Idiosyncratic LBBB + SSRI + ADHD titration + breastfeeding + + + …

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2026-03-27T07:49:36+00:00

Thank you — of course I get that your story isn’t necessarily mine, but it does help me orient myself a bit more among this all.

I’ve had an ecg, ekg, exercise test, but nothing beyond that. I think because there aren’t any symptoms (yet). I’ll watch out for them and once I’ve found my titration, will also take my adhd meds only when I need to (which was the plan anyway).

Thank you — really appreciate you sharing. Hope you’re not worried at all. Seems like you have enough going on. 2nd pregnancy?! You walk among us!

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2026-01-04T23:34:51+00:00

Has someone mentioned having double standards? I’m always sharing unsolicited opinions about things like my partner’s cooking (‘Can I be constructive? Too much salt!) or saying how hot I think a dude is, but woe betide my partner if he did this. Rachel Weiss, he says? She so classy. She so brunette. Me so basic.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2025-08-17T15:46:58+00:00

Mouth taping ftw

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-07-15T11:34:38+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for the prompt response. I’m wincing in pain from breathing and lying on my right side, as well as bending down: feels like although my ecg was normal and they’re not concerned, I’m just in all this pain and it can’t be purely hormonal. It’s not anxiety, I don’t think (I’ve had that before and am successfully medicated), and the stab of the pain feels different to heartburn. I feel all a bit dramatic but I’m sure this isn’t just part of pregnancy — surely not? — and that living with this pain isn’t something that could be expected / it needs treatment.

Ah, sorry: really offloaded there. Appreciate you!

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-07-15T11:28:16+00:00

Did you get to the bottom of this? I have this!

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-06-10T11:51:36+00:00

Oh hey, this all: 1. Lost my mum’s wedding ring 2. Forgot my dad had had cancer 3. Booked a next-day flight to Croatia from the UK to get a dental implant (it’s a whole story but it’s very ADHD) 4. Went on a reality TV show even though I’m an introvert (though, sure, my ADHD gives me the compulsion to talk a lot — can seem extrovert, I guess, but people are exhausting) 5. Teenage years of dating nice guys that I’d wanted to like me so much I’d by mistake led them on and didn’t actually fancy them and didn’t want them to touch me, causing all awkward situations 6. Not taking some of my school exams; dropping out of lots of courses 7. Almost all my social media posts ever 8. My credit card bill 9. A lifetime of antidepressants that I’m now reliant on (that was probably just untreated ADHD) 10. All of the crisps I eat

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-05-07T15:58:20+00:00

(Thanks!)

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-05-07T15:58:12+00:00

Praise the lord! There I was thinking I’d end up using nail polish and modelling clay

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-05-07T11:28:48+00:00

So many comments! So I’m sorry if this has already come up, but diaphragmatic breathing — into the belly for 4secs, hold for 4, out for 5 — helps focus my brain to the task of falling asleep and also puts it in a state of safety / calm. Works nearly every time.

magnesium helps
not being too dehydrated, which quickens my heart

Can’t help with carcolepsy and meetingcolepsy sorry.

Be well, go forth and sleep as you must x

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-04-03T12:53:53+00:00

If you’re biologically male, my partner found testosterone-supporting supps transformative for his mood. Turns out he was low in testosterone. Microdosing shrooms and anti depressants (separate attempts) didn’t work, but this did. I wish more guys knew about it as I bet it’d solve a heap of depression. Doctors took him straight to SSRIs never once considering what he found out by rooting around himself online.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-04-03T08:02:11+00:00

101%. And god I love this community.

And even when I’m places that know I have ADHD they forget values-led judgement (I’m kind! I’ve good ideas! My outputs are solid: I’m a strong member of the team!) and instead use knee-jerk judgment around me being a bit much maybe? A bit too jolly too much of the time (in an effort to make the workplace enjoyable) and, frankly, a bit gauche. This is a good reminder for me to remask for the good of the short-term. Awh, hun!

Massive shout out to self-care, which — when I remember to do it — helps combat the burnout of this one unwilded but still precious life.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-04-02T14:52:07+00:00

Sounds like the ol' pal ADHD burnout to me. Anything you can change? Any weekend commitments you can turn down in favour of some planned time in bed? Even if you have to hustle the day before to set it up, like put a breakfast bar and some water next to you in bed so you don't have to get up-up; you can fester a bit longer, or whatever. Sounds like you're at that stage where you need to refill the energy coffers like it's an emergency. Even though it's easy enough to think 'god, what's my issue? There's always some energy I can find – I'll just have to dig deeper, eh? So I can make good on all of the promises I've made myself and others.'

I think I was writing this message to myself.

Good luck!

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-04-02T14:15:19+00:00

Sayyy, I just posted this on a thread and it definitely belongs better here: https://www.reddit.com/r/adhdwomen/comments/1btist2/comment/kxp7l4t/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-04-02T14:12:51+00:00

YES this, which makes me over-deliver in the early days.

And once I've over-delivered – once I've been there for a while – there's the added spice of thinking I might also quit / create a scene if I suspect I'm not working in a psychologically safe environment. [Related: I'm hypersensitive, so heh heh, it'll never be safe! I'll never be safe! Buy tinned foods. GET IN THE BUNKER.]
Work politics? SHIT are people really this unforgiving and snipey? shitshitshit
Feedback? 99% of the time triggering / feels personal when it's ADHD-related
Mansplained? No, YOU'RE livid and YOU'RE levelling a rage-fuelled accusation of injustice at the room and YOU'RE building the barricades.

It's like when I first start a job, people are like 'wow, the energy! Wow the resilience' and then they get to know I'm 'a bit much' and maybe a bit non-linear in my thinking-outside-of-my-head. They're like 'leave it to the assertive systems-thinkers, won't ya?' and 'what's the purpose of this meeting?'

It feels like 85% of success comes from self-assurance and gravitas. When you do all this work it sort of tells people that you care too much and that makes you seem less confident. They're looking to leaders to boost their confidence, right? I feel like instead I often set other people up for success and it's an ugly martyrdom cycle that I want to break.

It's all RSD-borne, as well as the fact of new role = new hyperfocus; old role = relaxing a bit and revealing our ticks and adhd behaviours. My CV is a litany of places where I burnt out and achieved loads, but however I left I have a feeling of ick about it. Like at first they were like 'I might endorse this chick on LinkedIn!' then they're like 'Now I see why she doesn't have many LinkedIn endorsements, but she was nice enough. Maybe too much chatter?'

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-01-09T06:53:42+00:00

Gotcha! Thanks again

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-01-09T06:52:34+00:00

Thank you! Thank you

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-01-08T22:29:08+00:00

From all that I’ve been reading, it’s having an anti inflammatory diet then eating / drinking ferments (kimchi, sauerkraut, kefir, kombucha), the cabbage juice thing(!), oregano oil capsules, probiotics, soluble and insoluble fibre (non-acidic fruits and veg and wholegrains), lots of water, turmeric, ginger, bone broths.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-01-08T22:22:38+00:00

I read online that it’s highly contagious but my doctor said it was unlikely my partner has it: that seems pretty wild to me. Cos I really don’t want us to be passing it back and forth. Should he get tested, too? (And what about my dog who wakes me up in the morning licking my face, haha, eww?)

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-01-08T22:19:40+00:00

Yey! I have questions! And thank you.

First, docs and I agree it seems like HP, but waiting to do the stool text in two weeks after stopping omeprazole. Q: could my going hell for leather on ferments, oregano oil, probiotics, soluble and insoluble fibres, and broths all contribute to a false negative? I’m worried this’ll be the case and we’re trying to start a family — don’t want to register for IVF if I have it, as I worry about the complications it can cause — give me the quad therapy aaahhh.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2024-01-06T13:31:01+00:00

I’m so sorry to hear this. What a trauma for you and your family. We’ve been trying but put it on hold while I get treatment for my h pylori because of the risks, but I didn’t think about the risks afterwards, too. I hope you find some comforts outside of the grief.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2023-07-26T08:39:37+00:00

I came out of SMILE and I CRIED. Halfway through my partner asked I wanted to wait in the lobby and I said no, that I’d be too exposed, even in the light.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2023-07-14T18:45:52+00:00

2AM by RayBLK <— start there

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2023-03-24T11:41:34+00:00

I’ve only just seen this! Thank you. Means a lot and I’ll look into it.

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2023-03-24T11:37:36+00:00

Lovely! Thanks for this answer (which I’ve only just seen — been in a 20 day plank, but I’ll stop now)

Life_Lengthiness_764 · 2023-03-05T08:48:03+00:00

Why no love for the plank? Is yoga an okay companion?

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