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This was literally my husband’s objection to getting medicated 😂 It helped his anxiety, then he didn’t have the anxiety to get stuff done, so he thought he should just not be medicated cuz he was terrified he wouldn’t have the ability anymore without the anxiety.
Lucky for him I went through the same thing with my meds, but my answer was, “Use the medication to build good habits.” Which is the great wisdom I passed on to him (which I probably picked up from lurking ADHD spaces before my (and his) diagnosis).
How you do that, build healthy habits with the meds ?
For me they help me be more ok slowing down and starting small and not feeling so overwhelmed from all there is to do. So I’m like 50% likely to do something on meds and 20% off.
Lol, those percentages are so accurate and it’s so sad 😂 Even medicated there’s a chance my brain just will. not. prioritize what we had discussed focusing on.
what we had discussed focusing on.
You referred to your brain as a separate, sentient entity hahahaha!! I thought I was the only one, honestly, and it made me laugh HARD just now to find out that I’m not.
Thanks I will follow this. Just need to say it out loud few times and it will enter my mind :)
They help me push past my executive disfunction, most importantly, but also to stay focused and on task. They also kind of act as a ritual that starts a “Get it done” mindset, like taking my pill sets my intention for the day.
I had to go off my meds for a few months, and while my habits were harder to do, they weren’t impossible like they felt before I had built them. I was able to rely on habit muscle memory.
Thanks but how you built them ? I’m on medication ( Methylphenidate) and I still struggle. We don’t have a large choice of treatment on my country. I feel I can do more, but I still fail to. So I am curious how you succeeded to built those habits. How you avoided our usual pitfalls, by example.
Do I feel seen? Or just caught? Going to have to think about that for most of the evening…
If you feel demotivated to cook, clean, or otherwise leave the house. Try putting on “outside clothes” (i.e. not PJs). More often then not it will give you that little push you need to start doing the important thing
Where am I supposed to get the motivation to change my clothes?
Spill something on yourself
Instructions unclear, I’m lying in my bed all wet.
Hopefully you would understand how to trick yourself into doing small things like that but if not then I would recommend speaking with a professional
I can hire someone to change my clothes for me?
I mean
Set up an automated system to video call your boss every day at 10 AM. That’ll get your anxiety up!
I tell myself that taking the first step (of whatever task I’m avoiding) doesn’t mean I have to complete whatever task I’m avoiding. Somehow reminding myself that, for example, taking my socks off doesn’t mean I HAVE to take a shower, gets me over the initial hurdle of resistance. If necessary, I will lie to myself about each step of a task, with full knowledge I’m only saying it to trick myself into doing something. At some point, I decide that I might as well finish (usually).
damnit my clothes are all suitable for either environment
A funny thing I discovered, if I relax my muscles too much when falling asleep, my body’s autonomous breathing stops. It’s weird, I just literally stop breathing until something else in me starts to panic then I’m gasping for air.
See a doctor urgently, this is not normal.💀
Sounds like that could be some kind of sleep apnea, did you have that checked?
It specifically sounds like a non-obstructive sleep apnea - those are usually treated pharmaceutically rather than with a cpap which is a lot easier to manage when traveling!
This issue only occurs when i go into a deep meditation specific to relaxing my muscles before sleep. I had to learn this as a kid because my mind would race for hours trying to fall asleep. With a few different techniques, I can fall asleep within 15 minutes. 5 if I’m already tired. But it wasn’t until recently that i discovered i could push the technique far enough to relax my autonomous breathing. But probably very much related to sleep apnea, just not quite the same in my case.
Well that’s the reason I called out non-obstructive sleep apnea. I’ve got regular ol’ obstructive sleep apnea - my brain never stops trying to breathe it just gets physically impede sometimes. If you have non-obstructive sleep apnea you should talk to someone since you may have a larger autonomic nervous disorder which may also at some point do something even worse like forgetting to ask your heart to beat.
That’s probably sleep apnea, not good, I’d go to a doctor about it
I have never thought about it that way before, but that explains so muchaboutt the way I think…
i feel seen
Im trying but its hard
I think I need a few sober days before boredom sets in
Marijuana.
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There’s medication for that
