ADHD

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3731915

Over the past 2 decades I've been trying various medications to help me w/ my long running major depression & crippling ADHD. And none have seemed to work.

Recently, the doctor I'm working w/ nowadays suggested that she's practically running out of options to offer me & that I should take a pharmacogenetics test to help her figure out what should she prescribe.

I took the (expensive) test and the results were eye-opening! The results came out a couple of weeks later w/ a detailed list of some few hundreds medications of various sorts (from pain killers to blood pressure control) along w/ their efficacy for my case. The physician's version also included a list of suggestions and alternatives for each medicine.

In my particular case, it essentially indicated that any medication that I had tried before was supposed to be either useless or to have limited impact on my body. That part is true.

Please note that I've only started a new set of prescriptions since a couple of weeks ago and as such can't really vouch for the accuracy of the suggestions.

I struggled a lot w/ myself to post something this personal. But I thought maybe there are people out there who've got no idea such tests exist and it might turn out to be helpful to some.

I've just graduated college and, as horrible as senior year is, I'm TRULY losing my mind without anything to do. Aside from submitting applications, I'm doing nothing all day and it's wrecking my mental health.

I need to get into a hobby. The problem is I can't stick with anything. I've tried to consistently do things I like, like play guitar, exercise, code games, etcetera dozens of times and nothing sticks. I don't want to waste the effort trying again. I'm on social media and I play too many video games, but those are ultimately making me more depressed.

ADHDers who have hobbies, how do you get into something and not lose all interest the next day or week?

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/882704

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/882703

We've made a Lemmy mirror for r/adhd_college.

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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/882703

We've made a Lemmy mirror for r/adhd_college.

• [email protected]
• /c/[email protected]
• https://www.reddit.com/r/adhd_college/

This is a nice summary of ADHD drugs (and how they don’t work).

FUCK! I HATE THIS COUNTRY!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/330273

I see ADHD meds constantly being prescribed to people that fit ADHD symptoms; but neurotransmitter levels usually aren't checked prior, which could cause some issues in development. Capitalism is a parasite that values profit over people, so it is unsurprising to find that some people fit ADHD symptoms because the brutality of capitalism exhausted them.

Artificially inserting neurotransmitters into children can affect their development; health issues could appear as a result.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/279435

I know this is the autism community but as someone with ASD and ADHD, I thought people here might appreciate this video. There tends to be an overlap between the two.

If it affects your gameplay; how do you deal with it?

I should really stop taking unnecessary risks… oops did it again.

The worst menial task I deal with is: Dishes hygiene; I feel like I'm putting in too much effort into washing dishes, and it makes me struggle with doing the task at all.

• I wash a dish repeatedly because I feel like it.
• I try to wash all stains and food off dishes.

EDIT: I also dislike inefficiency, so this would be a good opportunity to improve my methods.

They don't seem toxic to me.

I don't feel like doing anything; even things that apparently used to motivate me.

I can't tell if it's depression, ADHD, or me just growing up.

They also called me a schizophrenic for worrying about surveillance (capitalism). (lol)

ADHD makes discerning interesting hobbies difficult for me.

Add earwax management to the list of hygiene routines I hate.

I already struggle with applying for (US) jobs; ADHD and executive dysfunction

I'm afraid of (worker) abuse; I haven't been taught boundary skills; and I hate change; so I think I would just easily accept the abuse.

I'm a teenager; but I'm worried about my adulthood future because I don't know (reliably) good methods to adapt to my ADHD (and Autism).

I struggle with working on my projects; even when I take ADHD meds (irregularly now), I still struggle with focus. (The result is unsurprising; ADHD meds are usually assistant tools, not a cure.)

I am more worried about how my family is going to react to me failing out of senior year; I am uncertain if I would be able to interdependently live from them. (Independent living is impossible.)

(I (,only now unfortunately,) recognize that the GED exists, but I think it is far too late to take advantage of it now.)

All of those survival styles seem like a pain though. (I haven't tried actually them.)

NOTE: I am trying to avoid toxic positivity.

EDIT: My solutional management ideasI think futuristically adopting stoic beliefs are not a bad idea; it could help dealing with (future) insecurities that come from ADHD.

Impulses are difficult for people with ADHD to regulate: sexual impulses (like horniness), desperate impulses, financial impulses, etc.

How do you deal with them?