ADHD memes

Our brains are constantly understimulated. It takes effort to try and raise the level back up. When you first get medicated, it's like someone took a load off your back that you never realised you were carrying.

We also tend to be sleep deprived. It is harder to fall asleep, so the level at which we do requires more exhaustion.

Combine these 2 and the sleep thing makes sense. We are suddenly able to just relax, possibly for the first time. We are also constantly tired. It's not surprising we can fall asleep!

Thirdly, many of us self medicate with caffeine etc. Medication makes us but that back.

I definitely feel more alert after taking my adhd meds. Not taking a nap with them in my system. It slows the frantic thoughts, but I still feel more awake.

When I was a kid, I refused to take the meds we were trying out for my ADHD because they made me crash hard. I would fall asleep in classes because I had no choice.

Fast forward like 30 years and I’m taking Atomoxetine. Seems to work pretty well for me and I can focus on work. I can usually tell when it runs its course at the end of the day though. I basically start randomly zoning out. Using my brain constantly all day to write code probably doesn’t help though.

Cocaine does absolutely fuck all for me. The few times I tried it, I was convinced my friends were getting screwed over because I got absolutely nothing from it.

I can nap on Modafinil, which is a narcoleptic drug used only off-label for ADHD. It's basically like coffee on coffee.

One of the things that helped me find the right prescription stimulant in my 30s was telling the prescribing doctor that I had tried cocaine in my 20s and found it very calming.