• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    ironically, stimulants make me sleepy, depressants also make me sleepy

    there are only two ways i can wake up:

    • psychedelics, not exactly helpful if the thing i need to wake up for requires me to have an attention span longer than 5s

    • cardio, so when others are drinking coffee, i’m doing jumping jacks in the toilet

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      6 hours ago

      cardio, so when others are drinking coffee, i’m doing jumping jacks in the toilet

      Yes HR committee, that’s what the puffing and grunting coming from the toilet cubicle was, honest!

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        4 hours ago

        i always stop before puffing and grunting exactly because of that T–T and i try to jump as quietly as possible

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      6 hours ago

      I get sleepy from methylphenidante. It’s a strange feeling to get tired and being able to focus better at the same time. Changing to lisdexamfetamin helped a lot.

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        4 hours ago

        i was on medikinet for a while, at first it made me sleepy, then it made me relaxed, and then it made me anxious, so i stopped

        whenever i take brain-chemistry meds for longer than a week or two my brain defaults to having them give me anxiety which is whack (this happens with meds for anxiety as well, thanks brain! you gelatinous wanker). after multiple trials of various meds i’ve mostly given up on trying more, but hey at least cardio works as intended!

        i’m still bitter about one thing - all those people who kept saying “just eat healthy and exercise and you’ll feel better :)))” were correct 💀 at least in my case

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          If “just” eating healthy and sleeping at regular times and exercising was easy, I most likely wouldn’t have an ADHD diagnosis.

          It’s true, but I am not able to facilitate all of the above reliably…

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          Damn, that sucks. Out of curiosity, did you also try guanfacine? I read good things about it in articles but somehow never read actual experience from people who are actually affected and need an alternative to stimulants.

          And yes, cardio helps a lot. I do some running and yoga, both are good in a physical way and for mindfulness.

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            1 minute ago

            never tried that, i might in the future but for now i’ll stick to trying to figure out how to rawdog things. i’ve been getting good at it :3