#ADHD meds

[turns-out-its-adhd]

[mariposas8494]

Did you take your meds?

[adhd-infodump]

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[whereserpentswalk]

When I say I want pysch meds to be less stigmatized I don't just mean people should be allowed to talk about the ways meds helped them, or talk about how they used to have depression and then meds cured them. People need to be allowed to talk about the way medication has harmed them and hurt them, about going off of meds, about the way the system forces meds onto people and doesn't care about their well beings, about side effects that most neurotypical people would find horrifying, about not wanting to be on meds, about being on meds but not magically becoming normal. The neurodivergent/mentally ill experience should not be watered down to make people comfortable, and especially not to make people comfortable with the largely neurotypical run medical system that often victimizes us as much as it helps us.

[wall-artist2]

Watching Gangle with the mask on felt like me on ADHD meds. Was I technically masking? No, but it never felt like ME.

I always felt like I was unauthentic, and when I wasn’t on the meds for even a day people would point it out and act like I was going crazy

so i stopped taking the meds

It was so much more freeing than being on them. I was always me, and the people who dealt with me where the ones who I could trust to WANT to deal with me.

Gangle is literally representation for every neurodivergent person to ever neurodivergent.

[simplezllenial]

Neurotypicals : “oh adhd must not be that bad”

Me : “i couldn’t be bother to eat today and I just stood up for the first time in hours and might pass out from hypoglycaemia from the lacks of carbs”

[cigsnvalentines]

Can they make adhd meds that look like this because I’d remember to take them a whole lot more

[whoisandyloam]

putting on the berserker armor (taking my adderall) to fight the demons (do a moderate amount of work)

[ghost-bison]

something interesting about executive dysfunction that i realized yesterday is this: if you have it, and someone tries to tell you you are "lazy" and to just "get out of bed, it's not that difficult", then you should know that executive dysfunction is linked to the dopamine deficit in your brain (research that i think it's common in neurological disorders).

dopamine is responsible for your motivation, your pleasure, and overall satisfaction. meaning, if your brain doesn't produce enough of it, it can lead to intrusive thoughts, extreme perfectionism, you never finishing anything because you fear it's never good enough or because of the pressure around it (yes i am looking at you, school projects), and also anxiety, depression, simple tasks (showering, eating, chores, taking public transportation) making you feel existential dread (= you would rather decompose than do those and in fact, the prospect is becoming more and more attractive).

so yeah, conclusion: no dopamine = shit.

now, something else that's interesting is how i came to think of that: i was talking to my mum and she mentioned that her aunt died of parkinson's disease, and that nowadays they "treat" parkinson with... drum rolls... dopamine! that's right bitches, it is that deep.

i looked it up on the internet, and apparently, "parkinson's disease first induces a gradual degeneration of the dopamine neurons in the brain, dopamine being a neurotransmitter involved in the control of several functions such as voluntary movements, cognition, motivation and affects".

so if i got this right, there is literally a connection between parkinson and executive dysfunction.

so if anyone bothers you again with how "lazy" you are, try to explain this to them because you are valid, you shouldn't feel guilty about fucking things up when your brain is literally conditioned to do so. and you should know that even though it is, you are not doomed for failure, there are ways around it! crutches if not miracles, but still crutches: take your meds, talk to a therapist, don't be afraid to take advantage of the commodities that have been put there for you to use; they are there for a reason, you know?

stay safe, you are understood by more people than you think. fuck those who don't try. fuck those who don't believe you; i do.

[earhartsease]

you know those posts and cartoons about kids who get isekaied (?spelling) into magical lands where they're the hero who saves the land from the villain and then they're back in the normal world and have to deal with that transition for the rest of their lives?

well a couple of years ago we had about eight months of trying six different adhd meds, and they either really badly messed up our guts or gave us terrible anxiety, but they also made our mind clear and focused - and we couldn't sustain any of them, so now we're in that same position of remembering this magical realm where our mind kind of worked properly (we definitely don't count the anxiety time, that was a literal six week escalating nightmare until we realised it was the meds) and now we're forced to live forever in this fucked up unfocused state but remembering what it was like not to have to and it's exactly like those kids in the stories

so pity us, we guess - life is obviously still doable but bloody hell

[turns-out-its-adhd]

[neurodivergent-brain]

🎀 it is impossible to explain to neurotypical people how hard it is to just do something 🎀

🎀 No matter how much I want to just get up and clean my room, i physically cannot 🎀

[kalcium-yippee]

I can describe my gender the same way I describe my brain on ADHD meds- heavy and filled to the brim with absolutely nothing.

[whereserpentswalk]

Reblog if you think people going off their meds are valid.

Reblog if you think people shouldn't have to justify their decisions to anyone else.

Reblog if you support unmedicated ND people.

Reblog if you support people trying to get off their meds.

Reblog if you support giving unmedicated people hugs and cuddles and all the affection we so often don't get from the community.

[bleghhhhhh03]

fr it’s so humiliating (humiliating⁉️🤤) how fast testosterone and adhd meds turned me into the gooning loser from every early 2000’s teen movie

[adhd-chaos-queen]

Went to my GP today, 'cause I need a higher dose of my ADHD meds and they said they wouldn't perscribe it until i talked to a specialist... like, do know how long it takes to get an appointment?

I just wanna cry...

My meds are helping me, but it's not enough anymore.

It helps with sitting still and listening and taking notes, but it is not enough to focus and do more complex tasks.

It did for a while, but I'm all alone at work rn and it just get's too much and then I get overwhelmed and just stall which obviously makes things worse...

I feel like my brain is a car.

Lenme explain (also I'm european and will use kmh not mph)

My brain on a good day without meds can go like 40kmh

On a mediocore day it's like 20, and on a bad day it won't even start.

On hyperfocus with or without meds it's like 200... but thats rare

With my meds I can go from 70 to 100 depending on the circumstances.

But recently, even with meds it's been going just 60.

And since my brain knows it can do more but is currently unable to due to lack of resources I just get so frustrated.

And now basically my gas station told me I can't get the better gas my car needs until a mechanic looked under the hood.

I get where they're coming from, but I need a fast fix before it gets worse...

(Also I recently quit my job 'cause I hated it amd will start a new on, where I won't be alone anymore in December. But for these 3 Months I really need that extra help for my brain)