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A casual community for people with ADHD

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It's amazing how much more functional we are as a whole when we're medicated (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I take Ritalin 10mg on a needs basis since I generally have functioned 'alright' into adulthood.

Just took one to get some work done today and it still amazes me how normal I feel about doing work once I'm medicated. Like there's no massive hurdle to even starting. No massive reluctance and task paralysis to fight.

Coming from a whole week where I've been procrastinating on whatever isn't urgent, suddenly it's so easy to just... do.

I also get incredibly chatty (hence the post, lol), but yeah. I can't imagine how life changing it must be for people who struggle even worse with executive dysfunction.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glad you're getting your meds!

Agree about ADHD people needing to find their own stimulation, one way or another. In my case I learned to use stress. It's my superpower. I can summon a stress response on command, until I just couldn't turn it off.

So a big reason to take my meds is to try to replace that stress response since it's making me crash mentally and physically. Even with meds, I spent most of my life not diagnosed, so it's hard to stop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Caution about using stress as a stimulant. Sometimes life gets stressful, then you have stress on stress on stress. Or maybe that’s just me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, definitely. I wasn't clear enough but using stress as stimulant most of my life has left me with long term physical and mental sequelae.