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Yes, I do. I got diagnosed not long ago. I was suspecting that I have it. There were obvious signs. Severity and the type are different from person to person. If I understood my doc correctly, I have very severe ADHD. Pre-diagnosis and pre-medication, I excessively drank coffee (up to 10 Monster Energy Zero a day; also: Red Bull Zero, Rockstar Zero etc.). It calmed me down, and I could sleep with it better. Prolonged…
Yes, I do. I got diagnosed not long ago. I was suspecting that I have it. There were obvious signs. Severity and the type are different from person to person. If I understood my doc correctly, I have very severe ADHD. Pre-diagnosis and pre-medication, I excessively drank coffee (up to 10 Monster Energy Zero a day; also: Red Bull Zero, Rockstar Zero etc.). It calmed me down, and I could sleep with it better. Prolonged…
Citicoline can increase dopamine and is available as a suppliment.
Citicoline seems promising indeed:
https://examine.com/supplements/cdp-choline/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205102305.h...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8709678/
I will try this out. I have severe side effects from my prescription meds. I hope that will help me to reduce the dosage or just avoid it altogether.
Could potentially be life-saving advice. I hate the prescription meds. I have to take high doses to notice something, and it destroys me. And all that so that I can get along with the neurotypical folk. It doesn't really help me with attention or forgetfulness, it just helps me to calm down.
Diversity they say, but there is no diversity for us. I hate this world.
For me the first step to managing ADHD was to realize that the name "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" doesn't really tell me much that's useful. It doesn't have any useful attack points. Consider instead: "difficulty Organizing and Sustaining a Directed Effort". I work on each of these three issues separately. Directed Effort: it is hard to take the time to explicitly declare exactly what I want to accomplis…
Brilliant advice. Maintaining a schedule is a meta project itself though. I find that the energy there ebbs and flows as well. Some days I cannot create a schedule; much less follow it. Do you have a similar issue? If so, how do you deal with that?
For me the first step to managing ADHD was to realize that the name "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" doesn't really tell me much that's useful. It doesn't have any useful attack points. Consider instead: "difficulty Organizing and Sustaining a Directed Effort". I work on each of these three issues separately. Directed Effort: it is hard to take the time to explicitly declare exactly what I want to accomplis…
I have ADHD. Meditation helps, for me at least. I use the Headspace app for guided meditation.
I have ADHD. Meditation helps, for me at least. I use the Headspace app for guided meditation.
Can you elaborate on this please?
It’s probably good to do it several times a week but I’m lousy at keeping habits over time – however, just doing it once a month is better than never doing it.
If you’d like some pointers, feel free to check out my bookmarks over at Pinboard: https://pinboard.in/u:kr4d/t:meditation
For me the first step to managing ADHD was to realize that the name "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" doesn't really tell me much that's useful. It doesn't have any useful attack points. Consider instead: "difficulty Organizing and Sustaining a Directed Effort". I work on each of these three issues separately. Directed Effort: it is hard to take the time to explicitly declare exactly what I want to accomplis…
How do you approach the emotional difficulty for each of these - like resistance to shifting attention or starting a scheduled activity for example?
What often works for me is to concentrate on the very first part of the task. Usually this is something trivial like defining the variables for a program or scraping the dishes and putting them in the dishwasher as part of an effort to clean the kitchen. I find this relatively easy to do. I promise myself that if I just do this easy task, I can go back to what I was doing, but once I'm started it becomes easier to continue than it is to return to what I was doing.