovery is taking from such burnout and a flare of all my symptoms, especially ADHD. I didn't know it was connected to auDHD but it makes perfect sense. All or nothing. The stress we experience makes us prone to addictions of all kinds. Balance isn't easy to strike being neurodivergent:(
Thank you so much for commenting and sharing your story - I'm so glad this post found you 🙏🏻 So sorry to hear what you've been through, and you're totally right - it's the all or nothing approach that makes it so difficult to strike a balance.
As a late-diagnosed autistic physical therapist specializing in geriatrics, married to an AuDHD under-/over-exercising husband, I send kudos for this very accessible post!
Thank you so much for making this post! Such validation. I am an auHDhd'er and for many years I was totally addicted to exercise (after I got sober from drugs and alcohol). However, after a near death car accident and TBI, I started feeling the negative effects of overexercising and slowly it got so bad that I was not able to exercise at all. Then I got addicted to alcohol again. And am now trying to find a healthy balance (finally) and holy hell is it hard. I still cannot exercise much and I truly know the harm it has caused and how long the recovery is taking from such burnout and a flare of all my symptoms, especially ADHD. I didn't know it was connected to auDHD but it makes perfect sense. All or nothing. The stress we experience makes us prone to addictions of all kinds. Balance isn't easy to strike being neurodivergent:(
Thank you so much for commenting and sharing your story - I'm so glad this post found you 🙏🏻 So sorry to hear what you've been through, and you're totally right - it's the all or nothing approach that makes it so difficult to strike a balance.
As a late-diagnosed autistic physical therapist specializing in geriatrics, married to an AuDHD under-/over-exercising husband, I send kudos for this very accessible post!
Thank you! As a trainee counsellor that means a lot to me :) Please share this post with your husband, I hope it helps.