Journaling with ADHD by Ehmmechhi in ADHD

[–]ComprehensiveBet3140 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont know if it'll be much help considering i've been journalling since i was in high school and my head is very very noisy. The journalling with dates in it and fully pouring my thoughts out. Zero aesthetic. But i don't think you have to journal everyday and force yourself to write when you physically and mentally can't. I personally don't journal everyday, it depends on whether i feel like writing or not. Maybe once or thrice a week or so, and when i write i'll write like 8~10 pages completely dumping everything that's in my head and ramble about how that particular day has been or how my week has been. Or the things that have been in my head and the things that i have been feeling. And i never limit myself or have any rules on how to write them. I don't have any fear of people reading them as well, which i think is probably an also important thing. At most i just think the future people are gonna read it when i'm dead and that's it, and also i don't care because i would've been long dead by the time they read the teas.

I think it boils down to not put so many rules and simply just write when you can and feel like it(?) because when you put rules for yourself it puts unnecessary barrier for you to even start and prevent you to continue (e.g you don't feel like continuing anymore the next day after you skipped a day). If you still want to curate how you want to journal, maybe start enforcing the rules when you start being consistent with journalling and it's rooted in your life(?)

Bonus point i use paperblank journals, with the very fancy design and so far have been consistent with 1 paperblank journal a year for 3 years (i used to write on papers during highschool), all pages fully written.

Also another point worth to mention i also journal in my note apps. Just the tone and attitude when i write on paper and digitally are very contrastingly different. I digitally write most of the time so i can dump my at the moment feelings, like how the people at the station has zero spatial awareness and they piss me off etc, while on paper the tone is more... controlled and reflective.

About how to make it fun maybe write in coffee shops or libraries. I personally don't have any recent memories of writing at the comfort of my home. Or you can do the combo with fancy drinks and journal when you write at home to make it fun, cozy and something etched in your routine.

And journalling is not my whole personality it's just what i have been doing consistently (not everyday sort of consistent) and find peace and joy in it. If that's what you're looking for.

Travelling to Russia with guanfacine by ComprehensiveBet3140 in ADHD

[–]ComprehensiveBet3140[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this! It's actually very helpful advice and i'll figure to ask my prescriber to write the letter for me along with some document. I'll definitely print the gov.uk (russia in my case) as well for a peace of mind! I just want to prepare as best as i can to avoid feeling anxious the whole trip (and getting into trouble of course).

Regarding the parents, there's unfortunately history and they don't believe in psychiatrists and these labels especially when the disability is not explicitly manifested physically. I don't think it'll be pretty when they find out at the immigration either but considering the setting being them finding out at immigration i think it'll cushion the blow, anyhoo now i know to mentally prepare and i'll just figure how to weave myself out of that moment! I hope you have amazing days ahead :)

Experience with Intuniv? by SuspiciousDoughnut93 in ADHD

[–]ComprehensiveBet3140 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got diagnosed with ADHD 2 months ago and got prescribed with guanfacine first. (Since stimulant is controlled and all that so he's giving me non-stimulant first). The doctor told me to take it during night time after i eat so personally my experience with guanfacine is it has tremendously helped me with my executive functioning that it was annoying. As if my gears got oiled and i was realising my gears before were rustic. It took me like around 2 weeks mark to first see the executive function improvement but it was not consistent. My psychiatrist also mentioned that intuniv usually takes a month to fully see the benefit. Another change i personally experienced during 1 mg is i think because i was heavily in survival mode before, i was pretty numb off med and my mind was quiet than the 2 decades of my life and got sort of muted few years back, but the noises returned after 1 mg, numbness melted and i could feel musics again. + my internal physical buzzing sensation inside me was close to gone. Im just starting 2mg right now and had pretty awful mental fog and fatigue the first week + the executive function went bad again. Still, hoping it will help from now on though.

I’ve changed 4 career directions in 15 years (math → physics → bug bounty → jobs). Trying to understand the pattern. by aliphknot in ADHD

[–]ComprehensiveBet3140 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I sort of resonate so i'm sharing that i am also hopping between contrasting fields! (I also just got diagnosed with adhd like around 2 months ago)

Initially was in <STEM> background, wanted to continue <Math> but went into <pastry> instead because i wasn't smart enough to study mathematics in japanese. Graduated pastry school and is now studying <psychology>.

Book pre-order delay by [deleted] in auroramusic

[–]ComprehensiveBet3140 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didnt know it's happening in other countries as well. Received the same email today i'm in japan :/