"...you're ~~30~~ 50"
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Damn. The ADHD memes need to chill.
but ADHD meds don't work on me
How many have you tried? Also it never fixes everything, like for me it mostly just helps with maintaining focus on things, but executive function is still fucked.
Are there drugs for executive function? Asking for a friend.
I also have a friend who is wondering the same.
Doesn't really get much better at 50 either
it gets a lot better with treatment
What's the treatment? Adderal?
stimulants are a powerful tool for adhd treatment, more so than other MH disorders, but there are a lot of things that can be done: supplement behavioral change (think cbt) , support the needs of the lifestyle adhd brings (think "life hacks") , address secondary effects such as learned shame (think trauma therapy) , and so on and so forth. oh and cant forget the importance of MBIs to actually improve executive functioning. I'm going to use the acronym for that one since what it stands for has become such a buzzword that it might turn you off, but it really is a remarkably powerful tool for adhd when done with proper guidance
Will have to take your word for it as I am unable to get treatment at present
yeah I feel that. you can still read books though. I like "Driven to Distraction". there's also a decent YT channel called HowToADHD. Just try to use resources from trained clinicians or that woek closely with trained clinicians
Can Confirm
If only psychiatrists didn't do literally everything in their power to make getting an appointment as hard as possible for people who have ADHD. Same goes for social anxiety.
Im medicated, almost 30, and I don't get it done either
If I get diagnosed/medicated will things get better :c
i don’t mean this as discouragement but at least in my own personal experience, no it doesn’t.
that doesn’t mean it can never get better. just means for me getting diagnosed and taking different medications wasn’t the solution, it might not be for you either. so don’t be disappointed if you try it and it doesn’t work.
i don’t like how people hype up their prescription. just bc something works for you doesn’t mean it’ll work for everyone else, and it feels tone deaf when i see people in neurodivergent communities giving blanket “yes” answers to questions like this. it’s irresponsible and setting a large portion of people up for failure before they had a chance.
Yes
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
Is there any way to manage symptoms without medication? Both of my brothers have ADHD and my therapist suspects that I do, too. However, I have a history of abusing adderall and being addicted to it. I don't want to ever take a prescription stimulant again and no doctor would prescribe me one anyway because of my history.
I am unmedicated with ADHD. Specifically for symptoms my go-to is lions mane mushroom supplements (I use "RealMushrooms", note that quality actually matters, and these have been consistent in my experience) and ginkgo biloba. Usually 500mg lions mane, 120mg ginkgo per dose. Lions mane sometimes a second dose later in the day, but it can be a little overstimulating. Ginkgo is recommended up to 3x a day.
It's been my go-to pairing for years, and it makes a noticeable difference, especially if I take a break from it.
There are non stimulants like straterra (atomoxetine) which is an SNRI (same family as anti depressants)
Personally I find it extremely effective and much more stable in terms of daily functioning.
Medication is just one facet of the treatment/management strategy. That said, there are some other medications that wouldn't be as easy to abuse, but only you know your body.
Wrong! I was only 27 when I got diagnosed 💪💪
Haha, about the same. Now 32 and feel like I'm the best I've ever been since diagnosis and medication 💪
I stopped caring about “getting my life together”. All it means to me is being a nice little cog in the soul crushing machine. I take care of the absolute minimum on a day by day basis and use what’s leftover to have fun and do what I want to. I figure by the time it catches up to me, the world will have really gone to shit. If somehow the state of things actually improve, either it’ll be a world that treats people with adhd better or I’ll go out on my own terms.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
Such a good song. Kind of fucked up to listen to on a morning commute tho xD
Used to love this song and listen to this band so much in my late teens/early 20s. I do remember with these lyrics wondering at that time if that's how it would go. Funny to get to my 30s now and be like, "yep, hard relate"
Try 45 and but yes I agree.
51 and yes. I bet we can go higher.
I think we've got to get in at least 10,000
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Just working on diagnosis at 50. You're lucky if you worked it out by 30.
I'm 53 and have been questioning it for a few years. I just have to make that doctor's appointment to ask about it . That's my goal for next week. It was also my goal last week, last month, and the last couple years... one day/week at a time.
After my morning coffee everything sounds like a great idea, but it's too early in the morning to do anything about it because that window of time is designated peaceful quiet moment before I have to work. I'll just do it this afternoon after work...
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Oh well.
It never changes either. I'm past 40 and I'm still like "I'll get my life together next year. Or the one after that, surely!"
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I have a diagnosis but meds didn't work, possibly because i live a pretty much sheltered life and was never forced into work, i did some jobs but i never lasted more than a year. The last 3 years i spent smoking weed and postponing my waking up. Now i'm trying psychotherapy again and i've been prescribed efexor.
But i feel more hopeless and spent than ever. I can't feel interest nor curiosity about anything. Social interactions are pain, and what's worse is that even with my closest friends it is now like that. I just feel like I'm not interested or capable of conversing with them, cause I feel no interest in any thing anymore....
I’m not a doctor, but what you’re describing sounds very much like clinical depression to me. So I’m wondering if maybe your dose of Effexorneeds to be adjusted. Again, I am not a medical professional in any way shape or form also, for me personally, I was smoking weedfor the first six months after I got diagnosed in addition to taking the Adderall. The weed almost completely Counteracted all the beneficial effects of the Adderall. Once I got off it, I am not my best self that I have ever been. don’t drink I don’t smoke. I don’t do any of that stuff anymore and I no longer feel the urge.
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I didn't get diagnosed until my 50's. Now starting to get a grip on things.
46*
30 is as great a time to start as any
I brought it up to my doctor and got a referral to get a diagnosis, finally. That was 4 years ago. I need to ask again for another referral but keep forgetting/not being able to, while im there. If I can bring myself to do it, I might just ask my doctor to help me make the appointment while im there. :P
Make yourself a calendar reminder now while your thinking about it
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