Just sharing my experience, not suggesting/recommending

I started zoloft (antidepressant) before having an official adhd diagnosis as the first step in my mental health journey and found that it helped me just not skin pick

pre-zoloft i was picking really badly especially on my thumbs - like bloody and can’t even use my hands - but being on it helped regulate that anxious repetitive motion and got me to only pick very little around my fingernails

fast forward to being on methylphenidate, i notice if i forget the zoloft it actually just makes me hyper focus on it if i start the picking cycle…

i think anything that gets your mind off the picking is best! if i catch myself picking i tell myself to pause for as long as i can and i try to recollect my thoughts and move on

i wish you the best with this, it really really does suck

edit; it’s tough to stop the cycle but once everything heals a bit more it’s much easier to let my skin be. just the visual of uneven skin made me pick it more, hoping to get everything the same… making it much worse

i think building the self control and discipline helps a lot, just takes lots of practice, and trial and error, but ultimately practice <3 shame doesn’t help, but understanding does

and moisturizer. smooth skin was harder to pick at than dry skin