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Yes and no. I tried methylphenidate multiple times the last years but I have a hard time tolerating side effects at useful doses.
Try something else? I'm on lisdexamfetamine and I have no side effects whatsoever. I'm also a lightweight compared to my size so small doses work really good for me. My average day was a 4/10 before, now it's a 7/10. It's been game changing.
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Yeah, my motivation goes up when I smoke weed, not down. And it took me until I was an adult to realize that I was using weed to treat undiagnosed ADHD. I still enjoy smoking weed, but don't have a dependence on it to function now that I have a proper diagnosis and treatment.
Does the treatment involve other drugs? Just curious
What I have found helps _me_: journaling, meditation and exercise (in this order).
You have to work through your motivations and put meaning behind what you do yourself. I have found that I need pure emotional energy to start on work. In many situations, I figure that out by reminding myself why I have the job and what purpose it serves in life. I also make sure to remind myself that these problems are not insurmountable. The galvanize step comes from within, so you need to reason through your motivations and align yourself internally. All of this is helped by journaling for me.
I know it sounds cliché but it really helps me when I am motivated enough to actually do the journaling.
Meditation helps me with cultivating focus. Mindfulness practices in general train focus very well and do so in a low effort way. It’s sort of an automatic output of doing the mindfulness exercise.
Exercise I’ve found just makes me feel good about me and that helps a lot!
Best of luck and I hope all this helps.
Also, BIG SAME. I’m rooting for you!
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Everyone says this: work out, eat good, sleep well, let go of bullshit and get the girl. The problem is that while it often works, no one seems to understand why it does - or why it doesn't work for a lot of people. Taking care of your health and general well-being is a basic activity at some point and may not give you the necessary emotional boost to escape your own hand carved rut. The real issue is that you need t…
Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Exercise, sleep, healthy diet and foundational to balancing your body and mind. Research shows the best way to increase dopamine and serotonin is through these consistent, simple habits. Also getting more sunlight. Once you've covered your bases, then you can work on the spirit. The last level is self-actualization. Work in itself is only a means in expressing your existence. Either it fu…
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My father had a heart attack at 43. In response, he dropped red meat and dairy and had to have stents put in 2 years later as his condition deteriorated. He stopped eating any foods with added oils, as well as anything fatty like nuts and avocados. He eats absolutely zero oil, just basic grains with vegetables and fruits. Ten years later and his doctor says, aside from the stents, he shows no signs of heart disease a…
This anecdote is contrary to actual medical advice and does not suffice as evidence against the mountains of research. You need dietary fats to be healthy, and healthy sources like fish and nuts are often recommended by doctors and dieticians to improve cardiovascular health.
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This anecdote is contrary to actual medical advice and does not suffice as evidence against the mountains of research. You need dietary fats to be healthy, and healthy sources like fish and nuts are often recommended by doctors and dieticians to improve cardiovascular health.
The US also has a very poor handle on heart disease; almost 10% of men in the US have coronary heart disease. The recommended strategies aren’t working.
Diet and exercise recommendations work in the overwhelming majority of people who actually follow them.
This is validated by mountains of research.
The reason we have such poor health outcomes in the US is because people have such terrible diets and sedentary lifestyles which are contrary to those recommendations. And as these lifestyle choices are being adopted in other countries, you see their populations starting to have similarly bad health outcomes of the same kind (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, etc.).
All of this is extremely well-understood.