#but getting diagnosed with something where there's a medication for it??? game changer lol

[thenightisland]

not to be adhd posting again but you really don't realize how genuinely disabling it is until you have meds that decrease the disabling effect and find yourself being delighted by having the executive functioning abilities necessary to do like. more than one task a day. or spontaneously clean something. or your emotions not being quite so wildly dysregulated (which also makes it easier to function turns out). my Functional Human Level has dramatically increased over the last few months. love not playing life on challenge mode every day.

[type1cyclingdan]

Plantbased Diet.

Diet is a polarising subject. Everyone has their own idea of what a good diet is. Since I was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes it is something that I have invested a lot of time into researching. I started with a book called Mastering Diabetes by a couple of Americans that are both diabetic. The book delves into the benefits of a high carb, low-fat plantbased diet. Basically, the oposite to what I was told by the medical professionals who were telling me that I need to have a low carb high fat diet, which I was never going to just accept this as gospel.

The minute I was diagnosed, I was researching ways that I could help myself stay healthy and ensure that I did not put myself at risk of all of the complications that can happen if you do not manage your diabetes well. Some examples of these are losing your sight, losing the feeling in your feet to the point where all the nerve endings die, and leading to having them amputated, kidney failure. These are the worst ones, and i will do anything that it takes to ensure that these do not happen to me. Diet and exercise are the key to ensuring that I steer well clear of these complications.

So, in this book, they talk about the power of eating mainly fruit and veg, so since then, I have been plantbase and cut out fats and oils where possible as they can affect the insulin sensitivity which is key to not having to take a lot of insulin which can also cause complications if you have to use to much. Recently, I have become even more strict with my diet as I need to lose more weight to lose. I can honestly say that this has worked for me, I rarely have to take insulin with my food, only taking basal insulin, which I take 5 units in the morning and night, so 10 units in total.

Another thing that I have watched is a Netflix doc called Game Changer, which is all about athletes eating a plantbased diet for performance and healing with plenty of examples of it working and science to back it. People who do not believe that a plantbased diet will work will always say that you can only get the protien needed for meat and whey protien, which is not the case as all protiens are found in plants. If you think about this, some of the largest and most powerful animals on the planet are plantbased elephants and gorillas being the best examples of this.

As long as you eat plenty of variaties, you will consume plenty of the right 9 essential amino acids.

The latest book that I am reading is called Eat To Beat Your Diet. It is basically about how eating certain foods can help you lose weight and heal your body, meaning that you can live longer and to be honest with the amount of training that I am currently doing if a plantbased diet was not good then I would not be able to perform and improve like I am and finally see the scales moving in the right direction but looking stonger.

As I said at the start, everyone has their own opinions regarding what the best diet is but if you are not as healthy as you could be and want to change it is 100 percent worth changing to a plantbased diet. I can honestly say that I do not miss anything about meat or dairy except maybe the occasional KitKat or a Boost LOL.

Dream big, keep trying never give up and always believe that you can achieve.

[menaceexpress]

You post a lot about adhd and I relate with a lot of it. My parents are really close minded when it comes to mental health so I've never been diagnosed with anything but I really relate. How do I know if I have it?

(this got so long, i’m very sorry)


first, i’m sorry that you’re parents are like that! the parents i grew up with are similar, and i know it’s hard.

second, two disclaimers: i’m not def not a mental health professional, and i have personally not been diagnosed. i’m going to do my best to give you good info and send you to reputable places to do other research, but in the end, i am not a professional, and although i Very Much Think that i have adhd, i’ve never been officially evaluated. 


finally, wow. adhd. it’s hard to know sometimes when you have to base your judgement on your own experiences and thoughts. 
personally, i had to do a lot of self-reflection and research to figure this out without any sort of professional help. here’s where i searched:

actual dsm-5 diagnosis checklist. this is obviously the best way to tell, but sometimes the clinical language makes it hard to tell if you’ve actually experienced it. that’s why i also looked at....

tumblr adhd tags (but keep in mind that people in there are also not professionals lol), i track “actuallyadhd”

additude magazine, (has a scientific review board review their content, according to their “about me”)

adult adhd blog/totallyadd (not involved with any medical professionals as far as i can tell, but it is run by adults with adhd)

this specific tumblr post. this is one of the better adhd explanations i’ve come across, and it may or may not hit buttons for you, but i figured i’d link it anyway.

youtube videos also helped me... here’s some i’d recommend:

“ADHD as an Adult: How is it Different?” this channel is run by a LMFT (licensed marriage and family therapist) who puts out a lot of great mental health videos!

“30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 1B Inhibition, Impulsivity, and Emotion” -- this is just one of many of this doctor’s videos, this is the one i see recommended the most, but lots of them seem to be helpful!

“How to Know if You Have ADHD” and “ADHD in Girls: How to Recognize the Symptoms” and actually lots of the HowToADHD channel. i spent a lot of time scrolling through the backlog.

(just a warning for that “ADHD in Girls” video -- a lot of the stuff is very generalized and binary, but if it applies to you, it’s good info to know)

this might take some time. that’s okay. it’s good to sit with it and do even more reflection. i can’t tell you the amount of times i remembered a random childhood memory in the middle of my week that suddenly made way more sense with the context of adhd. figuring it out is a process.

as an aside, adhd symptoms can be the same as anxiety and depression symptoms, and lots of adhd moods are commonly felt by general people. if you do more research into it and find that things aren’t really clicking, that’s okay! it doesn’t make those things you’re feeling less valid. (also you don’t have to relate to every single adhd symptom you see. everyone has their own mixed bag of symptoms. it’s also normal to not feel adhd symptoms some days. everyone has good and bad days!)

that being said, if you feel like you have it, then don’t let people drag you down because you haven’t been officially diagnosed. in my opinion (mostly because i like clear answers), i think people should eventually get a professional’s opinion, but that can be expensive! it’s okay to not do so for a long time. (i also don’t know the severity of your symptoms or anything, seriously reach out to a professional if it’s seriously impacting your day to day life)

this was so long!!!! i hope it helped!! feel free to ask more questions if u got ‘em!

(this is not necessarily a helper to figure out if you have adhd, but this was a huge game-changer for me, so i figured i’d share it anyway! “Why Is It So Hard to Do Something That Should Be Easy?”)