Adhd

nonderivative · 2015-10-14T00:31:43+00:00

First, stop beating yourself over it. Accept that's who you are and stop it with the self-hate.

So you were diagnosed with ADHD by a medical professional? Discuss treatment options with that person. Also get checked for depression. If your mental health is bad, medicine is not a crutch but a treatment. Make use of it.

That being said, try to get a routine going. Baby steps. Make time for the gym three times a week. Get familiar with the equipment. Do some cardio if you haven't picked a workout program yet. Then start literally any beginner program. I promise they're all more or less the same and you'll only be doing them for half a year max anyways. Google fierce five for instance.

You're fat? Cut the soda, milk, juice and snacks. Learn to cook. Start with basic stuff. Fry some meat, steam some vegetables. That kind of thing. Can't help you too much in that regard, but that's what I observe my overweight friends doing wrong.

You'll slip up. More than once. We all did. Just pick yourself up and start again. After recovering from a cold, I haven't gone to the gym for a week. Went tonight. Back on the train. Let's see how long I'll keep it up this time. Trying to break my record of six weeks.

druganswer · 2015-10-14T01:42:42+00:00

Jesus, get some adderall and stop feeling bad about yourself.

If you're too much of a pussy to do that then enjoy the ADHD, it's going to take some major work to overcome.

bryanlharris · 2015-10-13T23:41:03+00:00

Here you go.

http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html

complex21 · 2015-10-13T23:55:07+00:00

nootropics

Blerks · 2015-10-14T00:29:23+00:00

I was in the same boat as you. For a long time I self-managed, by essentially bribing myself to start working on my master's thesis each day. Knowing there were small-scale but tangible immediate rewards each day tricked my brain into getting over my reluctance to start working on long-term-positive behaviours. Usually once I started working I'd get at least a page done, even if it took me 6 hours to do.

Lately it's gotten worse and I ended up getting medicine, and it's been a world of difference. If you've got a clinical diagnosis, you should be able to get ritalin or some other kind of medicine and you should start taking it regularly. Seriously, do it.

The problem is your brain chemistry. From what I remember, when an ADHD person tries to concentrate, their frontal lobe kinda shuts down. That's the part that (among other things) is responsible for willpower and concentration. Ritalin and drugs like it act as stimulants, trying to keep that part of your brain active.

It's not a simple perfect solution, you still need willpower, self-respect, and the drive to improve yourself, of course. But if your life is really going that badly and you don't already have a diagnosis, get yourself to a psychologist (or at least a family doctor, or a free clinic, or something) and get yourself diagnosed. This is one option to help you start improving yourself - don't hate yourself for the way your brain chemistry is, but understand that you have to deal with it.

4benny2lava0 · 2015-10-14T04:51:44+00:00

Its not yhe adhd you need to worry about its tge anxiety that comes with i.e.

[deleted] · 2015-10-14T16:09:09+00:00

We live in a world of women where being an active man is frowned upon. Everything from small little desks in schools to sitting in your small cubicle at work. Don't stress it. I know how you feel. Just make the change you want to see in your life. If you can't sit still at work, then maybe you should quit and be a Park Ranger or something.

Thizzlebot · 2015-10-17T22:28:32+00:00

Stop making excuses for why you are pathetic. If you want to do something go fucking do it. Watch shia le buffs (or whatever the fuck his name is) motivational video then do it.

Title	Adhd
Author	Douglerful
Upvotes	3
Comments	12
Date	October 13, 2015 11:03 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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