I found that once I had my life on track, being diagnosed in my late thirties, it was easier to tackle life without medication. Because methylphenidate is not an easy drug to take. I would swear profusely even when not doing anything and it killed my appetite, which was bad because I rarely ate anyway. It’s just I was hungry but it made me feel sick to eat.

When there are more negatives than the problems it’s fixing I had to make a choice to rawdog life. It just means I have no control over whether I do something. Want to play Minecraft so bad but can’t find the drive, guess we just watching YouTube until Monday then being sad it’s back to work.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 13 points 1 month ago

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad. You just described my life, but without the diagnosis or trying meds.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Atomoxetine joins the chat. In cases where drugs with focus on dopamine don't work, such for noradrenaline usually do.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are those the only two you've tried? Are you open to stimulants?

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You sound like somebody I could glean a few good nuggets of wisdom from.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Ask away my friend, I’ll do my best.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Haha it took me a long time to figure out you meant "sweat." I was busy trying to wrap my head around excessive swearing as a symptom lol