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Makes me glad to hear that I'm not the only one, who feels like this. I often think that I'm simply screwed for life: Without medication my life goes off the r
by spidersenses 3y ago
Makes me glad to hear that I'm not the only one, who feels like this.
I often think that I'm simply screwed for life: Without medication my life goes off the rails within days, with medication I'm at least barely able to hold it together, but I hate the nausea, hate the rebound (disorientation after the effect wears off), and the fact that I still don't remember to eat and rehydrate properly. I think I would need a life coach for a while, but as I'm surviving on a subsistence level, that's not an option.
- lazide 3y agoMeds help, but it takes more than meds if you have bad circumstances (ADHD unfriendly environment, bad self care routines, stressful circumstances, untreated co-morbidities, learned unhelpful thought patterns, etc.). If possible, using them to help get started tackling the other issues may be worthwhile. CBT and Mindfulness/Meditation have evidence supporting their efficacy. Unfortunately, many prescribing Dr’s just do the one button (meds), and never mention or provide useful refs to anything else. Also notably, talk therapy is not recommended (it tends to encourage rumination, instead of using different, more useful thought patterns which CBT helps with). It might be worth investigating. ‘How to ADHD’ on YouTube seems useful to a number of people I know, and is pretty ADHD friendly - unlike a great many other resources.