People like that annoy the shit out of me. Soviet just had a DOCTOR, someone who had to have nearly a DECADE of medical training, prescribe him medication, meanwhile people with ZERO medical training are trying to tell him the DOCTOR is wrong. Not to mention ADD meds have been proven to be very effective.
Have you looked up herbal supplements that MAY help with ADHD? I would rather be dependent on a herb compressed pill than anything the a pharmaceutical company wants to put in me
Also maybe try eating weed butter its a way different high, way more body high and barely any head high. this may be the best of both worlds? who knows tell you try itā¦
yeah, I wanted to mention that, but forgot to lol
The issue with ADHD is that a lot of kids on sugary diets, or going through puberty, get mistakenly diagnosed as having ADHD. So there is this stigma that itās a fake disease, created to medicate kids and shit.
Iām a full grown adult. I donāt drink pop, or eat snacks, really. No way youāre telling me some of the fucked up shit I have to put up with, is due to my eating of salads, steaks, and chili.
My brain is fucked. After awhile of taking this medication, I donāt REALLY notice any improvements, but I do seem to be sitting still a little better lol.
Next week, and the following week, the amount I have to take goes up though o.0
Never mind, I got nothing good to say. ADHD sucks.
I have zero sympathy for anyone that does drugs that already alter the chemistry of their brain. Kromo basically hit the nail on the head. Fucking like those crackheads that get put on naltrexone or some shit to make their brains function normally again, which is a waste since they just go back to smoking crack since being normal is too overwhelming for their bitch asses. lol
Try looking into shit that can help improve your life without pills before you go trying to change your shit based off what some guy that gets paid to write prescriptions tells you to do. Or not, I donāt care, just itās a shame to see someone go down that road
I donāt believe I have OCD but that stuff bugs the crap out of me. Patterns that are slightly off because some dumbass couldnāt figure out that the stone on the ground was supposed to face the same direction as the other 91.
As for ADHD, the only experience Iāve had with it was a friend when I was a kid. He was a bit more hyper than the rest of us, but his grades werenāt terrible and his focus didnāt seem to be particularly lacking for a 11/12 year old. When he was about 14 he got diagnosed and put on some medicine for ADHD. He seemed to be a bit calmer and did a bit better in school, but that could be just because he was older.
Hum. I have everything Soviet (and Hecatom btw) has (trouble focusing, sitting still, trouble sleeping, mood swings etcā¦) and Iāve seen my fair share of doctors, psychologists and nutritionists yet not even once have i been told to take meds.
So, whoās right between my specialists and the ones Soviet consulted ? The answer could be as simple as both of them.
I didnāt deny the efficacity of meds, sure it works and you can find plenty of people that are fine with them but is it really good in the long run ? I donāt think so.
I have trouble focusing on things i donāt like (school homework for example) but still you canāt stop my focus if i find something interesting. Strange uh ? Still i did some of my homework despite focusing on it being hard and without meds. How ? I just had to figure some tricks that would help me. Like Hecatom said, for me listening to music helps, you can think of it as a game or set goals (āIām doing this before dinnerā or something). Really the hardest part are the first ten minutes or so where you brain can go anywhere but on the task, after that it goes smoothly.
Now I want to know some things about those meds. First, do they āshutdownā or limit your imagination (like thinking about multiple things at the same time) ?
Second, do you feel less energetic ? (Soviet said that it helps him sitting still so the answer should be yes)
What I think about this (again just my personnal opinion trying to help others that have the same ātroublesā) is if the answers are yes to both my questions then really, again, it is not worth it in the long run. Those two things (amongst others) are what makes you different and able to solve problems that others that donāt have those troubles canāt. Sure sometimes thatās a real pain in the ass but iād rather live with it than without it and believe me I have a really fucked up life.
But if you started this thread just to have answers like āyes the doctor told you so take your pills and itāll be goodā (no offense to those who answered that) then donāt bother reading the rest and complain about it.
Oh and for your interest despite having a balanced alimentation (is my english good on that? I wonder) I have a huge lack in Calcium, omega 3, some vitamins etcā¦
I have it since birth and thatās something that you can only figure with an extensive blood analysis (+urine i think but donāt quote me on that) so you might want to consider it if you want to go further.
Well enjoy your enslavement and lifetime of suffering. You had your chance.
TBF, he has a point.
@SoVi3t, you should read up on āWhy French Kids Donāt Have ADHDā as thereās several articles (including Adult ADHD) how people outside of America think this is a psychological issue, not a medical one.
Outside of America, people with ADHD are looked into seeing their lifestyle, and find ways to try to alternate it in order to help resolve this disability. Since America is a very pill happy country, we basically have a pill for literally any problems out there so of course youāre gonna be recommended meds.
This is debatable, as most of the time proven false.
The only way of becoming chemically imbalance depends on the type of food choice, however taking meds will cause true chemical imbalance. Most people out there will recommend avoiding meds at all cost and just change up your life style. Others will want money, and just want you to buy meds.
All in honestly, try taking on a difficult sport to help discipline you on a strict schedule.
Change your diet; eat healthier.
Change your lifestyle; whatever is causing stress, stop it
Try joining boxing; have a coach yell at you what youāre doing wrong and show up on a strict schedule.
You should see changes in about 6 months.
Orā¦ you can keep taking the meds.
thought title said AIDS at first haha
thought Iād resurrect this thread, and make it a mental health thread, on the suggestion of other members of SRK. Now we have a place to discuss our massive depression, and ways to cope, deal with it, and possibly get better.
I deal with my depression with MLP and Scotch.
I am a very unhappy individual.
Im on 2 scripts right now and i hate it
I stopped talking to my family over all this. Last time I spoke to any member of my family was 1 year and 4 days ago. My doctor pretty much asked me ādo your issues bother you?ā to which I replied NOPE, and he said I really didnāt NEED to take the medication. I shouldnāt need to worry about what bothers other people.
Meanwhile my family is telling me I gotta take all those medās, and I canāt ever drink again or smoke pot, because that could screw up the medication. I have a better idea, Iām gonna cut out your negative asses from my life, and continue to do things I enjoy, instead of what you demand of me.
Awesome! I never knew this thread existed.
Iāve been to two shrinks, one during my marriage and one after my separation and the start of my divorce. The first shrink pretty much helped me realize that thereās not much wrong with me other than me and a lot of that came from the JW shit. He didnāt say that, but I realized it once I noticed that every thing negative that came out of my mouth was all JW-related and the only things I had to say about my marriage were JW-related.
The second shrink pretty much reinforced the idea of me being too hard on myself. I always tend to bite off much more than I can chew, and I have a lot of issues from the JW shit that makes it difficult for me to realize success. She was contacted primarily to assist me with leaving the JWs and NOT with my divorce. Leaving my religion was at least 300% more emotionally taxing than leaving my wife was. And that included not seeing my children for an extended period of time and being falsely accused of child abuse and not knowing whether or not Iād be thrown in jail. Through all of that, leaving the Jehovahās Witness cult proved far more depressing and emotionally offsetting. I felt as if I was betraying everything I knew and letting go of a life raft in the middle of a deep, dark ocean with no other hope in sight. But it got better and I realized that I actually had a wonderful opportunity to start my life over again, something that few people get to realize.
Other than that, Iāve been tested for ADD back when I was a kid and, even at my own protest, the doc wouldnāt diagnose me with it. Thank god. I get depressed like everyone and sometimes itās pretty rough, but I donāt really take it too bad. When I get hard on myself I usually fall into lapses of self-gratification as opposed to deprecation, and Iām well aware of the fact that I can have an over-inflated self image at those times. thatās every bit as dangerous as having a low self image. I can get destructive, feel invincible, and do some really dumb shit.
Anyway, if anyone wants to talk just PM me. We can Skype or whatever and talk about damn near anything. Iām happy to be alive and I feel like Iām truly living for the first time in my life.
Iāve never been diagnosed officially, but by looking at my symptoms, I can see that I have ADHD. I was also officially diagnosed with OCD and bi-polar disorder.
Iām not saying that I am a genius, but many people with ADHD are geniuses.
add me to facebook or something, if you havenāt already. Some days, I sure as fuck could use somebody to talk to. No family means I basically only talk to my friends when they aināt working, or Iām working.
I was on adderal in jr. High and early high school and I hated it. It made me sleepy for the first half the day then I would get mood swings the second half the day.
When I ended up having to move out of state with my parents when I 19 despite having a job, girlfriend and was getting an apartment with friends I ended up severe depression (my parents couldnāt figure out why) so I tried getting on antidepressants and all it did was make me lazy and I gained a shit ton of wait because of it. I would just lay in bed all day and play PS3. So it didnāt really do anything.
My gf is bi-polar and has depression.
Best thing that ever helped her was a psychologist. She refuses drugs because they put her in a state that she feels she is not in control of. Whereas a psychologist makes her understand things more clearly and she can control herself or do activities that limit the negatives.
This alays seems to be the best case for a lot of people I know who are bipolar. Your mind is ready chemically not where it should be. All drugs seem to do is further that or give very short bursts of results that have no long term advantage; if any.
I had a really good friend who was bipolar and her mom tried to make her take any pill possible to help with it but none of them did but after 3-4 sessions with a psychiatrist who specialized with bipolar disorder and ocd she was a completely different person; for lack of a better phrase. You could just tell shit clicked with her more, she started going back to school and Was genuinely happy most days. She had her really bad days every once in a while but who doesnāt? Mental disorder or not.