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How do you deal with ADHD (self.adhd)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 20watts to c/adhd

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I want to know how people deal with them.

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[–] MrPoopyButthole 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I spent 20 years on cannabis. It has its own negatives. It will slowly steal your ability to cope emotionally with stress. I'm back to zero meds. I also trialed Ritalin and Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin made me feel like I wasn't myself and Ritalin took away my appetite to the point I would have low energy and headaches from not eating.

Cannabis is my drug of choice but I like it too much

[–] CADmonkey 2 points 1 year ago

Ritalin did basically nothing, from what I remember. Wellbutrin turned me into a teenage rage monster. I hated it and finally used that anger to convince my parents I shouldn't be taking it.

I haven't had marijuana slowly steal my ability to deal with stress, but I've noticed that it's not something I have to do every day, or to excess, to get the positive effects on my ability to focus.