You're absolute Chad status in your youth because there isn't much shit you need to do that requires rigid discipline. School is easy, girls don't really care you don't have your shit together because you're "fun", consequences are pretty mild, other people can pick up where you're slacking.
Once you're in your 30s it changes because now it's way easier to fall behind on stuff you need to do and the consequences of not accomplishing tasks can affect you big time. Girls now want stability, which you don't provide, and you can't relate to younger girls. Everyone else is busy, so you can't rely on others to pick up where you're slacking.
Now you have to figure out weird ways to be a functioning adult, which everyone else seems to just adjust to fine, and you feel like an alien.
Every Adhder in their 30s is either doing really well moneywise and has a rotating gang of hook ups or in abject poverty and alone. No middle ground.
Rich mid-30s medicated alien checking in. The thing that worked for me was to give up on trying to rein in all the impulses, and instead put my efforts into directing the chaos in a general direction that I though would be beneficial. I take the absolute bare minimum amount of medication to get myself to a functional level while still leaving a lot of the symptoms that I can use to my (sometimes) advantage
Adderall is awesome. Was on 40mg a day of that shit for some time. Really took my depression and ocd away when I felt like dying. Then I recovered from those and it made me feel a little paranoid, so I stopped. Great drug regardless.
I was prescribed fluoxitine and Vyvanse at the same time. SSRIs in general have some pretty bad potential side effects, but if you Google the combination it can be ridiculous. The primary symptoms I experienced were mild hallucinations and a complete lack of moral compass. I have not done any research, but it would not surprise me if there is a link between SSRIs and mass shootings.
I went from someone who had never engaged in casual sex or drunk driving to an absolute fiend. I wasn't specifically in a serious relationship, but it also was kinda implied. Only time in my life I can say I felt like I was cheating (not at the time, but in retrospect). The general inhibitions that make you want to be a good person are so insanely muted that they virtually did not matter to me at the time. I wasn't an outwardly violent person to start with, so it wasn't much of an issue, but I did tell a guy "I will break your fucking face" when he got slightly rude with me at a bar. I was a wrestler in college and this was shortly after leaving school due to mental health issues... Can't wait for more CTE research.
dragonsooped@reddit
I swear all ADHDers are either complete chads who cruise through life or inept, vacant r-slurs. There is no in between.
Vast_Preparation_608@reddit
theres a thin line between both
KillahHills10304@reddit
You're absolute Chad status in your youth because there isn't much shit you need to do that requires rigid discipline. School is easy, girls don't really care you don't have your shit together because you're "fun", consequences are pretty mild, other people can pick up where you're slacking.
Once you're in your 30s it changes because now it's way easier to fall behind on stuff you need to do and the consequences of not accomplishing tasks can affect you big time. Girls now want stability, which you don't provide, and you can't relate to younger girls. Everyone else is busy, so you can't rely on others to pick up where you're slacking.
Now you have to figure out weird ways to be a functioning adult, which everyone else seems to just adjust to fine, and you feel like an alien.
Every Adhder in their 30s is either doing really well moneywise and has a rotating gang of hook ups or in abject poverty and alone. No middle ground.
HEPA_Bane@reddit
Rich mid-30s medicated alien checking in. The thing that worked for me was to give up on trying to rein in all the impulses, and instead put my efforts into directing the chaos in a general direction that I though would be beneficial. I take the absolute bare minimum amount of medication to get myself to a functional level while still leaving a lot of the symptoms that I can use to my (sometimes) advantage
musicload@reddit
Same here but non medicated yet. Kind of scared to take it as I'm worried it will erase or soften my competitive edge I built over a 20-year career...
PleaseTakeMyKarma@reddit
He is on viavance/adderall... that shit is legalized meth.
jhonnyblade666@reddit
Adderall is awesome. Was on 40mg a day of that shit for some time. Really took my depression and ocd away when I felt like dying. Then I recovered from those and it made me feel a little paranoid, so I stopped. Great drug regardless.
PleaseTakeMyKarma@reddit
They are great. Don't combine them with an SSRI though.
deprime1999@reddit
why’s that?
PleaseTakeMyKarma@reddit
They have negative interactions that can turn people into psychos.
Purple_Flavored@reddit
Please elaborate my negus
PleaseTakeMyKarma@reddit
I was prescribed fluoxitine and Vyvanse at the same time. SSRIs in general have some pretty bad potential side effects, but if you Google the combination it can be ridiculous. The primary symptoms I experienced were mild hallucinations and a complete lack of moral compass. I have not done any research, but it would not surprise me if there is a link between SSRIs and mass shootings.
tillthegorilla@reddit
Can you please elaborate on lack of moral compass? This is extremely interesting to me
PleaseTakeMyKarma@reddit
I went from someone who had never engaged in casual sex or drunk driving to an absolute fiend. I wasn't specifically in a serious relationship, but it also was kinda implied. Only time in my life I can say I felt like I was cheating (not at the time, but in retrospect). The general inhibitions that make you want to be a good person are so insanely muted that they virtually did not matter to me at the time. I wasn't an outwardly violent person to start with, so it wasn't much of an issue, but I did tell a guy "I will break your fucking face" when he got slightly rude with me at a bar. I was a wrestler in college and this was shortly after leaving school due to mental health issues... Can't wait for more CTE research.
lostmymainagain123@reddit
I've smoked lots of meth and have ADHD and a vyvanse prescription, they are literally as similar as apples and oranges.
NotAHandsomeUser@reddit
so very similar just different flavor?
CooperTheFattestCat@reddit
Have you ever had a fruit?