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Dirthippy
@dirthippy
I recently cast this on /okbanger. I'm re-casting here (comment if you're interested!) and I'm putting out a thread. If any of my fellow ADHDers sometimes struggle with motivation (and burnout), here are my own realizations...and perhaps find things that you can apply as well. 🧵 👇
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Steve
@sdv.eth
Just want to candidly reply before I totally forget to and lose the moment: - so much of this relates, especially on the fleeting motivation and being driven by creativity (and curiosity!) and I'm appreciative of your openness and thoroughness in sharing your experiences - I've tried many of the tools you've mentioned, perhaps the most effective one for me has been bullet journaling. I stuck to it for almost a year and it was probably the most organized I had been. Though life was easier then too, before wife, child, and house! Still figuring out new tools and systems to keep it together but I'm being more graceful to myself (which has probably been the aspect I've neglected) - medications have been very helpful for me, particularly bupropion (an antidepressant). It's taken away a lot of the friction of starting simple things like cleaning around the house. I had a post here over a month ago and lots of people encouraged me to try meds; thankful for them!
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Dirthippy
@dirthippy
"I'm appreciative of your openness and thoroughness in sharing your experiences" Thanks. I almost didn't. I had originally just sent a DC to @christin, but decided that this was something that I could (and should) share...because I doubt that I'm alone in those struggles. "the most effective one fro me has been bullet journaling" Sunday morning is my weekly journaling (had to google "bullet journaling", but it was what I expected...and that is mostly what I do when I say I'm doing "journaling"). I only started doing that within the past few years, and I have found it to be incredibly helpful. "I'm being more graceful to myself" I'm working on that. When I was diagnosed, I admit that "grief" and "sense of loss" was pretty high up the range of emotions I experienced. However, I've been moving on to being more graceful to myself. Now, at least, I have a framework to work from. "Medications have been very helpful" I will likely try some out. I haven't gotten to the point of researching that yet.
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Steve
@sdv.eth
I think meds are great as a last resort. Not that there's anything wrong with them but they're always there if you're low on gas. They affect everyone differently and it's a lot of trial and error but I think knowing they exist and that they can get you back on your feet is plenty helpful on its own!
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