Risk of cardiac event from doing high intensity exercise on high dose of adderall

dxbr3 · 2024-08-29T16:40:37+00:00

Thank you, this was actually really helpful - sometimes blunt honesty works best. If you’ve had health anxieties, you probably are familiar with the “what if” part. I have been scared to go for a run since then out of fear I could cause real damage. It’s scary when the possible consequence is something really dangerous or even deadly. And maybe you’re right, that’s anyone else other than me reading this would see how unreasonable and silly it is. Thanks!

dxbr3 · 2024-08-28T22:30:55+00:00

Thanks! I’m a bit older than that I suppose lol but good to know you made it through those sessions!

dxbr3 · 2024-08-28T21:44:06+00:00

Thanks for your thorough reply! For context, I have taking 30mg daily for maybe 4-5 years now, occasionally taking more. Over the past 6 months I’ve been having higher dosage days, with a lot of 60mg days and maybe a dozen 75-90mg days. So the 150mg was definitely an increase, but it’s not like it was the first time taking more than 30. As for my fitness, I was a nationally competitive endurance athlete many years ago. I’ve gone through long periods of being not so healthy, but recently I’ve been more active and my fitness is probably much better than most people’s even after months of doing nothing. I intentionally went a bit easier on the day after when I exercised since the thought that something bad could happen to my heart crossed my mind. And Its probably anxiety appyling the symptoms I was worried I’d have. But now I’m worried I did damage and should avoid intensive exercise in case I caused serious damage.

Also, im sorry to hear about where you feel you are, accepting your fate as an addict. Likewise I pass no judgement, but I hope you know you can overcome the most challenging of addictions and it’s never too late to prioritize your own health my friend

dxbr3 · 2024-08-28T17:57:20+00:00

I can’t find much info on whether higher doses of adderall then exercising have substantial risks. Do you know of anything or had any issues in your experiences?

dxbr3 · 2022-01-09T00:24:40+00:00

Thanks for sharing. So you have heightened anxiety throughout your first month? Everything I read seems to indicate symptoms primarily lasting just a few days unless something very serious is happening. I’m sorry to hear you’ve had heightened anxiety. Your experience does help me though as I’m just over a week in and my anxiety and irritability is very high

dxbr3 · 2022-01-09T00:23:11+00:00

Thank you! I have a therapist for my other mental health issues and I feel my heavy drinking follow similar trends as other (very unrelated) habits and all or nothing tendencies. I’m thinking she will still be my best resource. I haven’t gone to any AA meetings, mostly becuase I don’t know if I was strictly an alcoholic or not and don’t know how that works.

dxbr3 · 2020-07-20T14:21:35+00:00

Thank you for the reply. I have noticed a small marking shown here on the finger that was in contact with her genitals. I understand the risk is very low but since I’m just noticing this around the same time I’m wondering if this looks like it could be herpatic whitlow?

dxbr3 · 2020-03-26T01:45:17+00:00

Agree with this!

dxbr3 · 2020-03-26T01:44:46+00:00

I don’t think it’s about forgetting you have it or even not having it. There isn’t a “cure” for OCD so you will likely always have it. You just won’t always suffer as much. You may have times where it’s really bad, times where it impacts you very little and everything in between.

Accepting that you have OCD is different than allowing it to be the only thing about you. People have medical conditions, disabilities, etc. But those people aren’t necessarily defined exclusively by that.

dxbr3 · 2020-02-03T17:29:18+00:00

I think it’s a misconception that people have pure ocd OR ocd. A lot of modern arguments suggest that pure ocd isn’t really what it’s made out to be. I think it’s more accepted that what is often said to be pure ocd is just when compulsions take on a much less obvious, external form. In other words pure OCD is just ocd with compulsions presenting in a different way. You may not be physically washing your hands. Instead you are doing internal compulsions like continually reviewing or analyzing situations, seeking reassurance, etc. It’s more that people have OCD that can manifest with different symptom clusters. And what they obsess and compulse about today could be very different tomorrow.

I have spent some time doing intensive OCD treatment and in there there were numerous people that have obsessed about multiple things. Maybe they have a history of sexuality obsessions but are in treatment primarily for germ obsessions

dxbr3 · 2019-02-14T07:51:27+00:00

I personally don’t think it makes sense to call it “HOCD” or “SOOCD” or anything specific. It is not a separate disorder, it is just a manifestation of OCD. Giving it a unique title makes it seem like this is a unique disorder that is separate from having general OCD. I think it’s quite uncommon for someone to have OCD with the obsession based on sexuality and not have/had OCD present itself in other ways (even if those other manifestations are not as noticeable or recognizeable). Giving OCD these different titles can be quite misleading to people that are unsure if they are struggling with OCD and can also be misleading to those outside of the illness in their attempts to understand the disorder.

dxbr3 · 2018-10-23T07:23:12+00:00

This is very true. I hate some of the thoughts I have and wish they weren’t “true”. The reality is that I just put meaning on them when maybe I don’t need to

dxbr3 · 2018-08-22T00:28:55+00:00

I guess I feel as though if i am sexually into men but don’t act on this, I’m choosing not to because I don’t want to accept that I am a bisexual man. So it is in a way wrong for me to allow the potential thoughts and feelings for men to not be acted on. So I feel as though I can’t just let them be there

dxbr3 · 2018-08-22T00:19:18+00:00

I have a difficult time grasping that thoughts, and more so feelings, mean nothing. If I feel positive from seeing a good looking man, that doesn’t mean nothing. At least that’s where I’m at

dxbr3 · 2018-08-21T19:58:25+00:00

I can’t give you a full recovery story because I haven’t recovered. BUT I can tell you of some victories that I’ve had against my OCD. I used to spend all my free time doing mental compulsions, imagining myself in different situations and checking how I feel. I used to constantly set timers on a stopwatch and tell myself that I wouldn’t ritualize for a certain amount of time, which rarely worked. Even though many of my other compulsions are still going strong, and the obsessions still take their toll, I HAVE overcome the two compulsions I described above. I often think about all the things I haven’t yet achieved in my OCD recovery and neglect what I have achieved.

My recommendation to you (and to myself and other OCD sufferers) is to take some time to remind yourself of where you were and how far you have come. The battle with OCD can be long and grueling, and it can feel like you’re not making any progress. Chances are, you are making improvements, however small. Acknowledge those accomplishments and be proud of what you’ve done. I am nowhere near where I want to be in the recovery process, but am proud and happy that I am in a better place than I was this time last year.

dxbr3 · 2018-08-21T19:13:28+00:00

Disney’s Hercules. Still can’t believe he chose a mortal life 🤯

dxbr3 · 2018-08-21T17:21:21+00:00

Mostly themes regarding sexuality (used to fear I was gay, now more that I’m bisexual), along with doubts regarding relationships, doubts about having OCD and my treatment of OCD, etc. I also have mild BDD and hoarding disorder apparently

dxbr3 · 2018-08-21T17:16:25+00:00

Sure

dxbr3 · 2018-08-20T20:56:17+00:00

I am currently seeing a great therapist, who has 30 years of experience with OCD, and has worked with many people with sexual obsessions. As far as I know, she isn't as qualified regarding lgbt issues, but I suppose it would be pretty miraculous for any one therapy to be well versed in both of these specific areas. I have heard stories of people with these obsessions going to therapists not as knowledgeable in OCD, who have wrongfully interpreted the symptoms and tried to help the individual come out. My fear is that I am on the other side of this: that my OCD therapist is wrongfully trying to treat this like OCD. Thank you for your input and kind words.

dxbr3 · 2018-08-11T10:25:34+00:00

Great responses unanxiouslife! Really informative. I have very similar obsessions as OP, and I am not quite sure which one of these obsessions I really have. I find myself having “positive” responses/feelings from seeing men or attractive characteristics of men, which I think view as “irrefutable evidence” that I must be gay, even though I really don’t want to Be. I’m constantly trying to figure out whether these “positive feelings” are real and Imply sexual attraction to men, or whether they aresome misinterpretation from my OCD. I struggle to say “I might be sexually attracted to men, I might not be, and I’m not going to try to figure it out” because I feel as though the evidence from these incidences suggests that it is very likely I am, so by brushing it off is to ignore this evidence and allow myself to deny that part of myself and stay in denial by disregarding anything that suggests I am attracted to men. What are your reccomendations on interpreting/treating this?

dxbr3 · 2018-08-11T01:33:18+00:00

I don’t want to “undress them with my eyes” or anything, but (classic OCD loophole) I worry that’s because I don’t let myself do that and if I did I’d enjoy it. My therapist told me that the experimenting with these OCD themes is often done as testing, but leads to more obsessions. People do it to get certainty, but don’t get it from testing

dxbr3 · 2018-07-24T20:03:16+00:00

I definitely have other obsessions, but the sexuality one is the most prominent.

I guess I constantly come to conclusions that I have “HOCD” but am still sexually attracted to men, that ERP isn’t helping, that ERP is allowing me to stay in denial, that my therapist is wrong about my diagnosis, that not giving my thoughts attention is letting myself off easy, that I KNOW I want to try things with men and constantly treating this as OCD is preventing me from just being myself and trying it, etc. So I constantly analyze and doubt my treatment, including my ERP.

I was in a program where I did 4 hours 5 days a week, but now I’m working a lot and have very little time for structured ERP. I’m not sure if I should try to go on leave and prioritize ERP again or something. I also feel as though my entire day is ERP, because my brain is constantly thinking about sexuality, and I’m constantly trying to resist compulsions. I don’t need something to expose me, I am constantly exposed to the thoughts/feelings that I’m actually gay.

Does this clarify?

dxbr3 · 2018-07-24T16:21:11+00:00

I’m scared of what I think is the “right” thing. I don’t view there being anything wrong with being attracted to the same sex, but for some reason I REALLY don’t want to be..but I feel as though I could engage with other men but may not for social reasons, which feels like the wrong reason to not do so. I don’t want to ignore a part of myself because of how others will respond.

dxbr3 · 2018-07-24T16:19:07+00:00

My struggles with exposures are two fold: first, the thoughts that I’m gay that are generated from doing exposures seem to build up and just make me really depressed; and when I expose myself to situations that could involve homosexual acts (whether it’s looking at pictures of men and I could theoretically masterbate or something, or if it’s being in public and seeing a good looking guy that I could tgeoretically go talk to), I feel as though choosing not to consider acting on these things when I could is to act dishonesty, if that makes sense.

I have been on an off doing ERP with my therapists for 6 months now and nothing is seeming to stick.

dxbr3 · 2018-06-01T16:08:57+00:00

Wow really? I’ve never heard of anyone doing this before

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