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I am 50 and was just recently diagnosed and started taking meds.
The difference has been night and day. I still struggle to take my pull in the morning sometimes
I look back on my life and wonder what I could have accomplished if I had been diagnosed and treated earlier.
Panic also works if anger isn’t available.
Okay but could we tone down the panic back to a more manageable level, like 9/10, instead of usual 28/10?
drinks my 4th cup of News Sorry what? Speak up. The panic attacks are loud.
How the fuck am I supposed to get anything done if I’m that calm? I need that stress or you need earplugs…
I always blamed CPTSD for anger (like in being able to motor through things, not being angry at people) and stress. Worked for me, do not recommend.
Lots of caffeine to bring you up during the day and alcohol to slow the racing thoughts at night. It’s no way to live.
Every once in a while I still encounter parents who are hesitant to get their ADHD kid on meds. I try to explain to them that it’s not really about performance in school even if that’s where it was first noticed.
It’s about keeping them from killing themselves or engaging in incredibly self destructive behavior.
I got to experience that a couple of days ago. I should probably get diagnosed…
Please do, it’s very helpful in just the knowing aspect and being told explicitly how it can and does affect you. Can help you manage it better even when you’re not on meds
The way the trump admin is going and his potential “wellness farms”, being undiagnosed might be better
Not everyone lives in America though
When the fire hose of right wing propaganda fueled by a trillion dollar military gets turned on, you will eventually.
It has helped me mentally to understand. Medicine doesn’t do much except allow me to get things I just fucking don’t care about, done at work.
If I want to be able to enjoy things in my free time I’ll have to be up all night, or drink myself asleep.
I find doing CrossFit multiple times a week helps at night. Turns out if you are sufficiently physically exhausted the thoughts tend to slow down. But if they don’t that’s fine because you are liable to pass out as soon as you stop moving.
Wait, the anger is a thing related to adhd?
I always felt like somewhat of a nutcase for getting pissed off at stuff not working/going my way (shout at the pc until you figure out how to get the driver working again).
Jogging/biking: get pissed, the burning anger gets you through.
In an odd way anger manages to focus me but it’s just not a healthy way to live :/
Edit/Disclaimer: I never said I shout at people.
emotional dysregulation is a common symptom of adhd, meaning intensity of (initial) emotional responses can go overboard.
Oh. Well. I just thought I was passionate like the crashing of a thousand waves.
Anger is a natural result of discovering that your natural abilities are routinely exploited and taken for granted but your needs that are a direct result of those same abilities will not be met.
My emotions are very well regulated, thank you. It is normal to feel anger when gaslit into thinking your normal human variation is a disorder.
There’s poor emotional regulation but adrenalin is also self-medication. So screaming at other people gets your adrenaline up which helps you focus and feel good. Obviously unhealthy and sucks for everybody around you. Very toxic.
All i read is shouting at people makes me feel good. Gotta go try it out.
Yeah. Do some therapy and you will find out lots of things you “just do” are adaptations to compensate for ADHD. Shifting to healthier ways of doing things can be tough. It’s hard to let go of habits that have “worked so far”.
I have been frustrated and angry easily for far too much of my life and I brought it up, among other issues to a psychiatrist and he said its also a symptom of bipolar type 2 as well as adhd.
One of the meds I’m on for anxiety (with the hope it’d help the ADHD) gives me symptoms of BPD as as side effect :))
And now my impulse control is literally fucking zero at times
Yeah I didn’t know either until I got diagnosed and medicated, the anger is night and day with meds, all those little things that got me heated just don’t bother me the same.
Nah. It affects impulse control.
Its good if you don’t yell at your computer, healthy if you think that is a bit nuts. It makes people and yourself feel bad.
Again, I never said I shout at other people.
Why does everyone immediately draw that conclusion? I do that shit in private like any other decent nutcase thank you very much.
I never said that you did.
Well you kinda imply it by saying it makes people feel bad. Unless you mean people feel bad when they shout themselves. But that feels like a weird way of stating that.
I didn’t imply that
Ok, what did you mean by “ it makes =>people<= and yourself feel bad” then? (You know, clarifying a statement goes a long way…)
When you shout at a computer, several things happen that makes people (including yourself) feel badly: For instance, people that are nearby can get scared and become wary. In addition, screaming can go through several walls or reach anyone passing by outside and they may not assume that you are shouting at a machine which can be very threatening and for certain people. I don’t think I need to go on, but I’ll add this as it seems it may be of help; your frustration is carried with you if you don’t let it out, but a good way to make sure that you carry it around your neck much longer, is to scream and act out on what’s nearby. Impulse control is a form of processing even if it feels great to give in to anger. Was definitely not obvious to me at least
Just gonna keep ignoring these increasingly relevant memes and move on, fuck you very much.
That too is a symptom 😈
Real question: what kind of content do you expect from this community?
At its core, ADHD is just a vague, flexible list of symptom checkboxes that are part of the neurodivergent spectrum. Tick enough of the boxes, and you are considered ADHD. Tick enough of some other boxes, and you are considered autistic. Tick enough ADHD and autism boxes, and you’re AuDHD.
The vast majority of people will tick at least one box from the neurodivergent list, this is what people mistakenly refer to as “everyone is a little bit autistic”, and is why these memes can apply to a lot of people, or not apply to you at all as someone with an ADHD diagnosis.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
Oh I’m just strolling on through from the equivalent of an “all” type page lol tho I guess maybe I should subscribe…
Caffeine, anger, and anxiety…
Only when the dead line is close though
You need pressure to create diamonds!
Microwave works fine too
Caffeine leads to anxiety
Anxiety leads to anger
Anger leads to the Dark Side
My favorite dark side is French Roast.
I’ve had so many people be surprised when I tell them caffeine gives me major anxiety…I thought it was common knowledge that it did that but apparently it’s not. Glad to see some organic outside confirmation lol.
Me, a Neurodivergent: i don’t need any of this pesky chemical stimulant stuff to get through life.
Also me: Addicted to both caffeine and sugar.
And beer and weed 😭
Those are destructive and unhelpful but ye
For overachievers there’s also the fear of being seen as a fraud >.<
If you microdose a breakdown by crying in a closet afterwards you get extra cooldown reduction.
Haven’t any of y’all tried being incompetent?
I try to avoid caffeine, so I just am unhelpful instead.
Ok so you mean it affects your life negatively?
(The criteria for a disorder)
What is “it”? I can’t trace that back to my comment.
It is the adhd we are relating about
Oh, I’m not diagnosed (I have a host of other things I would spend my nonexistant healthcare fund on first) but I have suspicions. It’s not debilitating, because I’ve been doing it for a couple decades now, but it sure isn’t ideal.
Augh, my condolences. Medication can be like a little renneissance but it’s so hard to hear it costs money… it sounds awful to have to think about health like that. For what it’s worth, maybe the cost of self medication could be another thing you get free from. But when it’s not debilitating, it’s not a diagnosis. Mine sure was when I didn’t think so for what that is worth
Yeah it sucks when ADHD meds are illegal in my country. Caffeine isn’t as effective as it used to be
Why caffeine? I have an ADHD assessment and for the first appointment that was one of the questions, if I drank caffeine and how much if so.
Most people who seek professional help have at one time attempted to self-medicate to resolve their issues.
Stimulants are what you would self-medicate with for ADHD. Caffeine is a simulant.
Source: I used to drink up to 3 energy drinks per day to stay on task at work. It was literally killing me
Also, when you don’t know you have ADHD, when you forgt your meds, om the meds are not enough.
Because it is a stimulant that affects the brain stem thingy just like the real meds
Caffeine does pretty much nothing for me
I learned recently that high caffeine tolerance is a telltale symptom of ADHD!
As if I needed another lol
Yeah I need real stimulants. If it doesn’t release dopamine then it’s useless.
Just raw dogging reality
Yeah, dunno. The problem is, that reality in this case is often perceived through a filter of “not being good enough” and “people dislike me” and stuff like that. It’s not really reality, is it.
Yeah, that’s the idea I was trying to get at, but I am not good with words.
You forgot spite. Spite is more effective than anger because it’s less distracting and lasts longer.
Spite is the brand name for Anger XR.
