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(I'm not sure I've got adhd, but my whole life I've been inattentive to a worrying degree, where I can't focus even if I'm literally looking someone in the eyes, and they're explaining something. My old teachers used to say an ant walking on a table could get me distracted)
Does anyone, when doing something that involves tracking/counting till you reach the end. Say, making a smoothie. When the recipe says 10 tbsps, I always have to add/count till five tbsps and then add five again, it feels so much faster, it feels like time's slow af when counting the normal way, and I've been doing this with everything, if I count normally it feels like I'm going in slow no and I just can't continue | 2021-10-08T19:24:57.000Z | q44uvs | 4 | 15 | ADHD | Has this experience hit close with any of you guys? | 0.94 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44uvs/has_this_experience_hit_close_with_any_of_you_guys/ |
CrackedAndBroken | I am so stressed right now.
There is a complicated documentation task I've been trying to figure out how to automate for years. It is something that only needs to be done intermittently, and I end up postponing it well past its deadline each time because I have not yet identified a system that makes it work so it does not feel like reinventing the wheel every time.
There's also a complicated documentation task that must be done several times daily, that I have semi-automated, but it is still clunky and takes way more time than it really should. I keep trying to make improvements to it because I end up falling behind on these as well.
When I try googling for ideas, or consulting with colleagues, I get nowhere, because they are not approaches that work with my brain.
It just makes me want to cry and give up.
Not really looking for any solutions. Just venting.
EDIT: Pro-tip -- Please do not DM somebody who is **freaked out while they are literally in the middle of trying to complete a set of tasks with a deadline** and try to offer them solutions, especially when said person stated in their post they are venting and not looking for solutions, and also flaired their post as being for empathy/support only! I don't care if you were "just trying to help." ARRGH!!
EDIT2: I see that some of those details are in my comment not my OP, so I'll copy that here:
>Also, I had some extra time today, so I put time into working on improving my system for the intermittent task. I finally got fed up and decided "eff-it."
>And then I remembered I had the entire week's worth of daily tasks that I still need to complete today. I am beyond stressed -- I am in that place where my body feels like it's buzzing and my teeth hurt. | 2021-10-08T19:22:48.000Z | q44tdb | 2 | 2 | ADHD | Complicated tasks that cannot be systematized or automated are hell for this ADHD person. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44tdb/complicated_tasks_that_cannot_be_systematized_or/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T19:12:27.000Z | q44lvr | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Tell me your eval stories/diagnosis success stories! | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44lvr/tell_me_your_eval_storiesdiagnosis_success_stories/ |
justanothergamer_ | I just got my ADHD diagnosis today. It came to no surprise to me. I had been lurking and commenting in this sub for a while, and all of you wonderful people guided me through it (as well as howtoadhd!). I want to welcome the undiagnosed to comment post and share their experiences when they feel the need to. You might not have ADHD, but it may help you anyway. Getting a diagnosis can be a long, hard and costly process. And I feel like I can speak for a lot of us when I say you don’t need one to participate. So welcome!
Now a little about me. I went to a specialized organization to get my diagnosis because I also have an anxiety disorder. Because I was “rigid” “analytic” and a like “control”, they suggested I may also have autism. I don’t. I understand social situations and cues very well, and am often hyper aware of them. I do mask and I am super self conscious, but it’s also easy for me to put myself in someone else’s shoes. Do not be afraid to say no to your doctor when something doesn’t fit. You know yourself best. | 2021-10-08T19:09:46.000Z | q44jwg | 3 | 3 | ADHD | Welcome undiagnosed! | 0.72 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44jwg/welcome_undiagnosed/ |
Scared_Flounder_4656 | Hey guys. Just looking to see how you tend to cope with personal failures, big and small. My ADHD tends to make time management and sustained focus on long-term projects really difficult. Even with planners and reminders sometimes I fail at things that seem to be straightforward for everyone else.
Today I had a midterm paper due, and missed the deadline. Writing any long-term paper is always the hardest thing for me for the reasons stated above.
I had to cave and use my "disability accommodations" to avoid losing any points (Which is a fantastic thing that my University offers by the way) It just makes me feel like I'm a failure, and my confidence plummets.
In the past I've failed courses because of this. So this can make me spiral into feeling pretty depressed.
My mom is really pissed given the fact that I've had like a week and a half to realistically work on this, I'm only taking 3 classes and I'm not even working at the moment.
How do you stop "I failed", from spiraling into "I am a failure"? | 2021-10-08T19:07:46.000Z | q44ih4 | 2 | 2 | ADHD | Strategies for Coping with Big or Small Failures | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44ih4/strategies_for_coping_with_big_or_small_failures/ |
Putrid_Study | I was diagnosed with ADHD fairly recently, and I can't seem to stop spending money. I will go 4-5 days spending absolutely no money at all unless I have to (gas, groceries, etc.) Then, I will spend hundreds of dollars in a day on a bunch of things I don't need. Does anyone have any tips on how to curb their dopamine-chasing, impulse spending habits?
EDIT: I am also unmedicated | 2021-10-08T19:06:16.000Z | q44hcm | 11 | 21 | ADHD | Impulse Spending...HELP! | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44hcm/impulse_spendinghelp/ |
Mediocre-Bluebird-61 | [removed] | 2021-10-08T19:05:46.000Z | q44gyy | 0 | 1 | ADHD | Is this adhd or is this what neurotypicals experience too? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44gyy/is_this_adhd_or_is_this_what_neurotypicals/ |
Elizabeth_Raccoon | i have a very hard time opening up to teachers and councillors and basically any adult. until i know them i dont trust that they have my best interest in mind. i spent my whole childhood telling adults around me that there was something wrong with me that was making life harder for me than it is for other people. i didnt get diagnosed with ADHD until i was seventeen. i just got scolded for forgetting things and not doing my homework.
my AP bio classroom is very loud and crowded so i usually leave so i can concentrate better (i have adhd. duh.) and i could sense my bio teacher getting more and more testy with me about it so i tried to talk to him. he said that he's frustrated with me because im a personable person but refuse to work in a room with people. and he said that im avoiding reality.
im really upset about this. i thought he was a teacher i could trust and i will never be able to see him the same way. i dont know how to talk to him now that i know thats what he thinks of me. i want to drop the class and take it online, but the administrator id have to talk to about that would not understand. im aware that this reaction looks unreasonable from an outside perspective. and it would definitely look unreasonable to her. i want to quietly and immediately never have to interact with him again but i dont know how to make that happen also im very upset, horrible bad awful bad feeling.
i dont know how im going to ask for the things i need to be successful when this is the response i get. | 2021-10-08T19:01:28.000Z | q44dqw | 4 | 3 | ADHD | trust issues w/ authority??? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q44dqw/trust_issues_w_authority/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T18:56:15.000Z | q449vs | 4 | 1 | ADHD | Hard to find job | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q449vs/hard_to_find_job/ |
Drive_Both | We talked for 40 minutes and she wasn't sure I have ADHD. I'm afraid I explained myself too poorly and used wrong words to convey what I was meaning when questioned.
So she prescribed me with Asertin, which is more of antidepressant, and I wonder, if someone used that before?
I will have another meeting in a month because she doesnt exclude a possibility of adhd but wants to see results of this medicine. | 2021-10-08T18:55:33.000Z | q449e3 | 2 | 1 | ADHD | Visited a doctor. And she is not sure I have ADHD. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q449e3/visited_a_doctor_and_she_is_not_sure_i_have_adhd/ |
vulnerability_goat | What's happening? It's not that there's no distractions because we're still chatting occasionally and people get up and walk around. Libraries full of quiet studying people were never effective in this regard but a common room or dorm room full of joking and varied students working on different things was. I'm in my 30s now and recently starting working in the common spaces when my family members have to work from home and I realized that it was like college when I tried to work.
Why tho? My work, by the way, is illustration/drawing. | 2021-10-08T18:54:56.000Z | q448zq | 8 | 5 | ADHD | Why is it easier to work with other working people? | 0.86 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q448zq/why_is_it_easier_to_work_with_other_working_people/ |
kodack10 | Play any youtube video with educational or talk content at normal speed. Now do it again increasing the playback speed to 1.5x.
Is the video easier to watch at 1.5?
I've been struggling with something that was hard to define lately where things I usually find interesting, were boring me, and I'd lose interest a few minutes in. I watch a lot of science and educational content, and it just stopped being enjoyable.
By a fluke, I upped the playback speed, and suddenly I could relax, the speech didn't feel sped up it felt normal, and it was actually more relaxing than the 1.0 playback speed. I could suddenly enjoy the discussion where as normal speed felt like nails on a chalk board.
I don't have adhd, but I've been noticing for awhile now that I need to do things very fast, or it is frustrating. Waiting for people to talk, enjoying any kind of media other than books (which I can read at a comfortable/fast pace), even my job, I often juggle multiple things at the same time at a breakneck speed for 9 hours, and it just feels normal. I get impatient with how slow co workers do things.
I don't think I have ADHD but when I googled info about my experiences, the explanations that made the most sense and fit with my experience were on ADHD sites so I wanted to ask what it's like. | 2021-10-08T18:50:15.000Z | q445ou | 14 | 6 | ADHD | I have a question about the experience of having ADHD and perception of time and playback speed. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q445ou/i_have_a_question_about_the_experience_of_having/ |
shithappens79 | I firmly believe that I was meant to be around nature and animals, not around humans. Unfortunately, most jobs require you to talk to humans or at least stay in contact with them. I feel less human around humans than i do with nature. I feel more at peace and more calmer around these things (since childhood even). I also noticed that i feel much better after listening to music, do art, play games, or go outside often. The more i am kept inside, the more of a mental struggle im in. It could be my upbringing or something else, not really sure. Any thoughts on this? | 2021-10-08T18:50:07.000Z | q445kt | 2 | 3 | ADHD | I think that i honestly was meant to be more around nature/animals than humans. | 0.8 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q445kt/i_think_that_i_honestly_was_meant_to_be_more/ |
Old-Reference-4060 | I don't know if this has to do anything with ADHD but I always do and say the wrong thing all the time and I am so awkward and stupid and at the same time pretentious and when I am alone I can't stop thinking about what I did or said :(
I wish I was a normal person but since covid everything is so much more difficult and I fill so alone, I fill like my friends moved on without me. | 2021-10-08T18:46:51.000Z | q4438i | 3 | 9 | ADHD | I hate my personality so much | 0.91 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q4438i/i_hate_my_personality_so_much/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T18:45:31.000Z | q442ac | 1 | 1 | ADHD | can't sit still while having a conversation. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q442ac/cant_sit_still_while_having_a_conversation/ |
[deleted] | [removed] | 2021-10-08T18:36:46.000Z | q43w3c | 1 | 1 | ADHD | I hate my personality so much | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43w3c/i_hate_my_personality_so_much/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T18:34:42.000Z | q43uml | 0 | 1 | ADHD | doctors switched my meds and i feel like i’m going insane! | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43uml/doctors_switched_my_meds_and_i_feel_like_im_going/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T18:33:33.000Z | q43tsj | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Diagnosed with ADHD-C at 37 | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43tsj/diagnosed_with_adhdc_at_37/ |
Ok-Afternoon2920 | Hi, 18 year old male here, and I’m pretty sure I have adhd. I have a lot of trouble sitting still, remembering details, and paying attention and focusing when friends, family, and professors talk to me. I talk too much and my thoughts are all over the place, and I interrupt people sooo much without meaning to. I can’t focus on anything unless it’s something that I’ve been hyper obsessed with lately. A lot of the time I just don’t know what to do with myself and it’s like a permanent brain fog in the back of my head.
I had an appointment with my pediatrician today and I asked him if maybe I could get a referral to a psychiatrist or if there was anything he could do, because I’m worried that I might have adhd. He asked me if I was sure and when I said yes he said that there was nothing he could do and that I would have to call my insurance and find a psychiatrist myself. He also said that in order to be diagnosed I would need both a psychiatrist and teacher involved because grades are a major factor to being diagnosed. My grades aren’t completely horrible, and I’m in college with mostly online classes so I’m not sure how a professor who I barely speak to could be an advocate for me. Any ideas? Advice? Anything please. | 2021-10-08T18:31:27.000Z | q43sax | 1 | 0 | ADHD | Need advice pls | 0.33 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43sax/need_advice_pls/ |
AhdhSucks | I found an adhd treatment that really improved my fatigue.
me: throughout all of grade school, middle school, high school and undergrad and grad school I struggled with fatigue. The fatigue was so bad I never read any full books. I found shortcuts. I did well, and its frustrating because doctors never took me seriously when I talked about my fatigue because I kept bypassing readings and finding short cuts.
Therapists: \*doesn't believe me\*. You did well, you must have done readings.
me: im telling you thats not true. im venting about how frustrating it is to have lost my entire educational experience. its so demmening for you to do exactly what doctors who resisted treating me did. People keep presuming I wasnt so fatigue I couldn't read because school. But with school there was always a way to find a short cut and still do well. You dont understand, you are 100% wrong.
Therapist: you took the lsat. you were in law school. You must have read.
Me: no , i was so tired that i always relied on shortcuts. Either very very short summaries of the material. outlines from higher students in law school. I never fully read one book or one reading assignment in law school because it took 4x as long. I only did well because I found shortcuts.
Therapist: what you are describing just isnt possible.
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Im sorry but FUCK YOU. SERIOUSLY. FUCK-YOU. iF YOU WANNA SAY IM SMART FINE. If you wanna say im high functioning, fine. But to fully discount the possibility that someone who is smart in your words ...could manage to successfully find shortcuts so they never had to read one book is fucking deemenning. You wanna know why doctors never took me seriously ? BECAUSE MY GRADES.
On one hand im expected to do well. Otherwise I dont get taken seriously. On the other hand, if I do well you dont BELIEVE ME? SO I HAVE TO FUCKING BOMB MY LIFE FOR YOU TO FUCKING BELIEVE ME?
Im so sick and tired of having this run around. Doctors never gave a fuck. I asked to be refered to adhd specialists and I was told NO because "you are doing fine", despite me directly telling them I WASNT OKAY. I WAS LAYING DOWN AND BARLEY MOVING MOST DAYS. I COULDN'T FUCKING READ OR WATCH TV BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER STIMULATING.
SERIOUSLY. FUCK OFF.
I opened up to you about this exact struggle. You identified me as someone who was high functioning. Yet someone when i explain to you WHAT I ACTUALLY HAD TO DO TO GET THROUGH NOT HAVING ANY TREATMENT YOU CALL ME A FUCKING LIAR?!
What the FUCK. I HATE the stigma against adhd. EVERYONE presumes so much fucking bullshit about what the consequences are that it prevents me from even opening up to a FUCKING THERIPIST.
I DIDNT READ IN SCHOOL. I DIDNT READ IN LAW SCHOOL. STOP FUCKING QUESTIONING MY ANSWERS.
edit:
Oh and your RELENTLESS suggestions that it must be just depression or another reason IS FUCKING BULLSHIT. When im telling you im treating my FUCKING ADHD, stop pretending its ANOTHER SYMTPOM BEING TREATED. Seriuosly.
"well it probably isnt adhd being treated moreso anxiety and other symptoms".
NO . FUCK OFF. YOU DONT KNOW THAT, YOUR NOT EVEN A DOCTOR. SERIOUSLY, FUCK OFF . HOW CAN I OPEN UP TO YOU IF YOU KEEP DOING THIS BULLSHIT.
Edit 2:
ALSO. her relentless insistence this fatigue is depression is enraging. Because when I didn’t know I had adhd , I allowed my doctors to run whatever medications they wanted on me to test it because I didn’t know what was wrong. It never worked .
But when I explained this she literally said “well maybe if you were resistant to getting treated they didn’t try to help your depression”.
Didn’t matter that I told her It didn’t work. It didn’t matter I told her I didn’t have depression.
Her: how long have you been tired ?
Me: my whole life.
Her: but at what age.
Me: zero, I’ve always had it.
She clearly doesn’t believe me and I’m so done with this shit. I’m telling her kindly next meeting I’m moving to a different Theripist
Edit 3: I’ve realized that coming away from every session angry and feeling judged is such a warning sign ... that I didn’t bother sticking to telling her in person. She has for 6 session disagreed with my adhd diagnosis by taking my explanations for what is going on, and saying “or it’s probably depression and anxiety”, instead of listening to me. She talks more than I do. I have to begin interrupting her to get even 40% of the talking time . I’m leaving sessions not being afforded the ability to talk about past issues with adhd because she is clearly anti adhd because I’ve done well.
If I’m so angry a day after a session, it’s clear another session won’t help me at all. I don’t have the ability to change her mind.
I emailed her being polite and canceling the next appointment.
I’m going to look for a pro adhd Theripist that allows me to speak during sessions.
Last session I explained my doctor gave me something else to help with my adhd . I explained that to her. And the response I got when I asked “why do you keep switching the reason my doctor gave me these meds in your language? I told you he gave it to me for adhd and you just said “maybe anxiety or depression”. It eventually lead to her stating “maybe your so anti depression he never tried to treat it so he gave up”... despite me never saying that happened.
I realized today that if she genuinely believes that, she fully thinks what I tell her is a lie. And I’m just... not going to get anything from therepy. She’s presuming I’m lying to her for reasons she is making up. And that won’t be undone in a few more seasons .
In reality ... my doctors gave me nearly every anti depressant available . I let them do that because I knew they had to to help me. But she didn’t ask if they did. She presumed it. So.... she’s presuming a lot without asking me... so this won’t work | 2021-10-08T18:24:20.000Z | q43nb2 | 74 | 147 | ADHD | Your didnt struggle at all! Therapist. | 0.95 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43nb2/your_didnt_struggle_at_all_therapist/ |
One-Jellyfish-9974 | I need advice, pretty self explanitory from the title. My mom is coming to my house tomorrow and i want it to be clean for her. the mess is basically just trash and clothes and other small misc. items. ive kept it til last minute but everytime i try to buckle down and get it done i get distracted by something, focus on something that doesnt need to be focused on immediately or just get overwhelmed and stop. ive tried writing down a checklist but it hasnt really helped. | 2021-10-08T18:24:15.000Z | q43n9j | 5 | 7 | ADHD | evertime i try to clean i get distracted or overwhelmed after like 10 minutes | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43n9j/evertime_i_try_to_clean_i_get_distracted_or/ |
chock-a-block | This might be helpful to others.
I have been encouraged to write in a journal every day. My first impulse is that it is extremely difficult to fill a blank page. Which, turned out to be exactly my experience. This was made worse by feeling frustrated by writing whatever facts about the day I could come up with in 5 minutes, bad doodling, just waiting for the timer to go off.
I have been listening to a book that, (again) mentions journaling as a good thing to do... Blech...
However, the author then discusses using writing prompts to think about/deal with relationship.
It turns out, using writing prompts has a name: Structured Journaling Prompts. Use your favorite search engine to find *lots* of prompts that should inspire reflection in lots of areas of your life.
Here's how it works for me:
Get a list of journaling prompts from the internet. Copy/paste is your friend.
Print the list, stick it in the journal.
Set an alarm that goes off every day to journal.
Sit down in my "workspace" and set a timer for 20 minutes.
Write down my feelings at that moment. (Not sure why this is hard for me)
Do the next prompt on the list.
I don't have to write for exactly 20 minutes. But, the prompt response is complete.
Cross the prompt just completed off the list.
Write down how I feel after the writing is done.
Prompts have cut down on the strong sense of futility I used to have. I still don't look forward to it, but much better experience overall.. | 2021-10-08T18:23:57.000Z | q43n26 | 2 | 2 | ADHD | Journaling Success with Prompts | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43n26/journaling_success_with_prompts/ |
oneemeraldforawheat | Long story short: need help to understand how the test I did could potentially show signs of ADHD. (And what type of diagnostic test is that) [badly drawn exemple of what it looked like](https://www.reddit.com/user/oneemeraldforawheat/comments/q43t4o/radhd_what_the_diagnostic_test_basically_looked/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Hello!
I’ve been thinking for the past 2 years that maybe I have ADHD (mostly inattentive). After such a long time of not opening up and telling it to someone, with the fear of it being brushed off as nothing, or that after all im wrong, I went to my school’s psychologist and opened up about it.
We talked for a while, and at the end of it she said next time we were going to do a diagnostic test, but also said I showed symptoms of maybe anxiety.
Today was the day I was going to see her again and do it (sh*tting my pants because I was so nervous/hj). I honestly didn’t know what to expect, and definitely didn’t expect to have to find matches for figures on a paper.
The exercise was basically: i had three different arrows, then a “scramble” of arrows in which I had 5 minutes to find all the first 3 chosen arrows. At the end of it I had to count how many times i had found each arrow and write it down.
I honestly think I did good because I love “games” where you have to find things, involve logic or programming, or you need to act quickly (beat blade for exemple). Does that mean my “chances” of figuring out if I have ADHD or not were ruined because she gave me something I’m actually good at?
I’m only getting the results in a week and anxiety is killing me. Thank you! | 2021-10-08T18:22:15.000Z | q43lt9 | 2 | 2 | ADHD | Diagnostic test at school, need help understanding how it works | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43lt9/diagnostic_test_at_school_need_help_understanding/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T18:14:46.000Z | q43g8m | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Confusing path to healing | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43g8m/confusing_path_to_healing/ |
1stTop1Num1Realpoopy | Idk how to Tl;dr this. Too many things in one. But I appreciate you for trying.
I fucking hate that people say shit like “just decide to do it and then do it” I’m like BITCH!! But I’m really not like BITCH!! I just sit there and hear them lecture me.
I lost count of how many times I’ve given the glasses analogy. They don’t fucking get it, do they?
If shit keeps going on like this I might just take wrong steps(just venting not a call for help).
Moreover, when people are not telling me how doing shit is easy, I sit alone and be anxious about my future “am I really going to succeed?” “I am trash at what I do, I can’t learn at the pace others can by just observing” “What if I stay this bad forever?”.
What I think is happening is that I am afraid of moving forward because of my past. And I don’t know how to get over it, Brain says “I have achieved nothing in the past so I will never achieve anything, there is no proof of my capabilities”
Confidence is nowhere to be found. People say I used to be confident before (before shit hit the fan) and I remember as a kid I used to be funny, extremely talkative and had like shit ton of friends. Now, I can’t talk if my life depended on it, have literally one friend whom I’m starting to hate, make no money and spend my allowance on gouging on unhealthy food and feeding addictions, I am not looking like i want be looking, lonely af, literally can’t even make internet friends, if someone ends up talking to me more than 3 text exchanges then I can’t maintain the conversation or the friendship.
And the thing is it all seems out of my control like life just keeps happening to me and I have no power to do anything about anything.
On mood stabilizers so can’t even cry, all i do is suppress every emotion. | 2021-10-08T18:13:51.000Z | q43fjx | 3 | 1 | ADHD | Back at it again with more insecurities | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43fjx/back_at_it_again_with_more_insecurities/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T18:11:59.000Z | q43e8d | 2 | 1 | ADHD | Does/did anyone here suffer from Rhythmic Movement Disorder ? As a kid, even now? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43e8d/doesdid_anyone_here_suffer_from_rhythmic_movement/ |
yodm | As someone who has up until recently known I probably have some form of ADHD but always have partially gaslit myself into “it’s probably just living in the modern era”, as of late I’ve started leaning into things that make my brain happy more sincerely. One of those things is music, and while I’m not a musician I do love different kinds of music and listening.
It’s definitely a different relationship to music than most of my friends… I think I rely on music to help my brain function sometimes. For instance if I listen to Oneohtrix Point Never (say, Tales from the Trash Stratum) the song helps transport my brain into a new place. It’s reminiscent of how a poem can for some people transport them, calm them down, bring upon sadness or joy or pain. Arpeggi by Kelly Lee Owens is another example of this. Something about the song just grabs the focus of my brain and for a brief moment I’m traveling with the song, rather than in a million directions at once.
Do other people do the same? Have the same connection to sound? Is it more pronounced among people with ADHD, or is this just a common thing? I don’t think it’s that common… usually when I explain why I like a song to friends I’ll get some “alright, calm down art boy” energy. | 2021-10-08T18:09:11.000Z | q43c5z | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Relying on Music to set your mood | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43c5z/relying_on_music_to_set_your_mood/ |
sarahbrowning | so my brain likes to do that ✨fun✨ ADHD thing where it it gets bored enough, it just falls asleep. i have to drive four hours tomorrow and almost always fall asleep on this drive. normally i have time to pull over and take a quick nap but i don’t this time. any hacks for beating it? i have tried slapping myself, windows down, incredibly loud music, screaming the lyrics but nothing works. i’ll be taking my vyvanse tomorrow but i can’t drink coffee because ✨heart issues✨. TIA! | 2021-10-08T18:08:33.000Z | q43bpe | 4 | 2 | ADHD | staying awake hacks? | 0.75 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q43bpe/staying_awake_hacks/ |
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NoNote2342 | Wow I can’t describe the relief I felt after reading all your posts on this subreddit!!!
My diagnosis of ADD/ADHD is fairly new to me (4months), and I only JUST realized how it affects my life. I spent so many years beating myself up over my inability to function “normally” like other people. I’ve always thought I might just be stupid.
For ex:
- I can’t for the life of me remember locations, driving or walking. Even if I’ve been somewhere 20 times, my mind goes blank. One time, I was driving home and this street I usually turn onto to get to my house was closed off. I had a full blown panic attack because I couldn’t figure out how to take an alternative route, even with a GPS. I’ve been living here for 5 years….
- I’m not lazy, my crippling perfectionism prevents me from doing ANYTHING unless it’s exactly how I want it done. So I end up doing nothing.
- Everything is so BORING and mundane. If something doesn’t excite me, I’ll never do it. The same way I lose interest in people. it’s like a never ending desire to try new things/meet new people to feel “engaged”. Which hardly happens. Which leads to questionable choices..
- I’m not socially awkward,I just can’t shut up and listen to a conversation without either interrupting or drifting off to space.
This is all just the tip of the iceberg. I’ve already lost interest/focus in writing more but you get the idea.
It feels so GOOD to realize I’m not alone. | 2021-10-08T18:01:03.000Z | q4367l | 2 | 8 | ADHD | There’s nothing “wrong with me”, it’s my ADHD | 0.9 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q4367l/theres_nothing_wrong_with_me_its_my_adhd/ |
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Kryptonio | Whoops, I was too excited to realize that my initial post was too short LMAO. But this is the first time I’ve been a straight A student since elementary!! My brain feels numb from the happiness!
Procrastination has been a huge struggle for me especially when 6th grade hit. It still is, but medication and figuring out strategies that work for me has really helped. I slip up from time to time but an important thing to remember is to take it easy with yourself. Having a condition that hinders executive function and attention regulation is no joke. It’s okay to have unproductive days, it’s okay to make mistakes, just don’t ever give up. :) | 2021-10-08T17:55:55.000Z | q4326h | 26 | 99 | ADHD | I got straight A+’s!!! | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q4326h/i_got_straight_as/ |
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OverthinkingTree | Hey guys! I'm gonna do a bullet point story because that helps me understand things so it may help you :)
* I am a 22 y/o woman who just discovered she has ADHD a few months back.
* It has been incredibly eye-opening and has helped me unpack and uncover so much about my life and childhood. I could go on so many tangents about "gifted students", familial ADHD, IQ masking symptoms, disproportionate diagnosis based on gender, personality subtypes, etc. because I am a psych major who has become semi-hyper fixated on the ins and outs of ADHD, but that's beside the point.
* Recently I have been spending a good amount of my free time looking at studies on google scholars as well as discovering this lovely community and the hilariously similar experiences we all share.
* During COVID lockdowns, I nannied two little girls and essentially tutored them for about 6 months. One of them seemed to struggle quite a bit with her sight words and could not for the life of her focus long enough for certain tasks. Her energy was abounding and she and I had a great connection over our passion for animals and silliness. I also noticed that she was very easily frustrated, a trait not uncommon in your average 5-year-old, but hers felt different. It felt familiar. She had a frustration and impatience that I have since recognized in myself when I could not understand things right away as a child and led my parents to believe I was a badly behaved child.
* It has been some time since I was working with those girls, but because of this recent fascination with my own diagnosis, I couldn't help but to reflect on my experience with the girl I nannied. Eventually, I thought, why not, and knowing the chances of her mother being receptive were high, I texted her and told her that there could be a potential diagnosis there, but if she was uncomfortable, since she knows her child best, she need not respond.
* She immediately called me and told me right away that her daughter was literally just diagnosed with ADHD in July. She works in sports psychology, so she was very intrigued to hear more about my own experiences and insights, and we chatted for quite a while with me providing tips as well as opinions that she solicited.
* I just thought I'd give you all a bit of credit for being a part of my journey in understanding ADHD. It was an affirming thing for my inner-child to recognize and for my future career in psychology/therapy to comfort in. | 2021-10-08T17:46:22.000Z | q42v5k | 3 | 13 | ADHD | My diagnosis helped me recognize ADHD in a kiddo I nannied | 0.94 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42v5k/my_diagnosis_helped_me_recognize_adhd_in_a_kiddo/ |
gracefuleaves | Hello everyone,
I’ve really been struggling for the last year in considering talking to my doctor about medication. I have increasingly become more aware of the fact that I might be suffering from ADHD and have been all of my life. Things keep lining up to make this all the more real.
The inability to focus on tasks.
The anxiety and despair when I realize I won’t be able to concentrate on something any longer.
The hyper fixation on things that allow my brain to quiet down.
The numbness I feel from mental exhaustion.
The depression that is triggered from said numbness.
I didn’t even talk to my doctor. I just left a message, and once I stated my name I could barely get the words out to ask about meeting to discuss medication. I broke down at work and just sat there for god knows how long after I hung up.
I’m am very scared about the prospects of taking medication, but I feel like if I don’t try something, I’m going to lose my shit. Is this a common experience? How do I talk to my doctor about this without getting my hopes up over a solution? How do I do this?
Thanks. | 2021-10-08T17:43:49.000Z | q42t8s | 2 | 4 | ADHD | I called my doctor about medication for the first time. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42t8s/i_called_my_doctor_about_medication_for_the_first/ |
ninkafatherland | An actual conversation had while in couples counseling before I was diagnosed with ADHD:
Husband: She never helps out around the house, I feel like I am constantly picking up her mess.
Me: I am trying to help! I really am trying to do better.
Therapist: How.
Me: huh?
Therapist: How are you trying to help. What thing are you doing to help?
Me: … umm
Therapist : What is one concrete thing you are doing to make this situation better?
Me: I… I’m….
Therapist: \*looks expectantly\*
Husband: \*looks expectantly\*
Me: \*starts to cry\* um I .. um I am just really trying ok??
​
If this is you, and you are really trying, really wanting to do life better, but can't seem to actually do anything to help, or everything you try seems like it doesn't actually work, or when you are asked about it you can't even come up with a way to describe how you are trying to make up for the issues and fix things.. you may have ADHD. | 2021-10-08T17:43:15.000Z | q42svo | 23 | 75 | ADHD | An actual conversation had while in couples counseling before I was diagnosed with ADHD | 0.99 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42svo/an_actual_conversation_had_while_in_couples/ |
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StarWarsBoi51 | Do people ever tell you that you treat life as a game bc they don’t understand you have ADHD?
Like for me, people me see me as lazy AF, childish, and thinking I treat life as the biggest joke, thinking I treat life as some sort of video game that doesn’t matter.
But what they don’t understand is that I have ADHD and that I’m actually trying my hardest, but they never notice because nothing I do amounts to anything.
P.S. Had to edit this post to make it longer for the Reddit Bot | 2021-10-08T17:33:02.000Z | q42l4y | 13 | 4 | ADHD | Negative Opinions | 0.83 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42l4y/negative_opinions/ |
outpan | Hey guys, I’ve been taking Vyvanse for many months now with minimal to moderate results.
I know that having a protein-rich breakfast can sometimes make Vyvanse more effective, but the problem is that, in the morning when my first alarm rings, I take my Vyvanse and then try to go back to sleep until I actually have to get up in an hour. I pretty much rely on my Vyvanse to kick in so that I can get myself out of bed.
So I’d like to have a small, easy and tidy protein-rich snack that I can leave by my bedside for when I take my medication. So far, I’ve only thought of nuts. Does anyone have any other suggestions? | 2021-10-08T17:31:24.000Z | q42ju9 | 4 | 1 | ADHD | Suggestions for small snack to have with Vyvanse | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42ju9/suggestions_for_small_snack_to_have_with_vyvanse/ |
laxboy0524 | [removed] | 2021-10-08T17:26:37.000Z | q42g6i | 0 | 1 | ADHD | Adderall mixed with Pre workout? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42g6i/adderall_mixed_with_pre_workout/ |
MxBeex | So my favorite thing is Nintendo systems. I just started collecting about 2 years ago I got my hands on an N64 and I have a switch lite and ACNH edition switch and I have multiple DS systems. Anyway, is it harmful to collect things if you don’t play them all the time? I feel guilty about it because I know it’s an expensive thing to collect but I find myself feeling super guilty about not playing every game I have or not using some systems more than others. I use my own money to buy everything and I was never a collector before so I don’t know how people usually react. I feel like people judge me for it though(possibly because of my ADHD and impulsive interests that never went far). Does anyone else feel that way? | 2021-10-08T17:25:03.000Z | q42f0p | 4 | 1 | ADHD | Is collecting harmful? | 0.67 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42f0p/is_collecting_harmful/ |
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LowOvergrowth | So, I have this garden, right? And in this garden, there is a potato patch. And in this potato patch, I spilled some squash and tomato seeds back when I did my planting in the spring. Now I have less of a potato patch and more of a squash patch because, Lord Almighty, it’s the Great Squash, Charlie Brown.
Naturally, I ignored the garden for weeks—if not months—until three days ago, went I poked around in the squash leaves and found three enormous squashes hiding there. Like, we’re talking “blue ribbon squashes in a children’s book about county fairs” squashes. Each one is literally longer and heavier than any one of my cats.
So, I have been dutifully trying to use the squash in one recipe after another. I made it a goal. I planned meals and everything. But MY GOD. The squash is endless, and my focus is not. The recipes are so tedious. And I keep dreading the squash bread and squash soup and squash ravioli, and putting things off. And the squash I haven’t used yet just keeps sitting there and sitting there, judging me from its shelf in the fridge.
This morning I realized there’s no law that says I HAVE to cook those damn squashes. So, I threw them in the compost. And that’s OK, damn it. | 2021-10-08T17:20:26.000Z | q42bkt | 1 | 3 | ADHD | The tyranny of squash. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42bkt/the_tyranny_of_squash/ |
Acanthaceae_Live | so ive experienced this issue my whole life but more now that ive started meds.
at random moments for seemingly no reason, my brain will tell me to make a certain hand symbol. they are often the middle finger or clenching my fist, and recently finger guns. they seem to happen more in social situations but they happen when im alone too. there doesn't seem to be anything i know of that will trigger it but if im talking to someone (especially someone im close to or like them) the middle finger urge will come. the rest seem to happen randomly.
a list of all the urged i can think of right now:
-middle finger (most often)
-finger guns (recent)
-putting wrists together (this ones been like this for a while)
-to kneel down (all the time when im standing, especially when talking to someone older than me)
-random hand movements/signs that dont reappear often, ive counted all of those as one just for simplicity reasons
Most of these have been present for many years and consistently bother me (exception to finger guns which developed in early September).
most of the time i just do my best to ignore it, its a bit tingly from the inside when i do (if that makes sense) and it feels weird, but if i get the hand ones i usually just cross my arms and do them into my elbows. if i dont itll go away in a minute or too, but its uncomfortable till it goes away
this this an adhd thing or shpuld i be concerned? i dont think its a tic....
edit: its not fidgeting. very different feeling. | 2021-10-08T17:19:14.000Z | q42apc | 14 | 2 | ADHD | Urges to do random hand movements? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42apc/urges_to_do_random_hand_movements/ |
stricker21199 | Just started medication for my ADHD and I was terrified my ED would come back in full swing. Never formally diagnosed with an ED but it was painfully obvious that one of the things I hyper-fixated on was food, my next meal, my next binge, etc. This led to another hyper-fixation of weightlifting and exercise. Long story short putting me in a bad relationship with diet and exercise and was just really hard on my mental health. Anyway, I was afraid starting adderall would bring out these old habits with appetite suppression being one of the bigger side affects but actually it’s helped me a ton! Sure I don’t have an appetite but I know I need to fuel my body and can still tell when it’s time for the next meal except I don’t obsess over food anymore! I just..eat and move on with my day. My husband never could understand why food was so something I thought about so much (before I was diagnosed with ADHD we didn’t realize this was me hyper-fixating). And I couldn’t understand why my husband and really anyone for that matter didn’t really obsess over food, but now I freaking it get it and I feel so normal!!!!
Anyone else experience anything like this? Im newly diagnosed and medicated so this is my first big “win/life changing experience” | 2021-10-08T17:16:18.000Z | q428p0 | 3 | 2 | ADHD | ADHD & ED, Medication surprisingly helps ED?? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q428p0/adhd_ed_medication_surprisingly_helps_ed/ |
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PiplupPeanut | For the past 6 months I've been working customer service. They're still having us work from home and while I'm thankful for the stability and safety, there's one problem:
*I'm so bored.*
This isn't necessarily the job's fault. The issue is that to stave off this boredom, I've taken to playing on my phone during down time - but I lose track of the down time, and I end up using more of my "do not disturb" time (meant for doing things like writing down notes after calls) screwing around on my phone than actually doing what I'm paid for. I feel like I'm stealing from the company. But also - sitting still in one place for 8 hours telling people the same thing over and over again is *painful.* I've asked for accommodations but the process is slow-going - I initially asked for an extra 15-minute break at the end of July, but still no accommodation.
Does anyone have advice for:
a. Staying off my phone during monotonous jobs like this
b. How to stay sane during monotonous jobs like this? | 2021-10-08T17:10:21.000Z | q424a6 | 4 | 1 | ADHD | Tips for surviving customer service work? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q424a6/tips_for_surviving_customer_service_work/ |
iamnotrobot_beepboop | Hi, I've found myself struggling to do more than 10 minutes of anything productive or learning anything new, at a time. Are there any methods that you guys use to focus/stay on task that help you? I really don't want to be on medication but its only been getting worse recently and I'm running out of options lol. | 2021-10-08T17:09:16.000Z | q423g5 | 3 | 1 | ADHD | adhd and discipline | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q423g5/adhd_and_discipline/ |
Charming_Cat_8287 | [removed] | 2021-10-08T17:08:20.000Z | q422s0 | 0 | 1 | ADHD | Tips for seeing doc for diagnosis | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q422s0/tips_for_seeing_doc_for_diagnosis/ |
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420BlazeItBushDid911 | I'm newly medicated and I've heard that you shouldn't have vitamin c around the time you take your meds because it can neutralize the effects. Problem is I really don't like water (I'm sorry r/HydroHomies), but my go-to's have a good amount of vitamin c. My question is, is this a real issue? How much vitamin c is too much? I'm just kind of confused about the entire thing, even my morning nutritional shake has 50% DV of vitamin c. | 2021-10-08T17:07:17.000Z | q42213 | 5 | 1 | ADHD | So what's the deal with vitamin c? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q42213/so_whats_the_deal_with_vitamin_c/ |
-Corned-beef- | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:57:34.000Z | q41ue6 | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Question about being drunk and experiencing time. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41ue6/question_about_being_drunk_and_experiencing_time/ |
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GamingGangstaYt | Sooooo long story ima try and keep it short while having it make sense because when I shorten it things tend to not make sense so bare with me and if you have questions ask on comments
So I am still in school I’m 16 and that means I’m a teenager so I have all the problems a normal teenager has x10. So the ~~hormones~~ are…. You know what you’ve all been teenagers you get it anyway I was on the with my friend for the longest time who I’d known for a while at the time when we get a new student and at first me and my friend and her became that group in the back of the bus you know the cool kids so to say and so not so soon after I pick up on the fact I think she likes me but I’m a nerd who is a little narcissistic and annoying and could care less it you don’t like me or how I am and because of that I think we’ll she can’t really “like like” me but so as friends we decide we should prank our other friend and say we are dating so this goes on for a while until she wants to borrow my sweatshirt which come to think of she still has anyway off topic she wants to make it look more serious like hold my hand and shit like that and so we start doing that and then she kisses me which I honestly wish didn’t happen on the bus because a prank like that tends to backfire when you don’t pick up on the fact that it actually became a serious relationship and so because of my adhd and newly realized moment of I f**ked up by allowing this prank to become whatever it was I become seriously introverted for the rest of the ride to school while everyone including the bus aid tries to peer pressure me into kissing her back while my now introverted self scrolls through Reddit and tries to share memes with my other friends as a way to change the subject which doesn’t work so a while goes on the end of the school year comes and I still haven’t told her I “like like” her to and then the whole summer I’m sitting there and I think of her randomly and I don’t know why so when I heard she was on my bus I was kinda happy so this year it was just her none of my other friends were there but for some reason I didn’t tell her I liked her but for some reason it felt like she was still letting me on I asked her what songs I should download because we listen to my speaker on the bus and when I came in the next day with the songs she wanted she was happy she said I could kiss you but she was being like cutesy and I got her number but then because she moved she got put on a different bus so I start texting her not anything romantic just as a friend and she would text back but she started ghosting me and so I stopped texting her in that time I would see her in the locker room at school where we put all our stuff the first room everyone walks into in the morning and she would act like she’s mad at me and I had no idea why and let me add some info here the way I text I text multiple times in a matter of seconds because I don’t write in a paragraph I have thoughts they pop in as I go so it’s like spamming but it’s not it’s one reply and most people know that and are ok with that and this is going to be important later because I texted her yesterday after about 3 months of silence and told her how I feel because I decided not to listen to the little voice that says don’t do it all the time and tell her even though I knew she was dating someone else I just wanted to get it off my chest and speak for past me cause he is a little bi*ch and I still am but she ended up responding with questions like why didn’t you say this before and I answered with because I am a embarrassed nerd who is to scared to say things and she ghosted me again so I text our other friend and tell him what I did and he says just stop texting her and I say ok I guess and he says seriously so I take a screen recording of me deleting the convo end ending the chat and so I tell my friend not to say anything about it because my brain is already giving me a I told you not to on repeat so I come into school and he told our teacher what was up because our friend say I text her to much and that it’s like I’m obsessing over her and that she’s thinking about calling the cops and so apparently the way I text which really isint a lot is obsessing texting my friends to talk about how bored I am and what I’m doing is obsessing so I get out of school at the end of the day and I immediately text the one friend who told the teacher and told him to tell her that if she doesn’t want me to text her anymore fine I just wish she would have said something to me instead of dragging in our friend and I sent a screen recording of me deleting her number but the reason I used my friend as a middle man is so that she couldn’t say I was spamming her or anything plus I had a witness and so the reason I’m posting this here is because I heard people with ADHD take rejection hard but it doesn’t feel like rejection it feels like loosing a friend but people with ADHD tend to take that hard to apparently I mean I feel fine just a little pissed that she’s making me seem like a pervert or something and I want to know what I should do because I just realized that my ADHD and impulsiveness and social awkwardness really fucks me up because I shouldn’t have froze I should have kissed her back and I regret not doing it to this day but I’m not really mopping at least I don’t consider it moping around I mean I felt good since I got my feelings of my chest but that she would say the way I text is obsessing and that she’s making me out to be some sort of pervert is really pissing me off but I think it’s handled I just want to know what I should do to stop feeling like I feel right now
I really hope this makes sense I tried but I had to copy this to my notes app because my phone was being slow to make the letters appear while I was typing so I would type well would and i would already be 3 words down and the Reddit app would still be typing would
Jeez that’s a mind f*ck | 2021-10-08T16:55:30.000Z | q41swd | 2 | 4 | ADHD | I have ADHD and I just had the realization that it effects my social life more than I thought | 0.84 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41swd/i_have_adhd_and_i_just_had_the_realization_that/ |
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Macaronipuppy | I am so sick of always disappointing someone due to my lack of being able to keep a hold of my schedule. I am always trying to keep my stuff straight but there is always someone I am disappointing. I can't pull myself in multiple directions, and I feel like I am stretching myself thin. I am constantly letting someone down. I am tired, it's sickening, and I feel constant anxiety. I hate waking up in the middle of the night stressed out of my mind on what is happening the next day and trying to compromise something. I am sick of something always sneaking up on me and suddenly I am burden on someone else. I am sick of having so many miscalls cause it turns out I put my phone down to do something else and turns out someone was trying to contact me the entire time about a promise I made that I failed to keep again.
I wish I understood my own limits, cause I don't think I do. I seem to think that I could do it all when it turns out I couldn't and I am not the only one paying the price for it. I am trying so hard to prove I am reliable and yet time and time again I only show that I am not. I am constantly told that I need a system that works and no one seems to get it that I tried the system you keep pushing on me and it just doesn't work. I don't know what works. | 2021-10-08T16:51:15.000Z | q41ptc | 1 | 1 | ADHD | lacking a handle on my schedule | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41ptc/lacking_a_handle_on_my_schedule/ |
LochNeassaMonster | Hello! I've been going through these long periods of feeling extremely burnt out and under stimulated. Idk if that's the right word, but I can't focus on anything (it's gotten so bad I can barely focus on tik tok).
This sucks extra hard b/c I finally have a few extra minutes to work on my hobby and I just have nothing, no ideas. Which feels wild cause I have all this energy and motivation but nothing to act on.
The body is willing but the mind is weak. Do you know any exercises or have any tips so I can stop feeling like this? | 2021-10-08T16:51:00.000Z | q41pnt | 2 | 3 | ADHD | Anyone experiencing long periods under stimulation? Any advice on how to break out of it/get the creative juices flowing? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41pnt/anyone_experiencing_long_periods_under/ |
zapdmizo | I talked with my psichologist about my simpthoms and ADHD and one of the things he mentioned by quoting someone is that "if you don't have problems in HS you probably don't have ADHD". I think that was a major obsticle for him not wainting to diagnose me with adhd. It is true that I didn't really show any dificulties or any kind obvious signs in my childhood or my teenage life so this made me wonder ...
Does not showing eany childhood signs a good determinator to use? Like should I rather search for explanations/solutions for my problems somwhere else?
Also does anyone know the person that might have said this quote? | 2021-10-08T16:50:34.000Z | q41pbq | 14 | 2 | ADHD | My psich quoted someone that "if you don't have problems in HS you probably don't have ADHD". Is there any truth to that? | 0.62 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41pbq/my_psich_quoted_someone_that_if_you_dont_have/ |
Mattol7 | Hello everyone I'm 22y I saw that certain person with adhd could have hypersexuality and that hypersexuality could lead to paraphilia.
I have adhd, dyspraxia and ocd and I suffer from porn addiction, sex addiction, paraphilia and all is due to dopamine.
Anyone who suffer from paraphilia?
My paraphilia decrease a lot but when I was 13y I had voyeuristic disorder, frotteurism..
And I remember taking picture of ass girl..
I don't have urge, rarely.
I saw that certain people with paraphilia when they took adhd medication, their paraphilia decrease | 2021-10-08T16:48:45.000Z | q41o0w | 1 | 1 | ADHD | hypersexuality and paraphilia | 0.6 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41o0w/hypersexuality_and_paraphilia/ |
FragrantWaltz4256 | Forgive me for any formatting errors, I am new to reddit. I am looking for any resources (would love books) or tips about how to be a supportive spouse to someone with ADHD. My husband is wonderful and I adore him, but I find myself getting so frustrated by the constant search for things, the inability to focus on a seemingly easy task, forgetting things when going grocery shopping because he can't find the list I made. I find myself acting like a parent and I don't like it. Its rude and disrespectful to the man I love. I want to be more understanding and supportive. | 2021-10-08T16:48:04.000Z | q41nk3 | 10 | 4 | ADHD | Help for a spouse? | 0.83 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41nk3/help_for_a_spouse/ |
[deleted] | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:43:44.000Z | q41kf0 | 1 | 1 | ADHD | What do you do when ritalin does not work for you? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41kf0/what_do_you_do_when_ritalin_does_not_work_for_you/ |
Fantastic-Theme-5069 | Hi! I am very recently diagnosed and I am finding a lot of hope in the tips and tricks in here. So grateful. I am now specifically looking for an app for Android that would let me time things and save how long it took so that I can actually plan things. I used to always find myself panicking about time because in my head I needed an hour for every activity. Last night I took the dog for a walk and was SHOCKED only about 10 minutes had passed. I feel like if I time my morning routine, walking the dog, how long it takes me to drive my daughter to school, etc that I could have a much better way to plan my day. Does anyone have any app suggestions? | 2021-10-08T16:43:36.000Z | q41kbt | 1 | 2 | ADHD | App where you can time things, save the time, and title it? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41kbt/app_where_you_can_time_things_save_the_time_and/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T16:42:16.000Z | q41jci | 1 | 1 | ADHD | I'm Terrified of Trivia Night. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41jci/im_terrified_of_trivia_night/ |
[deleted] | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:39:51.000Z | q41ho7 | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Ever since I found I have ADHD I have started using "We" instead of "I" while describing my habits and behaviors | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41ho7/ever_since_i_found_i_have_adhd_i_have_started/ |
smlxist | I have been self-diagnosed for years, diagnosed by a psychiatrist for over a year, and have been on adderall for about a year, to tremendous effect. I had to change doctors, and she mandated an "objective" Qb test to prove I had ADHD in order to continue on Adderall. I was very frustrated at having to prove my diagnosis, and very skeptical that a test could diagnose me better than a review of my symptoms and history. And of course, I was worried I wouldn't be able to continue on the medication that has helped improve my life so much.
I had to go three days without stimulants before the test. I've had no caffeine or my adderall Tuesday - Friday this week, and it was AWFUL. I was sleeping 10 hours a night and taking two naps during the day. I could barely work, and my brain fog was intense. I wish they would have better prepared me for this, instead of making me just go cold turkey!
Anyway, I took the test this morning. I found it extremely difficult and pretty much hated every minute of it. The medical assistant gave me my results: I scored a 79/100, putting me in the top (bottom? lol) 7% of symptoms among the general population. (Anything over 50 is an indicator of ADHD.) The results said I have a "high" likelihood of ADHD and indicated inattentive type over hyperactive. I was actually very shocked at the accuracy of the test, and I feel relieved that I have "proof" of my diagnosis. I'm sick of family members saying things like "I know you, and you don't seem like you have ADHD."
TL;DR: I took the Qb test today and got accurate results, much to my surprise. Has anyone else taken the test, or considered it? I'm curious about others' thoughts and experiences. | 2021-10-08T16:37:35.000Z | q41g1r | 7 | 3 | ADHD | I took the Qb test this morning--I was a skeptic and was very surprised at the accuracy. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41g1r/i_took_the_qb_test_this_morningi_was_a_skeptic/ |
crochetmama36 | I struggle to force myself to stop playing video games or crocheting or whatever else I'm fixated on to go to sleep. I was just recently diagnosed with ADHD and I find going to bed boring so I can't seem to make myself do it. I was wondering if anyone else struggles with this and if so, how did you manage it? I have a baby who wakes up at 8 every morning and I can never seem to get to bed before 2 am. I know it's not healthy and every day I say I'll do better but I just can't. I don't know what to do. | 2021-10-08T16:34:09.000Z | q41dln | 23 | 45 | ADHD | Struggling to go to bed at a reasonable hour | 0.95 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41dln/struggling_to_go_to_bed_at_a_reasonable_hour/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T16:34:06.000Z | q41dkl | 4 | 3 | ADHD | [NSFW] wall of awful around sex, what do I do? | 0.72 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41dkl/nsfw_wall_of_awful_around_sex_what_do_i_do/ |
ainsworthbelle | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:29:59.000Z | q41ai2 | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Uni confusion | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41ai2/uni_confusion/ |
Homosexual_Lynx | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:28:07.000Z | q41940 | 3 | 2 | ADHD | Guess who stayed up until 4am after fixating on TED videos,slept for 2 hours,and had to go to school at 8am,while ill | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q41940/guess_who_stayed_up_until_4am_after_fixating_on/ |
[deleted] | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:26:51.000Z | q4187v | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Negative Opinions | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q4187v/negative_opinions/ |
Homosexual_Lynx | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:24:02.000Z | q4169o | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Guess who stayed up until 4am after fixating on TED videos,slept for 2 hours,and had to go to school at 8am,while ill | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q4169o/guess_who_stayed_up_until_4am_after_fixating_on/ |
therealbearrister | I’m a kinestic learner and I find things based on what I touch and write on paper. But on the flip side I am a visual learner too and I rely on video recordings to remind what I need to do.
My memory so far is very poor and I was wondering if anyone of you suffers the same fate as I have - do you guys use an iPad /notebook to bring it everywhere you go ? | 2021-10-08T16:22:52.000Z | q415fj | 4 | 1 | ADHD | What kind of journals do you use? Digital or paper? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q415fj/what_kind_of_journals_do_you_use_digital_or_paper/ |
robinmhwood | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:18:04.000Z | q411zw | 1 | 1 | ADHD | I want to find out if i have adhd but i always forget to get an appointment and everytime i remember they are closed or i have 20 other things on my mind | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q411zw/i_want_to_find_out_if_i_have_adhd_but_i_always/ |
Substantial_Smoke214 | I've been working at a factory for 5 months, the pay is incredible, however I've been told I'm too slow and I'm still in training. The average employee takes about two months to finish their training phrase, I'm still training after five months. I'll get fired soon if I don't see a big increase in my productivity, I feel like I'm trying my best yet I still lag way behind my coworkers. Its a shit show. | 2021-10-08T16:15:55.000Z | q410f0 | 1 | 3 | ADHD | Do you find it hard to keep a job? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q410f0/do_you_find_it_hard_to_keep_a_job/ |
Sea-Orchid-2638 | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:15:20.000Z | q4100o | 1 | 2 | ADHD | 24 and only just now getting diagnosed; struggling with how everyone in my life missed the obvious signs for so long. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q4100o/24_and_only_just_now_getting_diagnosed_struggling/ |
nebo24 | [removed] | 2021-10-08T16:14:44.000Z | q40zkh | 3 | 0 | ADHD | Tolerance Break / Adderall | 0.33 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40zkh/tolerance_break_adderall/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T15:58:40.000Z | q40nfu | 4 | 8 | ADHD | I'm 7 months into a self-taper from valium. One month and I will be done! | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40nfu/im_7_months_into_a_selftaper_from_valium_one/ |
QueenoftheSundance | [removed] | 2021-10-08T15:58:33.000Z | q40nd4 | 1 | 1 | ADHD | I actually put effort into dinner and made brown rice with homemade stock and Saffron and other fancy stuff! | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40nd4/i_actually_put_effort_into_dinner_and_made_brown/ |
lildogidiot | Hi! I recently started 20mg celexa and was on it for about a month. At first it was going really well, I was calmer than I’d ever been then I developed pulsatile tinnitus for about a week before noticing my heart rate got up to 133 on this medication while I was SITTING. I had to do breathing exercises to try getting it to 62 but after I stopped the exercises it sped right back up. I stopped taking it a week or so ago immediately after I saw my heart rate that high. Now my heart rate goes from 62 to 100 rapidly still. It’s been constantly staying around 90ish. My heart rate usually sits at 58-75 bpm. I’m freaking terrified and it’s making my anxiety worse.
Does anyone know if this is normal even after discontinuing it? Am I still having this because it takes a few weeks to be completely out of your system? I can’t stop panicking and thinking I need my heart checked but Im terrified of hospitals | 2021-10-08T15:55:45.000Z | q40ldc | 4 | 1 | ADHD | Is this normal on celexa? | 0.67 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40ldc/is_this_normal_on_celexa/ |
dink_182 | so I just started taking Vyvanse three days ago. I am also on wellbutrin (have been for 6+ months).
The first two days I definitely was productive but I was extra irritable and felt like I couldn’t connect with other people, especially my partner. Today I want to take the day off because I don’t have a whole lot to do. I’ve been awake for about an hour now and I’ve never quite felt like this before.
it literally feels like there is a sticky substance between each of my little brain neurons and everything is so slow. my thoughts come in pieces instead of a full sentence at a time, I’m dazing into space, even my body feels funny. I’ve only been taking the drug for two days so I don’t really think that this is any sort of major withdrawal. Has anyone experienced this? I’m honestly a little bit concerned. This is definitely nowhere near what I was feeling like before I started the meds.
After typing this i am noticing that i also feel dissociated.
for those of you that take Vyvanse or another stimulant, is it similar to what you feel when you take a day or two off? | 2021-10-08T15:55:38.000Z | q40lai | 42 | 62 | ADHD | Taking the day off of Vyvanse and feel like my brain is floating in molasses | 0.96 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40lai/taking_the_day_off_of_vyvanse_and_feel_like_my/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T15:55:10.000Z | q40kzh | 4 | 0 | ADHD | Experiences, ideas, etc. for medication resistance? | 0.5 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40kzh/experiences_ideas_etc_for_medication_resistance/ |
Upbeat-Row-5294 | i remember when i was obsessed with having the perfect singing voice. I spent two solid days on youtube and the web , watching and reading articles about music. The interesting part of it was after i was done with a video or i am half way through it i would find another one but i could never recall what i just finished watching or reading.
I was just passing through loads of information and ultimately learning nothing.
I can laugh about it now. | 2021-10-08T15:54:14.000Z | q40kc9 | 3 | 3 | ADHD | My obsession phase | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40kc9/my_obsession_phase/ |
fruithound | So, I was taking Vyvanse for a while. Got up to 40mg but just found it made me a bit anxious. It DID make me more productive and focused but it also made me restless. Switched over to concerta, am on 54 mg and it does literally nothing for me.
My psych is kind of implying there is no point trying other meds from either family because they all work the same? I’m thinking abt going back to the Vyvanse and talking to my family dr about some heart rate management options (beta blockers etc) but just curious if anyone has had better luck with say, adderall vs Vyvanse for example. Or any other med? | 2021-10-08T15:50:11.000Z | q40hmh | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Medication advice? | 0.67 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40hmh/medication_advice/ |
Sea-Indepeny944 | Hello. I was just wondering something from any of you who take Adderall. Does your mind seem to quiet down right after or just sometime after you start taking the Adderall. Cause I know a lot of people who say that their entire racing mind has been quieted down due to Adderall. Is this something that happened with you as well or did it not work? | 2021-10-08T15:49:38.000Z | q40h99 | 4 | 0 | ADHD | Adderall quiet the mind? | 0.33 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40h99/adderall_quiet_the_mind/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T15:47:56.000Z | q40g3g | 1 | 0 | ADHD | Anyone tried the brain tester app Lumosity? | 0.5 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40g3g/anyone_tried_the_brain_tester_app_lumosity/ |
AnnoyingKidInClass | I hate ADHD. It is ruining my life.
Recently got diagnosed with ADHD and I thought it would provide some clarity as to why I am just incompetent and different from others since I was a kid.
But it made me hate myself more. ADHD is incurable and knowing that I have to live with myself and ADHD my whole life is just making me depressed. Medication is just a temporary solution to make you feel useful for a while.
And I can’t fit in with others. I’ve been trying for years to be normal like others but It’s possible. I've been called all sorts of names mostly annoying, stupid, and weird. I’ve been left out and dumped by so many others just bc I can’t fit in.
I have difficulty doing simple tasks, communicating, remembering things, and most of all my mind just WONT SHUT UP. Every day, I will be making at least one mistake or forgetting something, and I’m just really tired from always trying to be better.
Most of the time I just wish for the worst possible way that can happen to me so that I can finally get some peace. | 2021-10-08T15:46:37.000Z | q40f6k | 15 | 3 | ADHD | I Hate ADHD | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40f6k/i_hate_adhd/ |
[deleted] | [removed] | 2021-10-08T15:46:10.000Z | q40ewc | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Not having a majical moment on meds to be honest i feel kind of the same | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40ewc/not_having_a_majical_moment_on_meds_to_be_honest/ |
BasedKing767 | Long story short, saw a psychologist for the first time after the psychiatrist visit was a bust. After a long conversation the psychiatrist said that black coffee without sugar would help my ADHD just like any stimulant would.
Is this a good psychologist to go to? She seemed pretty against stimulant medication for it's addictive properties. However she says caffeine is an alternative to traditional ADHD meds.
Scared to see another pro again, as they all keep saying the same thing. Maybe stimulant meds are actually worse than we think?
P.S. When I took Adderall it was addicting. Not the drug itself, but the feeling of having less social anxiety coupled with extreme connection with the moment.
ALSO, isn't coffee "addicting" as well?
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UPDATE : Decided to fire the therapist, find a new guy who isn't' afraid of meds, and the coffee completely destroyed me although I was definitely able to do work without distraction... a plus... | 2021-10-08T15:44:35.000Z | q40dra | 195 | 270 | ADHD | Caffeine as a FIRST TRIAL? INSTEAD OF ADHD MEDS? | 0.98 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40dra/caffeine_as_a_first_trial_instead_of_adhd_meds/ |
[deleted] | [removed] | 2021-10-08T15:44:30.000Z | q40dpf | 1 | 1 | ADHD | Anyone Else Here Absolutely Terrible at Trivia? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40dpf/anyone_else_here_absolutely_terrible_at_trivia/ |
Effective_Hunter3727 | Today was my first therapy session with a neuro-pyschologist since I moved out of my parents house.
Through our session, I told her that I got told 3 times I had ADHD (have paper and all), all by 3 different professionals in different ages (8, 11 and 16), but never got a prescription because of my parents denial. I also told her that my little brother, uncle and two cousins have ADHD.
I told her about my struggle to focus on classes, conversations, movies, tasks and my anxiety to do chores all day long. Also, how I can never make friends, or feel comfortable around people.
Eventually, she started to make questions about my relationship with my family and tried to look for childhood traumas. In the end, she told me to she'll make a few tests just to be sure my lack of attention "isn't just depression and trauma". She also told me to write a list of things I like about myself and things I don't like about myself.
Is it normal for psychologists to consider trauma before ADHD? What is this list for? | 2021-10-08T15:44:07.000Z | q40dfh | 19 | 14 | ADHD | Does my NEW neuro-pyschologist thinks ADHD it's trauma? | 0.89 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40dfh/does_my_new_neuropyschologist_thinks_adhd_its/ |
ProstJane | **UPDATE: I was finally able to get my prescriptions for the rest of the month filled by a different pharmacy, with different dosages/medications. THANK YOU SINCERELY TO THOSE WHO OFFERED SUPPORT/ADVICE.**
Hi everyone - I know there are a lot of posts on this sub about difficulty filling your prescription, but I'm really hoping someone can suggest how to deal with this specific situation?
I'm truly one of us folks who struggles to function without my medication (Adderall) - My brain fogs up, I lose track of time and simple projects/tasks, etc.).
I was on a train home, asked a fellow passenger if they wouldn't mind watching my backpack and suitcase while I went to the bathroom, and when I returned to my seat, my backpack had been rifled through and my entire bag of medications had been stolen (along with my wallet and watch... :/). It was \~2.5 weeks worth.
My doctor was in touch immediately, told me to file a police report as soon as I got home and sent in prescriptions for all medications taken (I had 6 stolen). He was entirely sympathetic and had no problem sending in new ones.
When I went to my pharmacy (I have a good relationship with my pharmacist and psychiatrist), he refused to refill the 2 controlled substances I'm prescribed (Adderall and Klonopin). My doctor called him AGAIN, explained my situation, but he still refused.
HELP? I have no idea what to do - I've never filled a prescription early, brought in the police report of theft, and my pharmacist adamantly will not help me.
Can I have the prescriptions sent to another pharmacy (Wallgreens, Target, Walmart)?
I understand that it is ultimately at the discretion of the pharmacist, but I see no reason as to why he's unwilling to fill my prescription/do a partial refill at least?
FYI - Im in New Jersey
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THANK YOU TO ANYONE WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR HELP! | 2021-10-08T15:43:31.000Z | q40d07 | 9 | 3 | ADHD | Medication was stolen from my backpack - Psychiatrist sent in new prescription AND called the pharmacy but they refuse to refill | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40d07/medication_was_stolen_from_my_backpack/ |
B8T_G1RL | It takes alot of mental energy to call a psychiatrist and the first time I tired just got a full voicemail box and ended up feeling very discouraged. I didnt have the courage to call for another 2 months, only to get a voicemail saying because of covid they wont take in office patents and to get ahold of your doctor.
Well I dont have a doctor. Easier said then done to get a doctor. My OBGYN just gave me a prescription for antidepressants. They help a bit but they only keep suicidal thoughts away. After I had my Daughter I started getting bad PMS simptoms and my OBGYN said to take B12 with my antidepressants.
I want to get tested for ADD because Im almost 100% sure thats whats wrong with me. I had symptoms as a kid but I was so mentally abused about the "ticks" that I can usually control them around people. Once I had my Daughter its like everything I worked on just fell apart.
I started reading about ADD and honestly it was like a missing puzzle piece that fit. Its like my brain was like, this is whats wrong with you. Others experiences seems so relatable and its so comforting knowing Im not the only one going through it.
My boyfriend supports all 3 of us and I feel so bad. I have 2 diplomas that I cant use bc im not mentally stable enough to go into the justice field. And I relised that it might have been just a hyperfixation to get me away from my homelife.
My family have a long list of mental health issues on both sides so I know that something other then depression is going on.
Mother: Depression, Narcissism, probs others.
Father: Bipolar, Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)
Sister: Bipolar, Depression, wouldn't surprise me if she had ADD.
Its hard to get a good history for people you dont trust or talk to.
But moral of the story, I have no idea what to do.
My mental health effects every part of my life. I want to get it sorted while my child is still young. I want a career. I want a life. | 2021-10-08T15:41:15.000Z | q40bgo | 2 | 2 | ADHD | I'm trying to get ahold of a psychiatrist in my area. Nothing. I'm so tired. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q40bgo/im_trying_to_get_ahold_of_a_psychiatrist_in_my/ |
Tough_Call5661 | After trying other meds available wher I live, I have been on original Concerta for a month now, with dosage that seems perfect for me, and it has been a game changer in terms of attention.
But I feel that although I can work for 8 hours a day now without stretching it over from 8:00 to midnight, I am not great at my work now. Not really productive, not very creative, bikeshedding a lot, taking ages to accomplish anything despite being truly focused on it. Can anyone relate and/or advise how to get more productive? | 2021-10-08T15:38:15.000Z | q409dh | 8 | 3 | ADHD | Busy but not very productive after meds | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q409dh/busy_but_not_very_productive_after_meds/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T15:37:29.000Z | q408v3 | 4 | 4 | ADHD | I don't think I can get to high school like this | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q408v3/i_dont_think_i_can_get_to_high_school_like_this/ |
[deleted] | [deleted] | 2021-10-08T15:35:17.000Z | q407cb | 2 | 2 | ADHD | Anyone feel like there’s just way too many physical objects we have to keep track of in everyday life? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q407cb/anyone_feel_like_theres_just_way_too_many/ |
woodylee1989 | I don't know if this has been asked before, but has there been any research linking ADHD with Alzheimer's? I think you probably know where I'm going with this, but at 40 I feel like I have zero working memory and am concerned about the obvious (to me) progression. I have had 1 biological grandparent, and 1 "step" grandparent go through it, and I'm kinda terrified. I'm curious as to whether ADHD has any contributing factors to this disease. | 2021-10-08T15:28:51.000Z | q402qc | 5 | 7 | ADHD | Alzheimer's link? | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q402qc/alzheimers_link/ |
advancednovahawk | Just a bit of context, I've been on Vyvanse 50mg for about a week now after titrating for about a month and a half with my doctor and we've finally found a dose that works but unfortunately not long enough (I'd say about 7-8 hours tops).
Then, I was prescribed a booster pill of 5mg Dextroamphetamine Sulfate (20 pills/month, take when needed) - I have several burning questions that I've searched high and low for, but haven't came to concise conclusion...
1. Is there a true difference between IR Dextroamphetamine drugs? I am well aware that there is for XR drugs as its' efficiency is highly dictated by the quality of it release mechanism. So how does this carry over into IRs.
2. ~~I cannot identify which manufacturer makes my Dextroamphetamine Sulfate (5mg), it's circular and disc shaped, very tiny with the inscription D and the cut-line and 5 underneath that, nothing is written on the underside of the pill. No where on reddit nor online can I find any mention of this drug. Oh, and I'm in Toronto, Canada- if that helps.I would post this pill if it was allowed but it seems lots of subreddits don't allow the drug/substance IDing so :(~~
**tldr: need help identifying which manufacturer makes me Dexamph Sulf, and is there any difference between generic vs namebrand Dexes (i.e Zenzedi etc.)**
Thank you, this subreddit has been a goldmine for me and I really mean it to each and every one of you who actually take the time to reply to our questions and spread the great knowledge.
*apes together strong.*
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*edit: i found out my Dexamphetamine 5mg is manufactured by AApharm.* | 2021-10-08T15:28:33.000Z | q402iq | 2 | 4 | ADHD | More questions on the incessant understanding of Dexedrine brand name vs generics vs what. | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/q402iq/more_questions_on_the_incessant_understanding_of/ |
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