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So I sought treatment... at the age of 32. Hi John, I'm curious if you tried any of the following before trying medication: 1. No TV 2. No Video Games 3.
by 300bps 13y ago
So I sought treatment... at the age of 32.
Hi John, I'm curious if you tried any of the following before trying medication:
1. No TV
2. No Video Games
3. No Internet aggregators (slashdot / digg / reddit/ hn / etc)
4. Meditation
I am a colossal procrastinator and frequently unfocused person that had a much less successful academic career than you due to that. So far I've been going through periods of trying the above, thinking that medication is an absolute last resort. So far I haven't had to go there but I'm curious as to what things you may have tried before going to medicine?
- eruditely 13y agoYou obviously do not understand how this even works. With my kind of ADHD. Okay here set a remminder to do this, except with your reminder, you forget to remember the reminder. "Remind yourself! But I forget to remember!" It just doesn't work in the space planning/organizational structure that normal people use to cope with their problems, and their stupid fucking instructional ways to suggest otherwise just give other people with armchair opinions more safe-guard to continuously allow people to have shit opinions. People with ADD, are much more likely to engage in drug abuse, criminal behavior, and under-perform. It is a societal COST to not help them out.
- Houshalter 13y agoWell my anecdote: Before technology, I procrastinated just as much, by spending many hours walking outside. I can't say technology improved things, but it's certainly not the root cause. Can't say I tried meditation, it seems like pseudoscience. I haven't tried medication yet either, but I'd really like to.