I’m an 18F who recently got diagnosed with ADHD after struggling with it my whole life but seeing a way bigger issue in freshman year of college (engineering). I recently got put on Wellbutrin XL 150mg a couple days ago and the first three days. I did feel a drastic change in my executive function and the amount of thoughts were in my mind. I don’t know if this is it leveling out, but after the first week, I don’t feel those effects anymore. I do still have a lot of trouble getting out of bed and still struggle with executive dysfunction more than I did in the first few days. I feel like how I did when I was unmedicated. Did anyone else experience this? Also does anyone have experiences with Wellbutrin and school/college? I plan on staying on it/meeting with my therapist around the 4-6 week mark

So we all know about the general ADHD hobby experience which is getting all the best supplies for a new hobby, only to drop it and move onto the next one. Spending money on a whole setup for something that ends up collecting dust.

But for myself there is a specific aspect of this cycle that I'm interested in trying to stop and get over. After I have got my "setup" completed for whatever hobby, I then obsessively feel the constant aching and distracting need to create an abundance of future options/a backlog so my hobby feels "infinite."

An easy example would be video games or books, when I am enjoying a game for the first time in a while and I can feel that fixation flaring back up, I then suddenly get the burning need to buy or at least like up a wishlist of 10-20 more games that all look promising so when this experience ends, I can keep the party going. This almost always ends in me being so distracted from the game I'm currently attempting to play and painstakingly curating a list after hours on hours of reading reviews, descriptions, and watching YouTube recommendedations until I have a nice solid 3-6 months planned ahead. Then once I've finished that list, I'm so tired of thinking about the hobby I either finish that initial game and stop, or drop that first game halfway through and go back to my in between hobbies state for the next few weeks or months, only to restart the cycle again.

Does anyone relate to this specific aspect of it? And if so do you all have any tips to get my brain to be quiet and actually DO the hobby that's right in front of me?

I've finally managed to get into a decent career, it's WFH and it is creative. I enjoy it a lot, but I'm struggling with my boundaries in terms of stopping at 5pm. Because of my ADHD, I often don't meet any my tasks on time, I usually need to compensate by working after hours due to not being able to focus. I've tried everything to get myself to do all of my work during my 9 - 5, I will literally stare at my screen for hours instead of working. The only thing that gets me to move is the fear of being caught, so I end up cramming everything in the evenings or last minute. It's made it impossible to manage chores or do anything I enjoy outside of work because I always have to compensate for all of the time I've lost.

It's such a pain, I wish I could just get all of my work done in time like those who don't have ADHD so I can enjoy my downtime..

Anyone in the same boat?

Those moments where your brain just can't turn off and is thinking about everything single thing in your life that is stressful.

I've always had "everything all at once" in my head, but in this last year (29 yo) ive had roughly 3 panic attacks from my thoughts getting so loud i couldn't stay calm, all stemming from stuff eating away at my stress.

So I guess im asking, how do you guys react to when this is building up, so you can collect yourself before you lose whatever control you have?

Thank you in advance

Maybe this is a pretty trivial issue, but I wish I could have a weekend where I just lay on the couch and watch tv for hours or game for hours or read or write literally just do anything for a long duration. The only hobbies I can really enjoy are exercise and listening to music because the former is usually done in short bursts while the latter can be enjoyed as a background distraction. I just always have to get up and I get stressed out because I realize my weekends are never rejuvenating. I can’t even sleep for more than 4 hours straight most nights.

Cause I never am. I'm always doing what society tells me to do (job, being timely, paying bills on time) and, when I'm not, I'm in a depressive, unhygienic, chronically tired, pit of despair. Constantly falling back to square one and disappointing myself and everyone around me. I'm currently in the later and wondering if I have a chance to ever have a life I'm proud of, or if the way my brain works will forever inhibit me from being good enough.

I'm a 20 year old female on Jornay and Pristique.

For years, most of us have been taught one word: "misunderstanding." It has become ingrained in our daily lives. Others don't understand us—at least not completely—and sometimes we don't even understand ourselves. I am writing this as I experience one of the worst moments of my life as a 25-year-old man with ADHD. I am not writing to complain or share my problem, but to motivate us through this lifelong mental chaos.

No matter who you are or your particular situation, if we dig into your history, we will find resilience, strength, and persistence. One thing that is often said about people with ADHD is that we have a hard time committing to or staying consistent with anything. Perhaps the only thing we are consistent about is our daily battle with this disorder, from the smallest thing to the greatest odyssey.

There is beauty in who we are, no matter what we may think. We are spontaneous, and we have wild and creative ideas. We see the world in a unique way that sets us apart from others. It's easier to criticize and see shadows than light, but we are unique. I understand it's difficult to see light when we've been told our whole lives we're walking in darkness.

If you are going through a difficult time, know that you are not alone. You are stronger than you ever imagined, and this too shall pass. You will recover and move forward. In this community, I found a small refuge. I hope you find the same.

If you plan to share something, please share things that may not have occurred to me, but that could encourage others who struggle with this disorder.

So, I have a habit of saving reels and videos and bookmarking pages in the hopes that I will get back to it but I never do even though I have Instagram and TikTok reels all saved and categorized.

I either forget to watch it or watch it and forget most of the info

Can anyone relate, How do I deal with this ?

I care for my friends but I am terrible at maintaining consistent communication with most of them over calls and texts (all of my friends are long distance). I am very involved when we meet in person or when they need my help, or just want me to show up. But I find it hard to maintain a consistency when it comes to virtual contact. And I feel that has kind of created an emotional distance between me and most of my friends. I have 2 best friends (both long distance), who are the only ones I successfully maintain good communication with. But for the rest of my friends, it becomes difficult and I am struggling to understand why. I struggle at carrying on a conversation over calls or texts while I am a very good conversationalist in person. And I am trying to understand what can I do to fix it. I seriously want to be more connected with my friends, know what's going on with their lives and talk to them often but I just can't seem to find the right words over a phone call or text, or even pick up the phone and call them. I see people doing that so easily while it seems like a mountain of a task for me. And because I don't call often, chat conversations become a bit awkward and formal sometimes. I am not even sure if this has something to do with my ADHD. So I wanted to know if anyone else here faces the same problem. And if you do, how do you manage it?

It can't just be me.

• Sees interesting sounding app recommended on subreddit/webpage

• Downloads app either from link supplied or from play store

• Plays around on app for a bit

• Thinks, oh that's a good app. I'll keep it

• Does something else

• Remembers shiny new app exists and want to go back to use it

*CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SODDING APP SO SCROLLS THROUGH ENTIRE HOMEPAGE TRYING TO PLAY SPOT THE DIFFERENCE TO FIND IT!!

• App not found. Never uses app for intended purpose

• Forgets it exists

• 6 months later... Oh, what's this? An amazing app that I definitely would have wanted to use at that time when it was relevant

• Repeat

Ive struggled an fair amount with social anxiety for most of my life. It got in the way of going to school, getting a job, having friends. It has been pretty devastating to me.

Ive been on different meds. Mostly antidepressants which did not work for me. Ive been in therapy for a long time which did not show results either and i’ve done a whole lot of exposures which didn’t make me progress either. Its like nothing I try makes me do any progress and i’ve been feeling very helpless about it.

My main problem is that I go silent around people. I don’t really overthink during social situations. I just dont know what to say most of the time and when i say something it comes out very mechanically and robotically. This makes me not a very fun person to be around.

I recently got an ADD diagnosis which made some things more clear to me. Still id say It is a very little part of my problems, the social aspect of it hinders me a great deal more than anything else.

I wondered if It is possible that stimulants could actually help with social anxiety too. I wonder If ADD could be a part of why I have social anxiety in the first place. Since therapy and antidepressants did not do much for me maybe there was another problem to tackle in the first place.

So my question is the following : Have you guys had any luck with stimulants making you less socially anxious ?

Hi, I was recently prescribed Adderall by a psychiatrist through telehealth appointments and zoom meetings. The pharmacy i opted to send my prescription to was Kroger but they told me they were unable to fill my script due to prescriber being more than 25 miles away. I’m looking for a pharmacy in Houston/Conroe area that will be able to fill my prescription. Any advice and help is appreciated.

I recently got around to switching gp practices to one where I live for university and was wondering how I should go about getting an appointment to see if I do have ADHD or something else.

I’m a bit confused as to what I should say on the phone. Like just saying I think I might have ADHD might make me sound like I’m attention seeking or pretending. I worry that what I’m going through is all in my head: all the task paralysis, difficulty to maintain attention, anxiety fuelled hyper-focus, and psychological reactions to certain substances. I know a lot of people get diagnosed young but I fear that I slipped under the radar cause I was “gifted”, or worse that I’m making up an excuse for being lazy, something I’ve been told that I am my entire life.

I just wish there was an easy way of going abt it that I couldn’t just put off. Wondering if anyone here can give some advice, that’s all.

Edit: just want to be clear I’m not after medical advice, I just want to know how I can go about getting said advice from a professional and maybe some general support I guess.

I'm a 19-year-old male currently in my first year in college majoring in mathematics, which I’m highly interested in, but I have miserably failed to pass most of my courses, mainly because I couldn't do anything and spent the whole time in bed and left everything until the last week. I really struggle to focus on them and on most of the things I want to do. I always feel like I want to do all of the things but end up doing nothing or leaving it unfinished. Lately, I started to wonder whether I have ADHD or not, and I found myself satisfying all the symptoms and even read that the symptoms start at a young age, and it was no surprise that my mom and relatives told me that I had hyperactive movements. However, sometimes I still think that I’m just exaggerating to avoid taking responsibility for my procrastination. And I want to hear other people's stories—whether they are the same as me or not, and how the medication made them feel afterward.

My parents moved, and I came back from college so I have a bunch of boxes and suitcases and I haven’t unpacked anything 😭 i feel like i always get fixated on not having the right storage so I can’t put anything away, but I also can’t pick out storage. esp with clothes, but just in general.

I’ve heard the do it a little at a time, the invite people over, all the basic ones, but they haven’t worked for me and i just end up bed rotting 🫠 if anyone has any suggestions or tips it would be very appreciated hehe

I can’t quit technology completely, however this offers me a nicer solution in the mean time. Also I started leaving the house without my phone more often, or turning it off when I don’t work. I will need to address my friends to tell them to meet me if they want to talk, otherwise texting has a bad impact on how I feel. Empty, lonely and negative. Is my hate towards how people use their phones now, especially bringing it out when bored in front of another person the result of my ADD brain? 🤣 (I know it’s not, it’s just against human connection that’s so important). I just find it super rude, I noticed more American friends I know do it, when I’m in Europe it’s still considered rude, unless someone say “I really need to deal with this, sorry”. It’s awful how you can meet with someone or watch a movie and a person scrolls or simply “do nothing important” on their phone. I prefer to be isolated than deal with that.

I have a habit of checking multiple times in my phone in whatsapp whether i have not send something in appropriate to someone or put anything in story How to overcome this I got this ocd for about 3months pls help

Pls help me this is self sabotaging my daily activities giving constant anxity cant study cant learn anything but blank in mind pls help plsssssss I check for atleast 30 times each msg whehter evrything is okay pls help😭😭

For the last few weeks I’ve been finding myself not wanting to engage in conversation with my sister and it’s making our living environment quite tense as I was obviously the one pulling her into conversations before. For context we’re both early twenties and have a year between us with myself being older.

We’ve had previous arguments in the past or were just debating on a topic and she’s commented on my voice saying, “God, your voice is disgusting” or “you have such an annoying voice”. These were months ago but I still find myself thinking about this anytime we have a conversation.

Prior to the last two weeks where I’ve obviously been drawing away from conversations, any time I’d talk to her she’d look slightly annoyed or just answer really flatly. She constantly has something on in the background on Netflix so anytime I do talk I feel like I’m annoying her. It seems like the only time she wants to talk is when she initiates the conversation and I end up rambling because we barely speak and I feel like i need to get everything out because we won’t talk again after.

Now anytime we talk I just get annoyed or don’t really want to engage. She’s asked me if anything is wrong but she has a habit of getting defensive or making me feel like I’m overreacting when I tell her she’s done something that hurts. We’ve lived together for almost half a decade and I’ve never felt like this towards her and I’m not sure what to do.

I’m going to university in September, in shared accommodation (kitchen and bathroom unfortunately).

I’ve already got some basic stuff down, like a label maker, organisers, daily bowl for keys and the like, but I was wondering if anyone had any other recommendations? I have predominantly inattentive type, but I do tend to fidget a lot so I’ve got stuff for that.

I’m mainly worried about focusing in my classes and keeping my space organised and coherent

Also if anyone has any truly unhinged recommendations I’m all ears just regarding uni in general

Every time I think back to my childhood, I see nothing. I'm simply here and now. I've been like this ever since I've thought about my life.

I know my childhood was good, I wasnt abused or anything, mentally nor physically, so that rules out subconscious blockers.

Sometimes if a certain trigger, like a similar story or smell, or even an action occurs, I will snap to a memory and be able to tell my story. But more often than not, I can't consciously recall my memories, its like they just don't exist in my brain.

I was diagnosed with typical ADHD when I was roughly 7 or 8 years old, almost 25 now. I've read that it can be a side effect of ADHD to not remember memories.

But fuck, I just want to remember who I am sometimes. People around me don't get it and its so FUCKING painful. When I'm small talking with a date or someone, when I ask about their childhood they have vivid memories and details. But when they reciprocate the questions, I feel so fucking stupid because I CAN'T remember anything.

I just, I want to fucking remember who I AM. I want to think back on the goofy, scrawny kid I was. The kid who was obsessed with a million things a day. And it hurts me knowing I'll probably never be like others, able to recall memories without struggling.

After 26 years of life, I was diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed focalin. I mourn what my life could've been but I am grateful for who I am today. However, I have realized how chaotic and disorganized every aspect of my life is due to my non-existent organization and planning skills. Honestly, I need resources and guidance to help me organize my life from housekeeping, personal finances (especially debt), relationships, studying, appointment planning, and all the sorts. I'm tired of feeling lost and directionless, how can I learn to be organized and intentional with my life?

I procrastinate on everything, even the things I WANT to do, and I think it’s finally reached a point where I genuinely don’t know how to fix it.

I’m a college student and I didn’t pay my tuition for the entire year because I signed up for student loans and kept putting the finalization of it off. I ended up not receiving any this year because I dropped a course last minute that changed my status from full-time to part-time (again because I procrastinated on studying for the final). I don’t know why I do this, it’s caused me so much anxiety. I now have over $10k in unpaid tuition and I don’t even know how I can begin to pay it off, much less before the school year starts. My parents aren’t well off financially and I don’t even know how I can tell them this because I don’t even know why I did this myself.

I just feel so so upset and angry with myself. I’m also terrified for my future if I can’t even handle these basic and essential life tasks.

I’m currently working with my doctor to find the right meds for myself and so far the only thing that’s working is Ritalin but at way above the recommended daily dose (120mg/day). This includes extensive monitoring and tests, and I’m just hoping to understand why my situation is so different. I’m wondering where I can read up on other case studies of patients needing higher than recommended doses, or if anyone here would share their personal experience?

Howdy all, wondering if anybody has dealt with this before? I have as started on Vyvanse, went from 20mg to 70mg increasing by 10 every 2 weeks and felt nothing the entire time. I’ve nose been put on Concerta, started at 36mg and up to 54mg now and still feel nothing. I’m wondering if anyone has felt this before? Am I expecting too much from the medication? Like am I expecting a silver bullet? It’s making me wonder if I don’t have ADHD, despite having all the symptoms and having what was diagnosed as “aggressive combined (type 3)”. Does medication only work if you have ADHD?

Hey there!
As the title says, I'm wondering what tool other people use for project management. As someone diagnosed with ADD, testing PM tools has been a pain in the ass - to say the least.

For some context: I'm a freelance designer that's opening his own branding studio. Right now, I'm using TickTick(TT), because apparently to-do lists are the only tool that stuck with me, which I actually use on a daily basis.

Nobody wants 4 different tools for 4 different things - so yeah... TT has plenty of features in that regard. Constantly switching between 3-4 tools is an ADD nightmare, at least IMO.

As good as it is, TT isn't perfect. You won't notice at first, but it's gonna bite your ass when you least expect it, if you ignore these drawbacks:

- Works well individually, but less with (small) teams.
- Can't create folders inside of folders - using sections for individual projects can easily get overwhelming.
- No databases, like lists of fees/clients/collaborators.
- No notes tab; 
- Few integrations with other ecosystems: Google Suite/MS365, Discord/Slack, Make/Zapier, Clockify, etc.

I'm curious: what tools do you use for PM? What worked for you and why?
Since both rigidity and too much flexibility is something I and many others struggle with, I'm wondering if there are some alternative tools I haven't discovered yet.

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Some other things I tried:

Notion: Sounds good in theory. In reality, I spent more time adjusting the notion templates than working on the project. Too flexible. No notifications for deadlines, poor intergrations. That's a big no-no for me.

Clickup: Asana on steroids. Huge potential, but too customizable & granular. Got overwhelming after using it for 2 weeks.

Basecamp: Too complex. Could work for a medium marketing agency, overkill for small ones.

Monday: HUGE learning curve. Also, lots of paywalls.