let's talk about this debilitating mental illness

r u on medication and if so what kind of success or lack thereof have u seen

ADHD is so much fun it makes me hate life it’s the best

i’m prescribed 20mg IR addy x2 a day

it’s helped me out a lot, but it’s obviously not a perfect solution

what r some coping strategies u use both on and off medication to help you organize your life

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medication is a very tricky bag

fine-tuning medication type & dosage is a balance of ameliorating side effects as well as catering to individual neurotransmitter balances

I'm on Vyvanse 60mg & Intuniv 1mg

this is true

Dis s*** crazy crazy
Anybody have a really weird relationship with trusting intiuition bc constant impulses?

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Think I got ADD, the introvert version of ADHD.
Waiting to see a psychiatrist in October to get answers

I have a hard time when something is just a useless impulse that brings me nothing or when i should act on a thought

When i have to focus or sit still for a long time i get crazy impulsive thoughts and i found it to be beneficial to ignore them sometimes

This has the side effect that i sometimes am not in tune with my wants and needs udigg

do you guys have a diagnosis? if so what age did you get diagnosed?

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ADD isn't an official diagnosis anymore; it's all under the branch of ADHD, which has different types

Ex: ADHD-I (Inattentive)
ADHD-H (Hyperactive)
ADHD-C (Combined)

adhd + bipolar.

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medication is a tool not the solution.

if you’re not using it to solidify good eating/mind/exercise habits, its just a bandaid.

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this is true for people who haven't developed coping mechanisms/good habits before they were prescribed medication

i do agree with you though, it shouldn't be seen as an end-all

imo the ideal goal of ADHD medication is to allow you to do what you want and do it well (near/at neurotypical) standards

yeah exactly.

my executive functioning “range” is so f***ing wide its crazy.

at the bottom end when im not taking care of myself at all; im ugly, weird, have 0 social skills, anxious and neurotic. i stutter and can barely formulate a coherent sentence. no confidence. even addy doesn’t help too too much without the foundation of good habits.

at the top you’d assume im neurotypical. im outgoing, social, attractive. 0 of the negative traits i mentioned before. s*** is crazy man.

i learned i had adhd at a college party where i took mushrooms. its like it gave my brain glasses and i was just now seeing for the first time. my whole life would be different if i knew i had this s*** earlier

Not interested in taking meds for it, I just let it ride lmao I try to be aware of it

Did not know that.
I think it still is official in my country but I don’t know.
I will find out in October

Can you tell more about how mushrooms gave you the insight to know you had ADHD?

It’s very interesting

so shrooms have a light stimulant effect like adderall.

so that, and on top, the ego dissolution momentarily dissolved all the mental formations and habits i had acquired from my adhd

(self image + self love issues, social connection + eye contact issues, various childhood traumas, various ineffective dysfunction coping mechanisms)

it was an “oh yeah, im alive” feeling. like my whole life up until then was a hazy dream. for a couple hours it let me experience life as if i was born right at that moment with none of these prior issues

it let me see the dimension/layer in which people socially connect. i was lacking something that everyone else already had, and i just needed to up my framerate enough to see i actually did have it the whole time. my mind was so foggy that i couldn’t see properly.

idk how well im conveying this. like i said, it momentarily gave me glasses for my brain.

looked up symptoms for autism, which didn’t check out. which lead me to adhd, which did. my entire life made complete sense right then.

still working on getting back to that state longterm via meditation+self care+medication. id say im 70% there. that one night permanently changed my whole life.