Anyone here suffer with ADHD? Is there any way around this bullshit?

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>>37527080

>Is there any way around this bullshit

No not really. I wasn't medicated/diagnosed until I was an adult and without medication, I generally lack the self-awareness and the ability to keep on track. The brain fog, delusions of grandeur, flights of ideas, intrusive thoughts, shifting emotions, detachment set in and I couldn't give less of a fuck about life and giving into my impulses. It's just too much fun and the rush just feels too good.

My only way to keep on track is use Habitica (App) and set alarms. Otherwise I'll just forget and go do other things to entertain myself

>>37527080
shit sucks
I'm getting meds soon, if they don't help I'll just an hero
fuck living with this

I can't keep still on the chair to study or read... but i didn't see a doctor. Do you suffer from that?

>>37527277
>>37527228
>>37527170
Literally me. Every bit of it. I don't know how much longer I can go on with this bull.

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its the lack of self awareness that kills me

currently trying to self medicate with a fuck-ton of weed

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>>37527344

How far has it gotten?

Do your friends/coworkers people around you tell you to slow down because you mumble your words?
Do you love attention, feel like you got to be the center of it every where you go because you are ALWAYS BORED?
Do you constantly interupt your peers and it's not even consciously mean to?
Do you got delusions of grandeur to where you have the amazing plans in your head (not realistic plans).
Have you started writing notes down and taping/tacking them to the walls of your room?
Are you so impulsive and full of energy that you do stupid fucking things and it doesn't even phase you if you fucked up socially, financially, or otherwise until a few weeks later when you are in your bed telling yourself to not think about it?

It gets worse Anon. I'd advise getting meds quickly.

>>37527080
>I can't keep still on the chair to study or read

This is probably the most irritating problem, I'm always moving my legs or tapping my fingers on the desk. I can't stay focused on anything because my fucking stupid brain is always thinking about something else whenever I'm trying to read or write or listen to a lecture, there is no fucking way I'm going to get through college with this bullshit

I started meditating recently, can this help me at all?

>>37527678

Can you stick to it? The problem with the all above mentioned posts the ability to remember or even think about daily tasks that aren't important at the moment. We live in the now, and meditating is about impossible because we can't "hear" our thoughts. We have to talk aloud in order to sort out thoughts. Meditating is difficult without the ability to use it properly because the brain fog prevents it.

you guys in the us have it easy, here just getting diagnosed is difficult

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>>37527080
>tfw don't believe in ADHD but gladly accept the drugs

Adderall got me through 2 years of uni so far

>>37527860
I've heard that adderall is practically meth and the effects wind up becoming less potent after a while.

>>37527080
Legal meth

>>37527986
>practically
yeah and codeine is practically heroin right

Adhd is not real, you are just lazy

>>37527986
That's like saying methylone is the same thing as MDMA. Same class of drugs and nearly identical structure and effects but very different safety profile

guys before highschool i only had assburgers
then during and after i have most of the stuff you guys are talking about
is adhd contagious?

>>37528020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder#Pathophysiology

>>37528050
Comorbidity nigga

I've been medicated for year and I'm just now starting to feel normal. However when I forget to take them I have to fight myself

are psychological evaluations demeaning or embarrassing?

Want to get diagnosed, but afraid the people testing me might judge me/bully me.

>>37528111
you just gotta fight it anon

>>37528077
damn i used to be really good at schoolwork now i dont even know how to divide without a calculator

>>37528057
Yes goyim, listen to the (((pharmacologist)))!

Something is wrong with you and these pills will fix it!

>>37528198
>well researched genetic basis
>observable physiological differences in brain structure
it's totally not real guys

>>37528198
ive never taken any pills voluntarily

>>37528333
tell me about the time you involuntarily took pills

>>37528253
Poor habits can change brain structure too, what's your point

>>37528372
mum slipped them into my hot chocolate

>>37528388
are poor habits real?

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>>37528394
orginalaugharoo

>>37528420
No. They can be changed just like ADHD

>>37528449
man it was a HORRIFIC experience please dont laugh

>>37527080
I was diagnosed but I'm trying to get also diagnosed with aspergers because ADHD is the worst meme disease there is. It's real enough to fuck up your life but nobody takes it seriously.
I learned quite a lot though, basically to learn I just use things like wikipedia where you can constantly click links to other things, and I open them in new tabs, and then i read those until I get bored too, since I'm constantly switching tasks (I have 3 books open right now as PDFs, two have been open for weeks.) I can placate that desire, but I'm also reading a lot.

It's not much use for academic learning though (except maybe politics and history courses.), it's more like learning a lot of trivia.

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>says he has adhd+anxiety.
>pulls out pic related.
"yea it helps with my stress, makes me more focused."

>>37528496
I think you'll find that poor habits do actually exist

>>37528556
They exist but they cannot be thought of as a setback. You are not born with poor habits, nor are you Born with ADHD

>>37528554
The fuck is that thing?
org

>>37528583
>nor are you Born with ADHD
I'll reiterate
>well researched genetic basis

>>37528618
>well researched
Says dr steinberg

Now shut up and eat your pills, slave

>>37527080
Bro it's literally so easy to get an adhd prescription, all u have to do is say you have problems focusing in school/work,
and it's inhibiting your ability to do your work. During the visit just fidget a lot and act like ur barely paying attention for some brownie points. ADHD is one of those problems that they really can't check for, and even if you've got a mild form then they'll still write u a prescription.

>>37528635
let me guess, depression isn't real either: you're just sad.

actually when it comes to depression my inclination is to believe the pills are just the wrong approach - the real problem is that society is shit and living standards are declining, which is triggering the biological cause of increased depression - because i like the hypothesis that it's an evolutionary adaptation for unnecessary people in declining communities to consume less and compete less for hierarchical positions. Because it would be much more expensive and difficult to re-establish a prosperous society for everyone than it is to just churn out pills, we take the pill option.

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>>37528635
says drs kebir, tabbane, sengupta, joober, berry, sotnikova, caron, gainetdinov, arcos-burgos, muenke, nikolaidis and gray actually

>>37528708
>>37527080
Also, some people don't like taking them cuz it makes em feel wired or whatever. If that's the case then you've got an extra money maker and you can sell them to some dumb college whores for 5-7 bucks a pill

i tried ritalin once didnt notice anything.

i better bang my head.

>>37528708
Wow look at this faggot who never has actually attempted to get ADHD pills! You have to take tests chief. Now if you actually have it you'll obviously get the scrip, the snag is that the tests cost thousands of dollars and often are not covered by insurance

>>37527080
I was diagnosed with ADD, not really the same but I was prescribed ritalin as a kid but I never took that shit. I just smoke weed now as an adult(sativa strains) and i'm capable of doing repetitive shit all day long for a pay check. If I didn't smoke i'd probably get bored and quit honestly.

>>37528753
I didn't have to take tests at all. Maybe your doctor is paranoid as hell. Currently prescribed 50 mg vyvanse and the most I ever had to do for it was piss in a cup.

I was first diagnosed with ADHD when I was only 5 years old and I know the struggles it comes with.
Ive taken nearly all the different kinds of medication and theyre all pretty much the same, they just make you feel weird, and it sucks because youre always consious that youre on the pills. After grade school I switched to only using them for exams because I find just being myself keeps me pretty happy. I feel like ive also learned to control it for the most part, which is hard. The pills generally mess up your social skills more than they help and they really alter your true personality, which is why I dont usually take them when I know im going to be in a social situation.

Any of you got amalgam fillings?

>>37528797
The laws changed in the early 2010s but you can be grandfathered in. I am grandfathered, but I know friends who have struggled to get pills these days. It's probably different state to state.

>>37527986
Compare pictures of a meth head after five years of use to the teenager taking adderall since the age of 10 you fucking moron.

Let us know what you find.

>>37528892
This. Taking a regulated (and very different) and controlled drug under the supervision of a doctor will yield very different results than abusing an unregulated and highly contaminated and adulterated drug you find on the street. It's kind of like the difference between the blow dentists had back in the 70's and 80's compared to what you find on the street nowadays. Or the difference between California weed and spice in the uk.

My advice, if you get the pills is:
Dont follow the direction on when to take it. Take one and if its not enough take two. But never take more than two, you'll become a zombie.
If you dont like the feeling of the pills stop taking them, tell your doctor you need to be prescribed something else and he'll 100% give you a different prescription, you can do this as many times as you want cause there's like a million different drugs for adhd.

I have it pretty bad, and often completely forget how bad my ADHD is until I see threads like this and remember just how many of the symptoms I get
>lack of concentration
>emotional instability
>instantaneous intrusive and distracting thoughts
>impulsive as fuck behavior
It's really the emotions and the impulsiveness I never connect. I fucking hate it! I forgot to reup my meds and now just have whiffed on that for several weeks straight.
Mental illness a fucking shit.

>>37527080
I'm on 54mg of concerta plus a antidepressant that has a stimulant effect called Trintellix*. If I didn't start taking meds I'd have killed myself. I also went to therapy for a long time to help curb my intrusive thinking patterns. Good luck, anon

An important thing for you to do if you're ADHD and suffering from anxiety and depression is to take into account that these problems are normal for people even without ADHD and that taking pills will not help you through the problem. I have found that pushing myself to do new things helps me feel better about myself

>>37528524
God damn it. You all are describing me too well.

Ive never been diagnosed but have been taking adderall for the past two years. I used to be a fatty as a kid, lost the weight before the adderall, and I feel my ex NEET lifestyle and shitty eating habits caused my 'ADHD' or what's now Adult ADHD.

Personally, I believe ADHD is more environmental than biological. There has to be an underlying issue that is triggered environmentally/externally and causes the ADHD to develop over a long period of time.

Exercise and a change of lifestyle changes everything. Once you pick up old habits though, then the ADHD will start to come back.

Im going into the Army soon. IT work, and I'm positive the military will sort my shit out.

I changed my major three fucking times already. I need a kick in the ass to get me going again.

If anyone seeking help for ADHD wants to be medicated, make sure to find a psychiatrist to do it. And make sure they know their shit about stimulants. I knew more about amphetamines than my doctors which is why I know a thing or two about the drug.

I smoked probably everyday through grade 11 and I honestly became addicted to it. I literally could not sleep if I was not high. Recently ive stopped doing it purely by mental will and ive never felt better. I thought tthat weed would help me with stuff like anxiety but really it just kills your socially skills and gives you weird thought, it honestly enhanced my anxiety when I did it. The media, celebrities, and pure pressure really does a good job brainwashing kids, including me might I add, into thinking weed is just the best thing ever but really its not that great.

>>37528609
Fidget spinner
All the rage

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That same shot happens to me and it pisses me off

>>37528753
Not if you're a functioning member of society (an adult dipshit).

Too bad mommy and daddy cant lie for you so you have to go spend countless hours every week taking shotty test with a pedophile to get your drugs.

lol at ADHD people saying fidget spinners actually help them focus - someone with ADH

>>37529130
It's largely a recreational drug mate. It's a good painkiller but it's mental medical applications are largely a meme generated by the need to circumvent prohibition.

>>37529170
Nigger at 23 I attempted to get the script in Massachusetts only to be told I would need to take some tests which would cost me 3000 dollars.

>>37529238
Well that's your fucking problem you little shit. You went in acting like a fucking autist to a psychiatrist. You can go to a doctor. Any M.D. with a valid DEA license can prescribe you any drug.

Learn to differentiate reality and /r9k/ so you can get your druggies, fagot.

Next time, just go jerk off on your doctor. That'll get you on drugs real quick.

I thought I had ADHD because all the symptoms were literally spot on with my lifestyle.

I went to a psychologist and got some testing done, lo and behold I actually have aspergers. Seems like the symptoms between that and ADHD are similar, not the same but definitely similar. I'm also heavily depressed, great.

I'm taking medication right now (adderall and vyvanse) and it's not helping me for shit. If anything, it's only keeping me awake instead of me sleeping the whole fucking day.

Have you ever thought of just saying home the whole day and not doing anything? Because that's what I have been doing...for the past 2 years. I'm 20, still living with parents. I try to think of going out and doing actual shit like getting a job, but my mind doesn't motivate me to do so. It's like how there are people who have different views on the world and almost NO ONE can change their view, simply because they grew up with that lifestyle and have never experienced someone else's.

Look up the term "hikikomori" if you've never heard of it. It's mainly used in Japan because there's so many people that are associated with that lifestyle, but there are definitely people outside of Japan that have the same symptoms. I would know, because I'm one of them.

>>37529452
>Have you ever thought of just saying home the whole day and not doing anything?
do you know where you are, mate?

>>37529452
>Have you ever thought of just saying home the whole day and not doing anything?
My life since I was thirteen. I am twenty-five now.

>>37529435
Nope, I went to an MD and he wanted me to go to a psychiatrist and take tests, despite the fact that I had been on medication for ADHD since I was 11 years old. I still can get the script in NY (and do). Go fuck yourself you assumptive retard

I find it impossible to motivate myself to do things I don't want to do and I can only focus on things I'm really interested in

is that ADHD?

>>37529663
possibly

You have been muted for 2 seconds, because your comment was not original

>>37529452
>Have you ever thought of just saying home the whole day and not doing anything? Because that's what I have been doing...for the past 2 years. I'm 20, still living with parents.
I know this feeling although I did try university. For a few days (weeks intermittently?) I went to class and everything and even tried socialising (with help of alcohol, which let me escape all the defence mechanisms i made in HS and "jus b myself", which was autismal but drunk normies didn't mind although they didn't really become friends either), then I said fuck it and spent like a month in my room on my laptop and went home.

It's kind of weird because for long enough I just thought I'd get out of HS and then things would all fall into place. Now I don't even expect anything to happen.

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Hey anon I've been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD by a school psychologist, I've got nothing but shame and resentment from other people. The undesirable urge to feel people like physically touch them, I've had the whole school hate me before. Always fidgeting, moving, can't focus, can't form relationships, mood swings, impulsive decisions that leave me fucked but rarely work out, socially awkward becuase of it. Then I hear some fucking Normies claim they have it becuase their doctor said they were having trouble paying attention class or some fuckinf normie says they think they have it for whatever reason. It drives me crazy they don't understand but they want to be different. I fucking hate everyone who isn't destroyed by it. Pic very related

>>37529865
>Always fidgeting, moving, can't focus, can't form relationships, mood swings, impulsive decisions that leave me fucked but rarely work out, socially awkward becuase of it. Then I hear some fucking Normies claim they have it becuase their doctor said they were having trouble paying attention class
right in the feels
maybe if they renamed it it wouldn't get overdiagnosed so hard
attention deficit is just a small part of the picture

>>37527986
Just use while college and try to pierce together a normal as possible life.

Except the guy that coined the whole ADHD fucking confessed he made it for money and nothing like this fucking exist. Noone of you ja sick. Youre all just lazy, miserable and terrible human beings. Youre no diffrent than tumblrinas claiming their morbid obesity is products of muh genetics.

Its not genetics. And youre not sick. Youre just shitty people refusing to face your problems. Seems pathetic af to me desu

>>37530341
>Its not genetics
literally google it you will find the exact genes and exact mutations that cause it

>>37527986
>the effects wind up becoming less potent after a while.
The ones I was on were like this, they'd wear off quickly. Daily does would go away by noon.

I think finding a REALLY REALLY enjoyable hobby that you like and plan your day around that. its hard to stay on track and you feel singled out. I was actually down in the dumps earlier today. I love doing cardio because I get to unleash all the energy and racing thoughts but you HAVE to work around it don't fight it :)

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>>37527080
No matter how hard I try, I just cannot bring myself to do a minute of study for my uni exams. I've tried drugs and energy drinks and making sure I've exercsied and eaten and slept properly and yet I still cannot do anything. I managed to force myself to open up a practice exam and get a pen but now I'm coming up with a million excuses not to do it and I'm borderline going insane trying to think about it. My brain just outright refuses to do any sort of work or thinking that I'm not enjoying at any given time.

I've done appallingly in school because of this, I should have studied more but even actually getting into study mode in the first place seems like an almost insurmountable taks, if I didn't have drugs or someone pushing me on, I doubt I would have finished high school.

I don't why the fuck I decided to go to uni, it's not for me, I'm not an academic person, I can't wait until I finally finish the upcoming exams and I get the rest of the year off because I'm taking a semester off. Hopefully I'll get to spend a lot more time on music and writing and shit I love and can actually do ok in.

>>37527860
>tfw someone saved your OC
Feels good

Also I've been diagnosed with ADHD at 28 and Concerta helped me a lot

>>37527472
I have a lot of those things. Sometimes I prattle on about something and normies just give me a confused and disgusted look like "what the fuck are you on?". I also interrupt almost everyone in conversations, way too much, and it infuriates people close to me or who deal with me a lot. People are saying something to me and I have the urge to just override them and start talking but they keep talking and I get irritated easily.

I have plans in my head that are ambitious even for geniuses, like complete a massive programming assignment in one night in a language I barely know when I only started coding a few months ago. Or write an opera or album in one day when I lack the discipline, skills, and experience, to even embark on tasks.

I'm not the anon you're replying to, I have a love hate relationships with adhd meds and my favourite so far is using vyvanse + sipps/coffee + berocca (dissolvable vitamin tablet), and getting up to stretch or run around the block every 20 mins. I struggle to sit still for an hour, but if I can have a tiny break every 20 mins and a massive break every few hours then it works a lot better for me.

>>37528111
No, had to talk to several and most are incredibly nice, understanding, and willing to listen. It's really hard to pick this, but if you're shrink has/had adhd or has a child with one then they're a lot more helpful, because they understand what it's like to actually have it.

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I literally got ADHD diagnosis last friday. I already got asperger's diagnosis about a year ago, and I've been doing regular schedules with my psychologist to talk about my issues. We were about to end the sessions because there was very little to do about my situation anymore and it was all pretty clear. She then decided to forward my file to a new doctor for a second opinion for the heck of it because the new doctor could have new viewpoints and methods that weren't tried yet etc.

I then got a new appointment to last friday, and we talked about my concentration issues. She said that the last doctor who was involved with my asperger's diagnosis acknowledged my concentration issues, but didn't think it qualified for ADHD diagnosis. The new doctor said that my asperger's would downplay the hyperactivity and other common symptoms related with ADHD, but I had all the concentration related issues.

I then got a prescription for a drug named concerta. I still haven't taken it, I was given about week or two of "thinking time" to ease myself to the idea of taking prescription drugs. Week-two because I need to make a new appointment after starting to take the pills so that we can discuss about the results with the psychologist.

I'm not exactly sure about the ADHD diagnosis because I'm not hyperactive or anything like that at all. I'm very quiet and keep things to my self. I do acknowledge that I have a very hard time with concentrating and my thoughts keep drifting all over the place. I also get very exhausted after concentrating on reading and I have to take breaks after every few pages because I get literally physically tired of it.

TL;DR:
Got asperger's, got ADHD, got a prescription for a drug named concerta. What am I in for?

Learn reading and writing when im 3 years old. They find out im genius with 141 IQ. Push me to competitive school. Cant focus on what they are teaching ,always behind everyone. Learn english when im 10 by watching cartoons.Noone believes in adhd here. Hurr duurr no excuses to slack , you are smart. Eventually drop out of high school after years of barely making it through.My math is at elementary level. top kek im a retard. I can only learn what really interests me at the moment.

>>37527228
i thought it was just a fake meme disorder? isnt that the general consensus? i have every single ADD symptom and suffered my entire life because of it but i got told its fake disorder is it?

>>37530014
>blaming all of your problems on a non existent disorder
I wish i could do this

>>37533524
I failed every single class in school because I couldnt concentrate, nobody thought it was strange and just ignored it and let me continue failing, I wish it could all be fixed with meme pills

The shitty thing is I could be a normalfag if I didn't have ADHD. And I hate normalfags that says ''muh superpower''...yes for you maybe. But my ADHD has fucking fucked up every fucking aspect of my life.

I've lost all my friends, I say weird things, I stumble on my words, I'm slow, I can't do anything for more than 15 minutes and hyperfocus sucks, I have black and white thinking and my emotions are in black and white, people think I'm lazy, I loose everything, people think I have an IQ of 80, I have aggression problems, I'm late to everything, I can't plan, I can't organize, I can't achieve my goals, I have failed my studies.

>>37527228
This. I will seriously off myself If medicine doesn't work.

>>37527384
Wtf, weed doesn't work, go to a doctor and get some pills.

>>37533512
how did you get a diagnosis? None of my family believes Its a real mental disorder

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>don't take meds
>end up getting distracted or brain fog and can't study or focus on thing I want to do
>take meds
>end up doing absolutely nothing and space out the entire day, that entire day might as well have been a dream
Suicide is looking more and more appealing every month that goes by.

>>37533639
Im exactly the same, but i cant tell if its ADHD or if im just fucking retarded , Ive tried Dexamphetamine and i can say 100% i would be a normie if i could take that all the time

Also, I have much potential, I'm smart and I'm very creative. I have load of ideas but I can't finish any project though, sometimes I can't even start with one cause I get too overwhelmed

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>>37533642
I'm not quite sure which test was the ADHD test, but they test your memory and concentration with some simple number and drawing puzzles. For example:
>paper full of letters A, E, O, M
>need to underline letters A, circle E, cross O, don't touch M
>need proceed row by row, left from right, and you can't stop or return to mark a letter you forgot to underline/cross/circle
>the letters are in random order

Tests like that. They also look at your school grades of the past and test your cognitive capabilities.

>>37533681
Every single one of my report cards from grade 1 to 12 say i cannot concentrate

>>37533690
parents just blamed the teachers, But how did everyone else pass?

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>play a video game for 30 minutes
>quit because feel tired
>lay down, it feels like you just came home from a full day of school

>>37533661
I thought the same first, maybe I'm really retarded piece of lazy undisciplined shit, but the more I read about ADHD, the more I can relate. I'm 100% sure I have it. Even my psychologist said so.

And I know I'm smart, when I hyperfocus on assignments I get very good grades.

>>37533690
Same with me. I fucked up even with the school classes I found interesting. I almost failed art class and I absolutely love drawing. I hope the medication will give me that boost to reach my true potential.

>the only thing i can focus on is shitposting on the internet
>can't even fully concentrate on a 10 minute anime epsiode

>>37533725
I found it all intensely boring 95% of my concentration dedicated to looking out the window, thinking about lunchtime break and school end

>>37533749
Same. School was pretty much just this mandatory 7 hour daydreaming session. We did IQ test with my psychologist and my results point to high-average/above average, so there is absolutely nothing preventing me from learning stuff, except the concentration issues of course.

I did get pretty good at drawing through, but only because I spent 7 hours on drawing instead of studying math and shit.

You should really try to get yours diagnosed, maybe get some drugs for it.

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>mfw i've tried every stimulant in the book and my focus is still shit
>at one point my vyvanse started giving me intense bouts of depression and i had to stop taking it
who /JUST/ here?

I'm scheduling a doc appointment tomorrow. I constantly hear songs/phrases in my head and can't stop them, and everything I try to concentrate on gets replaced with whatever song is stuck in my head at the time. I also can only focus on what I'm doing for about two hours after I wake up. I loved to read as a kid, but I haven't read a book in 4 years because I literally fall asleep on the first page. I can read the same sentence 20 times in a row and still not know what it said.

The only reason I'm even functional and not a huge sperg is because I was the stereotypical "smart kid" until high school, so I'm at least aware enough to not act out on impulses, and to triple down on concentration when I really, really need to get something done. The only things I can do for longer than 10 minutes are things that I can do thoughtlessly, like play guitar, shitpost on 4chan, clean, take walks, etc. If something takes longer than 15 minutes, I'll put it off for months or it will never get done.

>>37533836
I'm >>37533659
I already attempted suicide but fucked up and got put in a ward for a week. Funnily enough when I was there I found out I can stare at walls thinking of nothing for 12 hours a day just fine but the second I have to do anything remotely significant to my development as a human being my mind just shuts off.

Who here feels really uncomfortable when sitting in class? I feel stiff in my whole body. I can do the same thing (trying to study and read) at home without feeling uncomfortable. Is this an ADHD thing?

My concentration sucks, but it's even worse in school cause I get that uncomfortable feeling.

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So what's you guys opinion on ritalin/concerta? I heard some students abuse concerta because it really makes them get shit done. I've only heard good things about concenrta, but I'm afraid my concerta prescription will fuck me up. I have never taken drugs before.

I'm a calm and rational dude, but I'm afraid that I will no longer be *me* after taking the drug. I mean, I would rather pass school than be the retarded ol' me, but still...
Maybe I'm just over thinking this.

>>37528609
Now THIS guy is a robot holy hell

>>37528554
I can see the appeal of those spinners, but I don't understand how they would make anyone feel more concentrated. I sometimes fiddle with my comb when I absolutely need to fiddle something, but it's mostly a physical thing and doesn't make me concentrated on anything else but the sensation of fiddling the comb.

>open adhd article
>a wall of text


>search for adhd help and tips
>90% are for parents with adhd kids
ha ha ha ha

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>>37527080
> I can force myself through a book and come out memorizing nothing
Know this ..
>Very Important stuff coming up
>had 2 days
>havent started.
Needless to say I failed
I really wanted to try and learn but I just cant focus on something thats not interesting to me

There has been literally zero evidence for ADHD

Literally zero

You've been lied to be your psychologists to try and shill drugs.

>>37527860
Same here except its been 6 years of uni. I got a full ride to get my masters. I'm going to get a well paying job. I'm a professional fraud. How long can I keep this up?

>>37533949
there is evidence you fat head

it's an neurophysiological disorder

you can simply look at the brain and see difference between an adhd vs normal brain

you people most likely have terrible diets, don't get enough exercise and ruin your dopamine receptors with internet and porn

that alone will mimic what they call ADHD symptoms

otherwise "ADHD" is basically just a description of normal primal human behavior

do you realize that humans are supposed to be walking huge distances/ hunting and on the lookout for predators all day and not stuck inside 4 walls?

you are not the problem. society is. follow your impulses

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>>37533936
>read about ADHD and asperger issues
>all the adhd/aspie related medical websites are talking about children
>I'm almost 30

Sure, some of the pointers on those sites are universal, but I highly doubt starting elementary school or puberty are my top priority problems.

>>37533969
the world is flat, eh?

>do you realize that humans are supposed to be walking huge distances/ hunting and on the lookout for predators all day and not stuck inside 4 walls?
the society, evolution and human race is changing

we are not monkeys any longer

>>37533988
>we are not monkeys any longer

Speak for yourself, whitey.

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>>37533988
well. I'm not going to try reason with an idiot

>>37533969
Interestingly enough, when i was exercising i found it far more easy to concentrate, I Literally did Zero Sports in school and couldn't concentrate

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>>37533995
>doesnt have any arguments
>'' I'm not going to try reason with an idiot''

>>37527080
Yes I know how to get rid of my symptoms entirely, but it takes some effort.

First, cut out the video games. Cut them out of your life, stop playing them, no more. Maybe indulge on the weekends, but if you're an esports guy then realize that that shit is like cancer for the ADHD mind. So cut it out. Then get a web extension that allows you to block facebook, twitter, 4chan, reddit, youtube, and whatever else. The best thing to do would be to delete all of your social media accounts and to steer very far clear from 4chan and reddit. Make sure to delete all social media apps from your phone. When you are at school and you need to study, go to the library without your phone and study, the same applies for class. When you go to the library and study without your phone, you have no distractions around.

If you do these things you will find that you will have a longer attention span, I would think.

I've had ADHD for the longest time and I've been on meds since middle school, I'm just about to graduate college now. I used to think meds were the answer, but they are not. In highschool they are helpful, but you do not learn anything on them. And you never make good work on them either. Take it from me, you do not want to wake up one day and find out that you need pills to be interested in your passion.

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>>37534083

fixed it oorogjallu

>>37533969
I guess I'll just stop using computers, wow, great advice

Why is it that retards who come into threads just to talk shit only ever use the most basic/repeated of arguments that are easily countered?

>>37534295
It wouldn't hurt, lad.

>>37534177
I did all those things when i was a kid and still Had extreme difficulty retaining information

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>>37527170
>Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

>Giving into your impulses unwittingly for the past 16 years

>delusional and think I can keep on this track and be successful

>Just now realizing I'm 16 and fucked

>>37534506
Well yeah it's not going to be easy street. You have a learning disability but cutting back on distractions won't hurt.

I don't think you're supposed to memorize stuff. Yeah, you'll seem smart as fuck if you can actually cite your facts, but most people just go "i've heard somewhere" and it's usually fine.

>>37534526
>learning disability
i thought it was just really low IQ

>>37534536
Not necessarily. It is a learning disability.

>>37534526
I could amputate my little toe and it "won't hurt" my concentration after it heals up, but why the fuck would I do it?

>>37534508
>brruuuuuuuuuuuuuuh
>I'M 16

UNDERAAAAAAAAAAAGED

MOOOOODS BAN

>>37534571
But even normies consider it a fake disorder,

>>37534577
Well obviously because you have shit to focus on. If you don't want to focus on anything then drift off, and gave fun with your distractions.

>>37530702
Doesnt change the fact that person that invented ADHD confessed that its completely made up. Adress this. Och you wont. Because excuses are easier to swallow than truth. Youre all weaklings and cowards and your made up disease equals FAT acceptance movement.

>>37534603
gimme source nigga please. I'd love to know that it is completely 100% fake.

>>37527080
If you need Stimulants to function in regular life its time to find another job that doesn't need focus

>>37534599
I'm sure playing video games when I have nothing else to do really hinders me when reading the same paragraph over and over in a book leaves me with nothing, you dipshit

>>37534637
Right I'm the dipshit when you literally can't even read lmfao

>>37534646
Considering you didn't even read your own retarded post, you're dumber than a guy with a "learning disability" on 4chan, l m f a o

>>37527080
I told my father when i was a kid i cant focus on anything and i remember getting beaten and yelled at because i couldn't concentrate on homework when he was helping me, what is fucking wrong with me

what's the best way to go around seeing someone about adhd? i feel like if i go to a doctor and say 'yo i think i have adhd' they'll just think i'm doing it to get drugs because i have a history of abuse

>>37534675
at least i can read lmfaoooo

>>37534693
If you have a history of abuse, don't tell them. How hard is that?

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>>37534603
why are you on 4chan? just be positive and become a successful hardworking rich person...it's that EASY! just do it

excuses are easier to swallow than truth, you are a weakling if you don't do it, browsing on 4chan and waste your time equals FAT acceptance movement

>>37534693
drug abuse is big Sign of adhd
people with untreated ADHD have a 50% chance of being unemployed at any given time

>>37534705
too late now, i've been hospitalized on multiple occasions and have told my shrink about it

>>37534718
Get a new shrink then. They're way less likely to give you meds if you've told them you have a history of abuse

>>37533881
Yeah, and you feel like the entire world is watching you and criticising you.

>>37534771
sounds to me like social anxiety...

My fidget spinner is enough to confirm my illness

>>37527080
Feels good to blame my fucking broken life on a disorder

>>37534718
see in my copuntry that junk is basically public. As long as you're a medical doctor, you could see my entire medical history (including my shrink's notes) with little effort

i mean i guess at this point i've answered my own question, my best chance really ios just to tell my doctor i think i have adhd

>>37534847
if you getting treated for the disorder fixes your life then it really is good in every sense of the word huh

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>tfw ADHD
>tfw social anxiety
>tfw autism
>tfw raised by a beta as fuck sperglord father

>>37527080
Yeah, it can be managed somewhat. I've had and known about it since I was a little kid and it REALLY affects your life. More than people without it could ever imagine.
Meds really are a hit or miss, though, so be warned. Some of them cause the exact opposite of what folks with ADHD need.
For example, I was on adderall and I could sit still even less, couldn't stop shaking, and kept slapping my skin because I thought bugs were nesting under it (though that may have been my other mental illnesses playing tricks on me, looking back, desu)
But yeah, drugs can be good, as well. Just don't let the shrink force a high dosage on you from the beginning or it could end like that.
The main thing that helps me now is keeping my hands busy. I have this gooey dinosaur toy I bring everywhere and I just pick at it and squeeze it. Hard candies and gum are also a big thing for me, oral stimulation is great as well. Just don't get one of those meme toys that people claim help with anxiety. Like a fidget spinner. The *WOOSHING* noise from those is horribly distracting. Obviously the person who made those things knows nothing about ADHD. That noise is hell. Those things are junk and should be thrown into a fire. And they are too expensive. Buy a stretchy toy from the $1 section at your local target. That's where I get mine.
Also, if anyone stares at you for picking at a gooey or squishy I'm really sorry... I don't really know a way around that... that just occured to me as well. Maybe if you decide to pick up one just hide it under your sleeve? When I do it people don't really think anything of it. Someone once called it "cute", even. (What an idiot, he'll never understand what it's like)
Ah, my advice probably isn't the greatest but I hope maybe I could help you a bit. ADHD is the worst.
Keep on fighting, anon-kun! I'm rooting for you!!!

>>37534904
Im not being treated in any way
Everyday is suffering

>>37535043
sorry i thought you were mocking ppl with adhd with sarcasmv and junk my bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLVObdlI0m0

im laughing so hard at this video

>>37527080
ADHD is literally so abstract and undefined it amazes me so many people just give up and say yep that's me I'm ADHD

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>>37527080
i can't focus one thing and focusing develop expert skill
interest keep changing and. constantly doing bullshit stuff.

worst thing is
hard to get a sleep, something endlessly floating my head.

>>37535080
It's like those autism/asperger's "simulations" that make the condition seem like some kind of psychotic breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4_dOorquQ

I have asperger's, I get sensory overloads, but no way are they anything like in this video.

>>37533860
>I constantly hear songs/phrases in my head and can't stop them
Oh my God do I understand that. I try to avoid listening to music because it winds up getting stuck in my head forever.

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>>37533968
>difference between an adhd vs normal brain
>you will never be normal
Really contemplating offing myself.

>>37536209
>>you will never be normal
the truth that hurts the most

i will have to live like this forever
forever will be a struggle
there is no way out except killing myself

ADHD-PI here. Diagnosed almost 11 years ago. It affects my life daily. Thankfully through the help of medication, therapy and lifestyle changes, I've been able to attend uni and work a fulltime job.

30MG of Adderall XR has been a god send. Gets me through the work day. I eat well, I exercise, and I put in the effort that's required to live a full and happy life.

>>37527860
Here, read these
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170216105919.htm
http://theconversation.com/imaging-study-confirms-differences-in-adhd-brains-73117
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/health/adhd-brain-scans-study/
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(17)30049-4/abstract
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854824/

ADHD is a very real condition.

>>37536456
Correction: I don't personally believe I have ADHD but gladly accept the drugs

You think cutting out porn and masturbating would help with ADHD?