ADHD - Coping Questions

  1. Medication helps a lot. Realizing that my feelings of boredom and lack of motivation are only temporary, and building self-discipline to force myself through the day. Things always get better.

  2. Budget. Also sleep on big purchases and really question whether or not you need it.

  3. In addition to ADHD I also have major depression, so my place could get quite messy at times. I'm naturally a clean person, but when you're not quite stable it becomes much harder. I slowly started cleaning my place. I'd take my meds and then clean, slowly reversing the mess that I had made. After you get it entirely clean, keep it that way. It's easier to keep up than to catch up. Your messes are much smaller day-to-day rather than when they build up over several days. Just work on getting your place clean (one room at a time), and then pick up your messes as you make them.

  4. University student still. It's very fulfilling, and even more so on medication. It was difficult without medication and I wasn't nearly as interested in learning as I am now. Meds put the joy back in learning for me.

  5. Again, medication helps a ton. It lets me focus, even if the material isn't interesting. I can actually think about what I'm reading, rather than reading it and hoping that something will stick.

  6. It's a shame that there's such a stigma towards ADHD. I know that there are a lot of people who don't believe that it's a thing, but it is. Some people are just too narrow-minded, and it's difficult and not even worth it to try and convince them. Fortunately my parents didn't have this problem, but I know that many do. Researching it yourself and explaining to them exactly what it is makes this easier. A lot of parents won't want to take the time to research it themselves. Just research it yourself and explain it to them and why it's different from just being lazy.

I personally can tell a huge difference being off medication versus being on it. I try and take a day off once a week if I can afford it. When I'm not on medication my brain feels scrambled, I feel like there's this weird buzzing/restlessness under my skin, and it can really drive you insane at times. When I'm on medication I have none of these problems. It makes me feel completely calm and normal. The first time I took medication convinced me that ADHD was a real thing.

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