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I was diagnosed with ADHD a few weeks ago, ive been put onto the waiting list for titration to start meds but it looks like its still gonna be a few months. I could really do with getting my meds asap as ive got exams and coursework coming up, anyone have recommendations for stuff to help with keeping me focused? I'm currently just downing monsters like they're water whenever I need to do work

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[-] Phantaminum@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have been diagnosed for almost 2 years now and there are 3 things that helped a lot to improve.

  • Sleeping well, like not staying with screens until late and sleep at least 7 hours.
  • Doing the good old excersice, it just works
  • Go to therapy, you don't know how broken you are from ADHD symptoms until you start treating it. If you would only take one thing from my comment, please go to therapy. There is not magic solution, just working on yourself!
[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

First off you should do black coffee instead of monster. I know it sucks but it's a zero calorie beverage. Monster is poison. I actually just last year got diagnosed and I'm on Vyvanse (highly recommend over Adderall) one thing I noticed early on with the medication, that may help you depending on what your symptoms are, I actually realized that I was more capable of breaking my attention away from things without experiencing the anxiety of feeling like I will completely forget about it, than I normally am. I'm not sure how you can simulate this without the medication before you can get yours, maybe try writing more things down or redirecting yourself? Now I've been on the meds long enough I don't really notice much of the effect anymore, but I've also noticed behaviors in myself that allow me to intervene on my ADHD symptoms without the medication every single day. I hope the medication helps you as well, and hopefully in the meantime you can get by with mindfulness tactics. I should have gotten diagnosed younger!

[-] Dragonborn3810@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Been only really drinking the zero sugar monsters because I know they're so bad so was trying to make them slightly less murderous.

I'm in the UK and I dont believe aderall is prescribed here anyway!

[-] CTDummy@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago

Second both the ditching of stuff like monster and vyvanse.

[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Well I only advocated against the monster. I did advocate for reducing medication to the lowest effective level. My Vyvanse has changed my life though.

[-] CTDummy@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago

I should have typed more. I meant advocating vyvanse over adderall. That’s my bad.

[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Thank you for clarifying ❤️

[-] Hagenman@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Oddly for me, Adderall is more effective than Vyvanse

[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, yes, definitely worth trying both, though My doctor directed me towards Vyvanse cuz there is often less of an anxious effect, and I'm an anxious bitch 😂

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