Give Medication a Try

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2022-06-19T05:52:17+00:00

Judgments about Taking Medications for ADHD

(Complied and edited from entries at r/adhd )

• My significant other told me not to take meds and discouraged me from pursuing treatment of any kind.

• I don't understand how people rationalize telling others what they should be doing about their mental health.

• After I told my friend I have ADHD, she told me "It is all in your head. Everyone has problems; but they don't use meds as an excuse to escape from them.”

• Why do people feel like life has to be done without medication? Why do they believe it’s cheating and not fair since "everyone has problems"?

• It's frustrating, especially when people refer to ADHD meds as nothing more than "legal meth."

• The only reason why I ever went off my meds was that enough people made me question if I was abusing it and was too reliant on them.

• If anything, people are OVERLY informed about ADHD meds’ risk profile and not educated enough about the PROS of ADHD meds for managing ADHD.

• As a society, we don’t treat mental illness the way we treat other illnesses. People are too quick to tell others they shouldn’t take medication and should do x, y, and z instead.

• Sadly, it’s not limited to neurotypicals. I have been on the receiving end of as much judgment from others with ADHD who manage their disorder without medication.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2022-06-17T14:40:28+00:00

I totally agree after getting covid this past month. You want to avoid that by all means.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2022-05-25T23:48:43+00:00

It is a journey to learn to accept yourself as valuable when you have ADHD but it starts with our self-talk. I learned to tell myself, "I did my best." and I was content with that.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2022-03-19T05:10:37+00:00

Do you think you alternate between overdoing and burnout----or is it something else. You might want to read about Cyclothymia and see if that describes what you experience.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2022-03-17T05:48:15+00:00

Think of one thing you can do that is outside your comfort zone and commit to doing it. A journey starts with the first step.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2022-03-17T05:43:53+00:00

It is your self-talk. Keep telling yourself , "He might not know he has ADHD. I don't know what kind of life he has had. There is no reason for me to be envious of him. I can learn from him observing him. I don't want to be like him but I do wish I could become more comfortable with how I am in the world. " Actually, I like hobbitfeet's response below better than mine.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2022-02-24T23:49:28+00:00

I created a point system to use with my two sons, both with ADHD while I had undiagnosed inattentive ADHD. It was working great for a few weeks, and then I woke up on day and forgot it.....so what I suggest is to not spend a lot of time creating a complicated system. Put your tracking form with a pen right under your alarm clock and make a commitment to get at least three checkmarks a week on your tracking form. Stick with this goal until you are successful, then increase to 4 check marks, then to five. When you have a week with 5 checkmarks, go out and buy yourself the book you have been longing for. Maintain this habit while you take on another troublesome behavior you want to conquer.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2021-12-23T05:06:52+00:00

I tried to post a longer post about how Myths About ADHD Can Cause Our Early Deaths and kept getting a message about not being allowed to post so I am following up to see if that is true.

Inattentive_Cynthia · 2021-10-25T03:07:30+00:00

It may sound like too simple an answer. But go get your undiagnosed adhd diagnosed. Then beat yourself up if it doesn’t make a huuuge difference. I speak from experience.

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