@Tributary said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
When I took Bupropion in my 20s, I loved how effective it was and hated that it tended to sing-song into my brain, "It's time to kill yourself!"
Now, I'm in my 40s, and I can take it with NO side effects, and it's fantastic.
(I should note, as an ADD person, I do occasionally recommend that people buy themselves a planner to use as a tracker. Not for planning. For journaling things. For keeping track of adulting and health changes, so that when I do talk to my doctors, I can be like, "I had 2 migraine days and 8 depression days in the month of November. I lost 10 pounds and worked as a paid freelancer between 5 and 10 hours a week, plus some spec freelancing. I have an entry where I was unbearably sad because I ran out of apples. Oh, and I had a serious anxiety attack on the 18th, and mild fever on the 9th.")
I have legit recommended bullet-journaling to some people with ADD not to "bE moAr oRganIZed!!1!1!!!", but because if you use the bare bones method of it instead of getting sucked into the Instagrammy art spreads and washi tape and colors.....
Part of the point is scribbling down that random idea, the thing you suddenly remembered, or an observation you had. Not to take you more productive, but so that shit isn't rattling around in your head anymore and neither is the repetitive chorus of "Mustn't forget not to forget the thing I don't want to forget!" It's supposed to be a brain dump in one place so you can unclench your jaw for a friggin' minute.
I actually recommend this video, where she talks about what not to do in a bullet journal over most other content that gets super artsy-fartsy about it. The Instagrammers legit stress me out about my stuff not being pretty enough, at which point the thing that's supposed to be helpful just becomes another to do that overwhelms me.