Its so hard to actually treat ADHD when you associate it with good stuff

[Deleted member 7901]

I feel like ADHD is a blessing and a curse at the same time,
my random brain helped me in so much stuff, if its socially (being funny, active etc..), the amount of intellectual stimulation I get
because I actually learn a lot of stuff myself unrelated to school, and think quite a lot in my head, and the constant stimulation does have its benefits, I even had a successful online business for a few years (which I closed)
also the entire self-improvement came from procrastinating and watching youtube videos (started from me seeing jordan peterson in joe's rogan podcast), and it actually helped, I lost a lot of weight, I very better generally and far more energetic, and I completely revamped my daily diet from one full of junk food to healthy foods and added a few supplements, I also got in shape as well.

and all of this because I don't just sit 24/7 to learn to a test and spend it on other stuff

but in the other hand, I fail at high school, I know I have the potential to get top grades if I tried, I already was like that until 12-13 when I bothered to even listen,
I can learn coding very fast, but I lose interest after a few hours, I closed my online business because I was too lazy, and when it was opened, I took a few breaks where I lost at least $4,000 because I was too lazy and I didn't even care, on top of that I probably gave anxiety to countless people because I was anxious myself to tell them there was a delay because I was too lazy to click a few buttons.

I legit don't know what to do, I am thinking of getting a prescription (which I can get easily) for Modafinil and see how it effects me, if it will be too mild, maybe Adderall but I am not sure, I don't want to ruin what's at least good in my brain.

I am very afraid of the long-term effects, sure maybe next year I will work my ass off and actually get really good grades and graduate with the best way I could because of the drugs or some other external motivation, but
it comes in a cost of other things I could have discovered, and perhaps addiction and withdrawal, or changes in my brain, I am also afraid that I won't even use it in the first place, but I still want to open a few possible doors

 

[datboijj]

constant stimulation

????

 

[jackieboy21]

Use it to aid you thats what i do, i only have very slight adhd but j had the same problem as you, did pretty poorly at school necause didnt have the attention span, but when you learn about something you want to learn about its so fucking easy to get dopamine from the task and blitz through it, also it helps me out socially too because most of the time ive usually got something funny to say related to the topic, i see it as a blessing, but then again i dont have it that bad ive never needed or felt the need tk get a prescription

 

[Muneeb]

Check out leo and longevity channel on youtube he has a few videos on adhd and he talks about how it does have permanent effects but you should definitely listen to him because you can get damage if you don't use them in a smart way

 

[SPFromNY914]

I feel like ADHD is a blessing and a curse at the same time,
my random brain helped me in so much stuff, if its socially (being funny, active etc..), the amount of intellectual stimulation I get
because I actually learn a lot of stuff myself unrelated to school, and think quite a lot in my head, and the constant stimulation does have its benefits, I even had a successful online business for a few years (which I closed)
also the entire self-improvement came from procrastinating and watching youtube videos (started from me seeing jordan peterson in joe's rogan podcast), and it actually helped, I lost a lot of weight, I very better generally and far more energetic, and I completely revamped my daily diet from one full of junk food to healthy foods and added a few supplements, I also got in shape as well.

and all of this because I don't just sit 24/7 to learn to a test and spend it on other stuff

but in the other hand, I fail at high school, I know I have the potential to get top grades if I tried, I already was like that until 12-13 when I bothered to even listen,
I can learn coding very fast, but I lose interest after a few hours, I closed my online business because I was too lazy, and when it was opened, I took a few breaks where I lost at least $4,000 because I was too lazy and I didn't even care, on top of that I probably gave anxiety to countless people because I was anxious myself to tell them there was a delay because I was too lazy to click a few buttons.

I legit don't know what to do, I am thinking of getting a prescription (which I can get easily) for Modafinil and see how it effects me, if it will be too mild, maybe Adderall but I am not sure, I don't want to ruin what's at least good in my brain.

I am very afraid of the long-term effects, sure maybe next year I will work my ass off and actually get really good grades and graduate with the best way I could because of the drugs or some other external motivation, but
it comes in a cost of other things I could have discovered, and perhaps addiction and withdrawal, or changes in my brain, I am also afraid that I won't even use it in the first place, but I still want to open a few possible doors

You gotta find what you're passionate for and do a career that gives you constant dopamine and something to work towards and look forwards to. It helped my ADHD A LOT

 

[GGGGG]

I feel like ADHD is a blessing and a curse at the same time,
my random brain helped me in so much stuff, if its socially (being funny, active etc..), the amount of intellectual stimulation I get
because I actually learn a lot of stuff myself unrelated to school, and think quite a lot in my head, and the constant stimulation does have its benefits, I even had a successful online business for a few years (which I closed)
also the entire self-improvement came from procrastinating and watching youtube videos (started from me seeing jordan peterson in joe's rogan podcast), and it actually helped, I lost a lot of weight, I very better generally and far more energetic, and I completely revamped my daily diet from one full of junk food to healthy foods and added a few supplements, I also got in shape as well.

and all of this because I don't just sit 24/7 to learn to a test and spend it on other stuff

but in the other hand, I fail at high school, I know I have the potential to get top grades if I tried, I already was like that until 12-13 when I bothered to even listen,
I can learn coding very fast, but I lose interest after a few hours, I closed my online business because I was too lazy, and when it was opened, I took a few breaks where I lost at least $4,000 because I was too lazy and I didn't even care, on top of that I probably gave anxiety to countless people because I was anxious myself to tell them there was a delay because I was too lazy to click a few buttons.

I legit don't know what to do, I am thinking of getting a prescription (which I can get easily) for Modafinil and see how it effects me, if it will be too mild, maybe Adderall but I am not sure, I don't want to ruin what's at least good in my brain.

I am very afraid of the long-term effects, sure maybe next year I will work my ass off and actually get really good grades and graduate with the best way I could because of the drugs or some other external motivation, but
it comes in a cost of other things I could have discovered, and perhaps addiction and withdrawal, or changes in my brain, I am also afraid that I won't even use it in the first place, but I still want to open a few possible doors

I made it into an Ivy (as a first-gen immigrant and absolute poverty-stricken idiot who kept insulting his teachers but they had to give me outstanding grades because I simply performed.)

I only got good grades out of luck too. I bullied the stupid chadlites as an obese kid every time they couldn't answer a question. This was just so much fun and propelled me to get good grades.

In college, I got even good grades and some internships. But ultimately failed because I am impossible to tolerate and have no motivation to do anything anymore.

I'm just so moody and tired all day. Maybe it was my ADHD that caused all of this.

Don't think it's over once you get into college. Your life is always waiting to be ruined by stupid decisions and lack of stimulation.

But even if you make it to a top tier