ADHD

I have both. It's hell I'm currently on Adderall xr but it's only 20mg and it's not helping me focus... I want to go to college but I never could pat attention in high school. I feel like medicine won't work for me.

>>38197345
i feel like i have inatentive adhd or something because its hard for me to focus on things unless i actually like it but maybe thats normal
also i dont like self diagonosing

Inattentive and impulsive, more inattention though. It sucks, makes life hard. The easy things though so it's weird. Driving sucks and gets scary sometimes because I can't pay attention. I've only tried methlyphenidates and stuff like guanfacine, no amphetamines yet. I want to try amphetamines since I've heard they work real good. But they don't last long. Captchas suck I always get them wrong too.

Anyone else feel like life is a movie except sometimes you skip every other scene ?


I have ADHD-PI btw

I do. ADHD-predominantly inattentive. Actually closer to SCT as I'm usually extremely lethargic and daydreamy. I'm HYPOactive instead of hyperactive.

I was diagnosed with adult ADHD (primarily inattentive) last year, and have been taking Vyvanse for it since. It helped, but didn't fix my problems. I had more focus, but I was often focusing on stupid shit and my thought processes were very inefficient. When people would speak, I had a hard time keeping up (rarely got anything out of lectures in class). When I would speak, people didn't understand what the hell I was saying (I can be very tangential with my speech). Manipulating complex info in my head was nigh impossible. I would take hours to do homework problems (and still not finish), do shit on exams, etc. It was to the point where I had to register with the disability center at my school in order to get more time.

Then I got diagnosed with depression a few months ago and started taking antidepressants (Wellbutrin) for that. The combo of Vyvanse and Wellbutrin has helped me tremendously. I could now be at the top of my classes and, even though I'm still socially awkward, I just care less what people think and people like me more. Overall my cognitive processes are a helluva lot more efficient. The only downside is that since I care about things more, I'm more apt to get anxious and sad. And, ironically, I've gotten lazier since I can get things finished quickly and I enjoy spending time doing nothing.

>>38197345
I have impulsive/hyperactive ADHD and have since I was little. I used to take adderall years ago, but I don't now. I don't really manage desu, you just learn to try to function in spite of it, but it's hard to be normal. I do one thing and immediately want to do something else, can't ever focus.

I struggled in school, I got great grades easily and was a straight A student, but I would skip school on impulse and space out constantly in class. Just go home if I felt like it, or whatever. Eventually I dropped out since even though I was good at the work, I couldn't focus on it and had other stuff to do that I went for.

>For those with an impulsive type - how impulsivity affects your life?
I have BPD on top of ADHD so I'm about as impulsive as it gets. It's a nightmare because it makes it impossible to function in society, and because it can be impossible to get things done. I kind of like it otherwise.

>>38197997

I feel like "life is a movie" in the sense that I don't experience free will and never have.

When I realized that free will is bullshit, it made perfect sense to me. I didn't have any "illusion" to overcome.

>>38198589
Same except adderall instead of vyvanse. I still have some issues like you but the combination of welbutrin and addy pretty much fixed my worst problems. Less social anxiety and depression/apathy. I get sad and emotional sometimes but for the most part I'm much more stable and outgoing. Only real issue with me now is some anxiety issues cause I care about my grades and work and shit now, still kinda balances itself out cause being a shutin with social anxiety was even more stressful

>>38197345
I have no ability to focus, but also no energy to do anything either.

>can't focus
>also have no energy
>don't want to go outside

everything is wrong with me, the posts telling me to kill myself are bothering me as well since I don't have a "fuck it all" mindset like a robot would have

>>38197345
I have autism do u wanna hear me speak?

>>38197370
How long have you been on this medication? What time do you take your medication? Do you take it everyday or take weekends off?
>>38197379
Have you ever had a pop quiz at the end of a lecture that you completely blanked?
>>38199909
Would you be interested in your studies/hobbies if you had this energy?

Adderall has been a fucking game changer for my life. I just don't pay attention and say a lot of stupid shit and have trouble formulating sentences. With Adderall this problem corrects itself.

>>38200014
>Would you be interested in your studies/hobbies if you had this energy?

probably not.
video games were the only thing I was interested in, and I don't really enjoy them anymore.

>>38200014
> I've been on this particular medication for about 2 weeks.
> I take it always around 10am when I wake up
> I take it everyday.

>>38200035
I hope you find your way. And if you don't..I hope you are at least comfy.

>>38200096
Might make you jittery but maybe get some sips/coffee when you sit down with your studies. Also try going to your University's library and taking a cubbie it will keep you focused until you feel the need to jerk it. Srs.

>>38200194
Yeah I have the negative side effects, and I do sit down and clear everything to study. But I always feel like I am distracted like the medicine is not being effective would having a higher dose fix the issue.

>>38199641
>I have impulsive/hyperactive ADHD and have since I was little. I used to take adderall years ago, but I don't now. I don't really manage desu, you just learn to try to function in spite of it, but it's hard to be normal. I do one thing and immediately want to do something else, can't ever focus.
it effected me in a way worse postion, I was always so confused in math, multi step problems. I never understand math and graduated high school with a 7 grade understanding of math.

>>38200268
I was kind of similar with math. The humanities were easy and I loved, English and history were fun. Math was a struggle though, couldn't focus and the ways it was explained generally made more sense. My grandfather worked with math for a living and tutored me, so I managed to still get high grades well and he had simple, old ways of explaining and doing it all. Then he died and I completely lost interest and ability in it, one of the reasons I eventually dropped out. Almost cheated through math in the last year fine but I couldn't even be bothered to do that.

>>38200268
You probably had some shitty teachers and missed a fundamental building block of math. But hey you graduated high school so it can't be that bad!

>>38200658
Right now I'm doing a certification for a+ and math starting from the beginning. I have a year until I enroll into college so I at least want to be ready for it.