Same. And I’m lonely ¼ of the time. The struggle is real.

This is the right approach if your goal is to change people’s minds. Reasoned, fact-supported, logical debate is valuable, and I respect that. There is no need to shame individual creators for how they choose to explore their ideas or make use of available tools.

I do not agree with every point you raised, but I think these are serious concerns worth discussing. That includes issues like corporate influence, data usage, and environmental impact. I am always open to that kind of conversation when it is grounded in good faith.

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Thank God someone else has a well-thought-out well-reasoned interpretation of all of this. And the same use case as me. Cheers, Internet, friend. 🙌

I mean, I don’t know how to order the information being presented like maybe 50% of the time…😬

I get four hours out of supposedly 12 hour extended release Adderall.

Just moved to far northern Maine, myself. It’s a house, not a cabin, but I have 10 acres of land, and almost nobody in Maine feels the need to fuck with you. Everyone wants to do their own thing, and be left alone, so everybody leaves everyone else alone. I feel like I have come home.

I’m not a doctor, but what you’re describing sounds very much like clinical depression to me. So I’m wondering if maybe your dose of Effexorneeds to be adjusted. Again, I am not a medical professional in any way shape or form also, for me personally, I was smoking weedfor the first six months after I got diagnosed in addition to taking the Adderall. The weed almost completely Counteracted all the beneficial effects of the Adderall. Once I got off it, I am not my best self that I have ever been. don’t drink I don’t smoke. I don’t do any of that stuff anymore and I no longer feel the urge.

Yes

I had a PCP who, when I told her I’m having a lot of trouble at work now that my job has gotten much more complicated, and that I really want to get tested for ADHD, replied, “maybe you don’t have ADHD, maybe this just isn’t the job for you.”

I never went back to her.

Your rant-rage is valid.

These videos were inordinately helpful for me:

https://youtu.be/SJhJKEThpvI

https://youtu.be/7kBGUcGeKvM

https://youtu.be/ZlFSeamEJbA

Same, maybe? On the meds, I am a workhorse. For 4 hours. Then…crash. Which about sums up my typical workday. Thank goodness for the supplemental adderall sometimes.

I find that if it’s a task I am comfortable and familiar with, if off the meds it might be very difficult for me; on the meds is pretty much no problem, and I get the dopamine rush both of addressing a problem that needs to be solved, and from finishing. Tasks I am unfamiliar with, or have not done for a very long time, or I’ve never done before? Virtually impossible to begin, meds or no.

They all get SO alarmed by the overshare 🙄😪

They recently invaded Russia.

I appreciate you. 🤜🤛

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I diagnosed myself, although I do plan to pursue whatever official methods are available once I start seeing my new psychiatrist. I don’t see it as a problem. Especially because it’s a spectrum; it’s not either or, black and white, have it or don’t. Any mental health professional who treats your feelings as invalid, or questionable, is probably a person you don’t want to see again, IMHO.