Day #163 in A Year of Thanks:
I’m thankful for MindHoney’s Dose supplement.

When my Grams fell last year and broke her leg, things got chaotic. I was overwhelmed with high levels of anxiety and stress, and I went into a weird functional freeze. I can usually handle a crisis, but this was something entirely new to me. It’s difficult to describe, but the best way I can put it is this way. Say you’re getting ready to cook on a glass-top stove. You have every cooking tool and every ingredient for whatever recipes you’re cooking, and you know how to make those delicious meals, except the stove knobs are missing. You can’t turn on the stove and cook what you have without those burner knobs, can you? That’s how my brain was operating, and it was beyond frustrating.

At some point, during my grandma’s recovery, I recognized that my anxiety and stress weren’t letting up. I was becoming increasingly disorganized in my thoughts, as well as in other areas, such as misplacing my car keys and wallet, and not putting things back where I usually kept them. My task load at work was piling on, which had added to my anxiety and stress levels. Many people often tell me how strong and upbeat I am, but I felt weak and exhausted, as if I were being stretched too thin. While my Grams was counting on me and leaning on me for total support, I had no one close enough to me to lean on for any support I needed, so I sought help.

It was then that I learned I have ADHD. At first, I was pretty upset about how this diagnosis was missed when I was a child. However, when looking back, it’s easy to see how it was missed. Every symptom of ADHD I’ve had since childhood was masked by my hearing disability, so everybody was focused on that all throughout school. Now, I’m glad they didn’t diagnose me with ADHD as a kid, because then they would’ve put me on medications such as Adderall or Ritalin. After I’ve seen what I have seen with people that I love struggling with their drug addiction, I’m petrified of medications with addictive properties.

Counseling was extremely valuable, as it helped me identify what was going on and discover some new ways to manage everything without relying on expensive medication. However, I still struggled with my focus because of my mental disorganization and the never-ending, 1,000-mile-per-minute train of my thoughts. One day, as I was shopping at Walmart, I found myself in the vitamin and supplement aisle, restocking on my vitamins. I’d noticed a small selection of supplements specifically designed for the brain and functional support. I checked it out, but then decided it was all probably a scam, so I skipped it and carried on as usual.

This must have gone on for about six or seven shopping trips before I reached for one particular supplement that kept catching my eye. It was called Dose by MindHoney, and it seemed like a good idea after reviewing all the ingredients. It was one of the best things I could’ve purchased. It was as if a light had turned on in my head with the return of my mental clarity. I had become productive at work again, and this supplement has helped quiet my 1,000-mile-per-minute train of thought while giving me laser focus on my priorities as I implemented the new stress management strategies I adopted from therapy. My energy levels returned to normal, and it felt like a massive boulder had been removed from my shoulders. I felt lighter, freer, happier, more myself than I have since 2007. I’m thankful not only for the counselor I had the pleasure of working with last year but also for MindHoney’s Dose supplement, as it has brought me much-needed relief and restored my joy, strength, and much more.

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