imikoy [she/her, comrade/them] to neurodiverse • 2 months ago

ADHD without meds?

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ADHD without meds?

imikoy [she/her, comrade/them] to neurodiverse • 2 months ago

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?

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pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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2 months ago
EDIT: Initially had some supplement info which I decided to delete since it isn't relevant.

Meditation is supposed to help quite a bit, but that's hard for me to stick to.

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- TheDoctor [they/them]
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  2 months ago
  Sharing this video again:
  
  Why ADHD makes you better at meditating by HealthyGamerGG
  
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  - HexReplyBot [none/use name]B
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    2 months ago
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