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The silent struggles of workers with ADHD

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Re: The silent struggles of workers with ADHD

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Post by Bloating »

adastra22 wrote: post #298
s5300 wrote: post #289

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Saying this genuinely - thank for this post/info I have been pondering for a very long time what the best options may be. I feel as if low dose benzos are a great option, but also that unless you’re somewhat affluent, finding a doc willing to prescribe & help you through amphetamines & benzos would be hard. Likely something like 0.5mg klonopin, small dose temazepam, or same for lorazepam. Likely not alprazolam. 0.3mg…

One thing I love about Vyvanse is that it really does have an all-day effect. I'm wired, active, and focused from the moment I take it in the morning, until 11pm or so at night. Unfortunately this also means that it takes a lot of self-discipline to keep a good sleep schedule, which isn't something us ADHDers are very good at, especially as the medication wears off. On just Vyvanse alone, I have a hard time falling a…

I buy the 1mg, then break it into quarters. Melatonin can make me very irritable the following day.

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Post by japanesejay »

s5300 wrote: post #224
tecleandor wrote: post #184

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I had a bad experience with Strattera too, and now I'm on Vyvanse, which is an amphetamine but not the worst. I'm still on a low dose but not bad. I'm feeling some improvements and thinking about some specialized therapy.

Vyvanse is just DextroAmphetamine once processed in your body - AKA Speed in terms of slang drug usage. AFAIK, it’s just that no matter what the dosage, the drug dispenses itself/processes in your body based on a few factors, & is always that amount being continuously released over time. I guess if you’re arguing (I know you are not, I am just putting unsolicited info out) in terms of what amphetamines are the worst……

Thanks for sharing your insights! I’m curious to learn more about how you ranked the options (Dexadrine ~ Adderall) and how the later options does more harm to your body. Is there any links you can share on its details?

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Post by k__ »

bcoughlan wrote: post #281
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Losing focus is an automatism for me. It's not that I think "Well, this is boring, I won't read it!" It's like I want to really read it, suddenly I'm on Twitter, Reddit, 9gag, IG, etc. It happens in a matter of seconds to minutes and I don't even remember how I opened an app/website. I can dampen this effect a bit by blocking websites and uninstalling apps, but then I zone out in my mind and don't remember what I rea…

I think the majority of people have the same experience with screens. There's something inherently distracting about reading anything long on a screen. Idly drifting to easy dopamine-hit activities is perfectly normal. Also pro tip, send anything long to your Kindle to read. I'm not saying ADHD isn't real, just that environment-induced distractions aren't it.

There is some talk to classify "environment-induced" attention deficits as ADHD too, because the symptoms are the same.

The idea being, social media and the like became so bad in the last 10 years, that there is no functional difference between inherited ADHD and acquired ADHD. The only difference is that the acquired one might be curable.

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Post by DannyBee »

fallingfrog wrote: post #219
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You know, no matter how invincible you feel right now, you may find yourself in the position of needing help one day, and hopefully when that day comes, you don’t simply get a contemptuous “boo hoo”. Do unto others, etc.

+1

"Today you, tomorrow me" - https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/elal2/have_you_e...

There's no point in society except being together and helping each other.

Success is also rarely truly individual, even though it's often presented that way.

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Post by DannyBee »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #210
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+1 After 30+ years, I have found the non-amphetamine medications work a lot more consistently and helpfully than the amphetamine ones. The one downside is that if your brother also ends up on SSRI's, he won't be able to use most of the non-amphetamine medications until he is done with SSRI's.

> After 30+ years, I have found the non-amphetamine medications work a lot more consistently and helpfully than the amphetamine ones. I've watched a lot of friends go through the same cycle: Initial excitement from an Adderall prescription which gradually gives way to tolerance and a mismatch between reality and their perceptions of Adderall as a miracle pill. The non-stimulant medications have worked wonders for a l…

Yes, exactly this.

Straterra/others are interesting in that way.

As you say, you don't get the immediate on/off feeling you do with amphetamines, which makes sense because of how it acts, but is a weird thing for those not used to it.

Having had to switch on and off it a few times over 30 years for various medication complexities, as you say, you notice a few days later when it's gone.

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Post by Khelavaster »

RationPhantoms wrote: post #53

This article feels like it was written for my brother. He's been fired, sequentially, 4 times in roles of progressively narrower scope/salary. From project manager (80k+) at a large NYC-BASED structured-cabling company to a billing coordinator position ( It makes me want to put my head into a pillow and scream because he's an intelligent, sociable and kind person but his mind just sits so juxtaposed from what these c…

It's not accurate that either medicine will for sure be a lifelong medication. No way you can know that. Neither of you need to be "in the trenches" for extended periods of your life..

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Post by karmajunkie »

adynaton wrote: post #137
lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote: post #95

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> "Just write a list, how hard is that?" 1. Remember to keep a list 2. Remember to update the list 3. Remember to check the list 4. Start a new list because I can't remember if / why I care about anything on the old list (Personally, I've never started a list but I can imagine how it would go.)

I feel personally attacked by this comment. I've tried to used every single type of note taking software (even the second brain types) and I've failed because I always forget to use it.

Hard same.

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Post by RationPhantoms »

marketerinland wrote: post #77
RationPhantoms wrote: post #53

This article feels like it was written for my brother. He's been fired, sequentially, 4 times in roles of progressively narrower scope/salary. From project manager (80k+) at a large NYC-BASED structured-cabling company to a billing coordinator position ( It makes me want to put my head into a pillow and scream because he's an intelligent, sociable and kind person but his mind just sits so juxtaposed from what these c…

Hey. Sorry to hear this. I have also been fired a bunch of times, and people describe interacting with me in the exact same way as you just described it. Your brother is consistently going for the wrong kind of job, from the sound of it. Operations jobs. I eventually succeeded when I switched to work that is more strategic and creative. I got really into language learning, blogging, website building, and then just fo…

I appreciate you writing this and will absolutely show him what can be achieved.

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astrange wrote: post #192
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> Or I can't read long articles with topics that are important for me but don't tickle one of my interests. Can't concentrate on boring things - surely that's normal? It feels like they're casting the ADHD net wider and wider and from reading the internet I'm starting to question whether my behavior fits into the ADHD category. And part of me wants it to so that I have a label that explains and excuses me. But how do…

> Can't concentrate on boring things - surely that's normal? Not if it happens 24/7 across work, hobbies, and remembering to go to bed on time. (This is about struggling at work with ADHD, but it's more often possible to succeed at work and neglect everything else.) And "bullshit jobs" are a fake concept. Just because a guy wrote a book saying he doesn't understand a job doesn't mean it's not useful to someone.

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