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Had a pre-birthday celebration meal with friends. Decided to have a beer with my meal.

hoooly heck wow no this is not good with alcohol. One single pint, which was a struggle to finish (should have tipped me off) and it fucked me right up. Have felt totally nauseous since. No warnings on the label. Certainly not getting work done tonight.

First beer in at least 4 months, too. That's too bad. Oh well, easy lesson. :(

GunslingerGunsl posted...

I don't think it's serious enough to warrant medication. I think I just need to set limits and rules for myself... Well idk. Like trying to explain exactly what is wrong is difficult for me. I just can't seem to find the words that explain the problem exactly how I want. I almost gave up writing this post like 3 different times.

I've noticed that social media and it's bite-size presented material is something that I lose myself in. I scroll through instagram and will keep scrolling for long periods of time which initially makes it seem like I don't have a problem with staying focused on something. In reality, I think it's because it's such a constant stream of bite size pieces of information that it plays right into the fact that I can't focus on one thing for too long. I can't start movies on Netflix because I just end up looking through what is available until I just give up on it all. I barely play games anymore because as soon as I start one, I'll decide I don't want to play anymore. I feel like I speak too fast sometimes because my words can't keep up with my mind. I used to think I just had anxiety but I feel like it might just be related to add because my mind is always racing.

Oh hey that whole last paragraph pretty much came as one stream of thought. Lol

I feel that. What you wrote feels familiar. Discipline is good and all but it's not always enough for everyone, and resolve wears--especially with ADHD people as they are noteworthy for impulsiveness. I was doing well enough for a good long time and then everything was too much. The more things I tried to get done the more I buried myself with directionless actions. That was a while ago. I finally got sorted out enough to want to do something about it.

You may be on to something with your anxiety coming from adhd. hard to say. anxiety is really common with adhd people (moreso with people not being treated), as is depression. If you have the ability to you could go seek a professional to see if that's the root for you. I don't know if the anxiety I have is tied to adhd or not. At times I have felt that I am anxious because of being overwhelmed with my shortcomings and the extra work they create (not getting things done, misplacing things, poor time awareness, inefficient time management, wandering thoughts, disorganization, etc.). Just always knowing and thinking about that stuff and failing to get everything done. It's tiring for sure.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-best-strategies-managing-adult-adhd/201303/when-adult-addadhd-goes-untreated-adult-adhd

Many clinicians were taught that if someone presents with depression and ADHD, first treat the depression and THEN treat the ADHD. In my opinion this is just backward thinking. Very often, the patient feels depressed, frustrated, and has lost interest in work and other activities, but this can be because he has experienced one failure after another or has gone from one job to the next. In our experience at the Hallowell Center, when you treat the ADHD, the person begins to acquire the ability to achieve their goals, improve relationships, meet deadlines, remember to pick up the children, avoid accidents on the road, remember their tickets before driving to the airport and feel a lot more competent, confident and happy.

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