“And I think that ultimately is the point of therapy,” she says in the interview.

Having that competency has given her a better understanding of how her brain works. Seidel finds it empowering to be involved in her own care and enjoys reading medical papers and doing her own research, especially on alternative techniques for treating ADHD. Having lived with various forms of neurodiversity since childhood, Seidel tells WebMD, “I feel right now that I’m in a place where obviously with this kind of stuff you’re never like quote unquote ‘cured,’ but I feel in a much better and more stable place than I’ve been in a really long time due to taking a step back over this last year and really putting in the work and the time to focus on it.” “Social media is really toxic for my brain,” she said. She gets locked out of Instagram after five minutes a day, just enough time to fulfill her sponsor obligations. She told Runner’s World last year that she also limits her social media usage. What Is a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)?.

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