ADHD

Listening to the Huberman Lab podcast (which echoes a lot of good advice in this comment section, and focuses on physiology), and

Psychopharmacology, Modafinil is a slow acting long lasting weak dopamine reuptake inhibitor, so it’s non addictive and you can try it and see how it affects you as a diagnostic and if it works you take it as a treatment. There are other meds like Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) which are also quite safe and can help a lot with dopamine dysregulation.

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I’ve often found that lack of motivation is a symptom of some other problem. Often the direction you think you need to motivate yourself toward isn’t the right direction, or sometimes there is a lot of FUD that’s blocking natural motivation from shining through. We’re inherently curious and excited creatures, so if you can find a way or area where ... See more

What you are describing sounds exactly like symptoms of ADD, basically executive functioning issues (the lack of ability to make yourself start tasks, yet desperately wanting to get things done and stressing about not being able to start).

Can someone comment on whether ADHD medication leads to 'loss' of the unfiltered imagination that I have come to associate with my perpetually distracted self ?

A friend on ADHD meds told me that it feels like trading unbridled creativity for stability. He found it to be an essential drug for functioning, but I got a sense that it involved losing so... See more

I went down this path and after much struggle, I learned the hard way that amphetamines can damage your nervous system. My current routine is to use samatha (calmness) style meditation to promote parasympathetic activity and taking Lion's Mane mushroom to promote nerve healing. It's been a decade since I stopped taking amphetamines and its the firs... See more

This is the answer. Use any fleeting motivation to construct the habit. Do not rely on “feeling like it”. Once you’ve created the habit, it will feel uncomfortable not exercising.

This advice is repeated a lot, but motivation is fleeting and you just have to make it part of your routine in the same way that brushing your teeth, showering, paying your bills, cleaning your house, and so on are.

If it helps, you can think of it like "going to work". Very few people are lucky enough to feel any sort of intrinsic motivation to sho... See more

One thing that isn't talked enough is the importance of regular exercise for managing adhd. Humans are not to designed to sit on our butts all day.

jyrkesh on Nov 30, 2022 | parent | next [–]

Shared my Adderall experience in response to OP, but didn't mention exercise.

HUGE +1, since I started working out more even just a few weeks ago, my overall hap... See more