I am currently re-researching ADHD management (for gods know what time already) after wasting the entirety of the past two days.
Wherever I go, I only see people talking about medication. How good it is, how to approach it, what to expect from it, how it was impossible before meds, how to treat them, etc.
I cannot obtain meds. Stimulants are illegal in my country. Strattera isn't, but I am afraid that I will not be able to pursue diagnosis for reasons I am not going to share here. Please do not tell me how good meds are - there is nothing I can do to have them.
I tried organising my thoughts, having a schedule, and so on (org mode in emacs), but I have forgotten about it, every single time I tried it. I have set up a periodic notification to remind me of it, I quickly started ignoring that.
What can I do to make it better? How can I make sure that I will not just forget to do the things that make it better? How can I make sure that I will not outright ignore the things that help me?
I'm also interested, I can't take medication for a few reasons, it reacts poorly with me, it's a controlled medication meaning expensive psych visits everytime I want a script, etc. so any management advice would be great
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Yes! This is good! I've been putting things into a reminder calender and it really helps
Anything where I can put my brain into external things seems to be more reliable. My brain is chaos on its own.
I love planning but my big issue is that there always seems to be some external influences changing those plans. So instead of being a source of structure and reducing stress all the plans turns into a new stressor when I am consistently unable to follow them.
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