The power of medication!!! Thank fucking God for amphetamines. It's like night and day and you're not perpetually tired no matter how great your sleep is.

Every day is like that one day two months ago when you woke up feeling normal and good despite a random amount of sleep you had prior lol.

[–] ButtholeSpiders@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago

God, maybe I do have ADHD. I’m always super stressed and always tired. I feel like a depressed Slowpoke anymore.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

god I know!! meds can be absolutely life changing, before my diagnosis and starting medication I wouldn't be able to do half the things I do now--living independently, going to school, working. Granted I also take them for narcolepsy, but the ability to overcome my adhd symptoms has been unbelievable.

Sorry lmao, I just got excited cause someone understands the hype!!1!

To most of my friends I probably just sound like a drug addict lmao.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bring constantly tired is an ADHD thing? I thought it was mostly depression related.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Always being tired can he caused by a wide array of things, ADHD and depression just being two of them.

Personally I find having to force myself all day to focus on getting work-related stuff done just plain exhausting, feels like running a mental marathon day after day.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I have Panic Disorder in remission. I sucked it up and saw a doctor after. I was loosely diagnosed with ADHD as a child which my mom ignored since it was the phase of they're just hard and full of energy you shouldn't be a parent if you can't handle it! Phase. Too prideful for government handouts too.

I've known I had mild-moderate depression for a while prior which I self medicated in booze. General anxiety disorder since so many of them are comorbid. Never suicidal, but always felt numb and felt like I don't feel the same highs and lows as other people.

Basically I'd been having anxiety attacks since my 20s thinking of the nothingness after death. I then had two panic attacks after heavy days of drinking prior.

Adhd has bad executive dysfunction issues with starting tasks but I could generally finish when started. I vibrate and have to move almost always, shaking leg, playing with shit in my hands, etc.

The tiredness comes from all of it. You get super tired and frustrated from things you have difficulty doing.

ADHD combined type, gad, mild-moderate depression, panic disorder in remission. Took about 2 years to get my meds right and it's always a little balancing every six months now. But out of all the meds I started, Adderall and Vyvanse (fuck the generic wait period) had the most night and day effect.

I also take shit for asthma, high blood pressure, and meds that work on all the ADHD, depression, gad.

For people with alcohol issues, I also highly recommend Naltrexone. Curbed my drinking by a LOT. I can still be a functioning alcoholic if I wanted to be, but the default of drinking is no longer there. I just drink if I'm mind numbingly bored now.

[–] polysexualstick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I wish meds were like this for everyone, for me it's just "you can concentrate for like 15-20 minutes now instead of 5-10 but in turn you get the shits like you downed half a carton of rotten eggs"