Can prioritizing my ADHD treatment actually fix the other two?
I found that what I thought was depression was actually severe executive dysfunction so in my case ADHD treatment did help tremendously
Yes. Prescription stimulants take care of all three.
Are you asking who the blond guy is? That's Fred from the ancient cartoon Scooby Doo. (I grew up watching it)
I think it was more a: do you feel represented by this meme? Like in the "I'm in this photo and don't like it," kinda way.
ancient cartoon
Love that haha Which version did you grow up watching, I did catch a lot of reruns growing up and remember when the live action movies came out. I gotta say, if you still watch cartoons, Mystery Incorporated is such a fun take on Scooby Doo!
Getting my ADHD diagnosis hasn't particularly helped my depression sadly. Does it help others?
Hasn't helped me yet, but that's because I haven't found a med that doesn't give me wild side effects.
I'm going back tomorrow to tell the doc that the SNRIs didn't work, so hopefully I can try something else. Right now I have hydroxyzine as needed and it somewhat works, but it also causes nightmares for me as well if I take it too late, which kind of kills the point of taking it on sleepless nights.
At this point I've just been continuing Kratom. But again, I can't take it at night due to vivid nightmares. Seems like anything that ups my serotonin does it to me.
What is your diagnosis? Things like Ketamine or Psilocybin have interesting results for depression.
If it's anxiety, I'm so sorry friend. I'm lucky enough to have had ssris knock out my anxiety. I know how fucking horrible it is.
Yeah, I was diagnosed with severe chronic anxiety, but I also have an ADHD diagnosis from when I was a kid and tested for autism. When I broke my tailbone and they gave me oxycodone, it was bliss. I could just focus and really lock in to things that interested me. It comforted me.
I could only take 5mg. Any time I tried 10mg I panicked. So, when I ran out, I looked for an alternative that could do the same thing and found Kratom. I don't recommend it, really. That's why I'm still working with my doctor. I want to get off it.
Well, according to one doctor I saw early on in my quest for help, people with ADHD don't get depressed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I wouldn't say treatment for ADHD completely eliminated any depression, but it has helped some... When ADHD isn't interfering with my life quite as much, I have a little bit less to feel depressed about.
Very true. Getting a single fucking thing done is a nice dopamine hit
It definitely helped in some ways. Not being able to seek treatment for ADHD was a huge stressor as was the years long journey to get diagnosed as an adult. I tried reducing my antidepressants once I got on meds for ADHD, but, turns out the world still sucks even treated and I do better with the depression meds. Anxiety has decreased a bit.
Didn't really help me, but it explained a lot
Hey. I can have all three.
Yup. I was just going to comment,
"Not me, mine is treated™! Everything else is the same though. 😅"
More like untreated high functioning autism but that might just be me
Masking in, masking out. Everything is masking.
Not me. I wear that shit with virulent ferality. I'm also huge so your milage may vary.
Por que no los dos? X^D
The lighter side of ADHD
