Waking up? Inertia. Takes five alarms.
Getting up from bed? Inertia. Takes half an hour.
Making the bed? Inertia. 2 days out of 7.
And on and on it goes.
How do I become one of them “up and at em” types? A real go getter bucko?
Waking up? Inertia. Takes five alarms.
Getting up from bed? Inertia. Takes half an hour.
Making the bed? Inertia. 2 days out of 7.
And on and on it goes.
How do I become one of them “up and at em” types? A real go getter bucko?
Executive dysfunction sucks. Mine was half autistic burnout and half ADHD. The burnout has been better since working on finding accommodations for my sensory issues. The ADHD has been better since I started Vyvanse. It all makes me feel like a person with a basic sense of autonomy which is a novel and recent feeling for me.
Same, but I'm not diagnosed ADHD so no meds for me.
I tried to start the process of getting a diagnosis but the psych thinks if I just manage my depression better my focus will get better. So he gave me some add-on depression medicine that he was clearly bribed to push by the manufacturer.
Doesn't help that I'm not good at articulating my symptoms.
Some doctors are better than others and it was only recently they were trained to diagnosis adhd in adults. So I'd say this is 2nd opinion time. However it could be depression. The easiest way to test is to eat half a buddies adhd pill and see if it makes you calm or gives you a panic attack.
Yeah, I’m gonna do the trial month of this dumb add-on depression med (Rexulti), then I have another appointment with him. If he still doesn’t want to diagnose I’ll go somewhere else.
Does that mean a younger doctor would be better?
That requires having a buddy :sadness:
But really I’m already pretty certain that adhd meds will help.
I mean, technically it is appropriate to work down the tree of differential diagnoses before you hand out controlled substances.
You never can tell. Cause a young doc is fresh out of med school being taught by old docs. My doc is a proper Dr feelgood. He will hand out any pill you ask for pretty much but he is old and burnt out.
If you wanna do some reading there are some more actually informative and definitive ways to identify if you might. If you Google Ologies ADHD you find a podcast that has a bunch of the stuff all neatly organized that is easy to listen to.