I will apply myself tomorrow.
She will not.
this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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When I was a child I had my whole life planned out up til about 27 when everything got fuzzy looking forward.
Most of those plans were Derailed when I was 19, I had a meltdown in a situation where I lacked the support I needed to handle myself. Less than a month later I lived almost 2k Miles from my hometown.
Today, at 28, I have only the vaguest plans for my future, with no clear timelines.
I want to sell my art, I want SRS, I wanna marry my fiancé. Most of all though, and this is the big SUPER important one. I NEED to have a piece of art in the museum of Modern Art in my hometown specifically as a "fuck you I told you I could be an artist" to my mother.
I resigned from my job, without offer, i guess tomorrow will be a different wakeup.
Oh buddy
Sir, tell me i didn't fuck this shit up!
This delusion is what keeps me going
You guys have plans for the future?
We have concepts of plans. Trump stole that shit from us.
Absolutely! I have vague tentative plans for tomorrow.
TBH getting medicine was kinda like that for me. It’s not a perfect solution ofc
How does it help you?
My main problem always was energy. Not wanting to go out, not wanting to work, sometimes literally not wanting to do anything. I still had motivation and ambitions though. The feeling of being unable to do what I really wanted, to live up to who my idea of who I wanted to be, made me feel like wasting all my potential.
The medicine gives me that extra kick in the butt energy wise and also lowers the barrier of "just doing it". It makes everything you do just a little bit more rewarding, so that now my hobbies even have a chance to compete against the dopamine of video games and fast food.
All in all, now I feel like I actually use my potential. When I don’t do something I wanted to, mostly now it’s because of time, not energy. Also it really helped me in social situations by closing that sensory filter a bit, giving me some more runtime before I get exhausted.
What I don’t like: If I couldn’t live the life I wanted before the medicine, and now I can, what happens if I don’t take the medicine anymore? If it works as it’s supposed to, you build your life on top of that effect, so being dependent on it is kinda built in. I’ve already experienced times where the medicine wasn’t as effective, and suddenly my daily life seemed not stimulating enough anymore compared to my old habits.
I accept this trade off though, since it’s the first thing that ever let me live my life like I actually wanted to.
That's really interesting thanks 😊
It's exactly like this for me as well. The barrier to start tasks is lower, and the anxiety about all the "should do" tasks is not there, as well as the lack of anxiety when finishing something and thinking "but I have way more to do".
So combined the mental load is way less, so I have energy to do more.
Tl;dr I have energy to do more, the ability to do more, and the rewards of doing more.
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Stimulants in general. You kind of have to try what works best for you, but they were all pretty much doing what I described
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There’s many cool options if you don’t prefer stimulants. Guanfacine came pretty close to ritalin for me. Atomoxetine is another option I didn’t try, and a few more you’d have to look up. Stimulants are no joke, and I am not without any side effects. For me the trade-off is worth it though. If you ever try them I can only suggest to speak to your doctor about starting with half the regular starting dose. It can be way too high for some people already, and there is no real harm in starting low as far as I could find out.
For me getting medicine was a wake-up call that "things take time to do". Even when you can focus. I had some weird dreamy idea "if only I could focus".
*adhderence
Oh, fuck this!!!
I think this can be solved by writing a very long list of tasks.
I'll just put this over there with the other lists.
Next to the post-it’s that fell off the wall.
it sucks when I get that wave of productivity and then I try to push myself like that every day and beat myself up when I don't achieve it.
That's what prescription amphetamines are for :)
Unless you live in uk, then its basically go fuck yourself
I'm trans so like, thank fuck I don't!
Arguably still better than America but worse than most of Europe Being British sucks. At least I have the cop out of saying I'm Scottish
Yeah I mean, I wouldn't expect the UK to start rounding up trans folks for a genocide anytime soon, you can at least live your life on DIY for the most part.
True and I am an alcoholic