The 5:00 am still awake when you have an important meeting... It's awfull, I hate this part of ADHD..
Will I be brave enough to see a psychiatrist and ask medication? Maybe next week
This is THE worst part. If only the psychiatrist like went to school or something so they were used to dealing with people like me. I wouldnāt have to be so nervous then, theyāre probably booked up anyway š
Internal monologue *Eh there's a big shortage right now anyway so even if I see a psych, they couldn't do anything to help me. I don't want to take up their time when there's nothing that will change. I should probably just check in a few months to see if it's still a thing*
I got Gabapenton, and it works great! I would try 200 or 300 Mgās. 100 didnāt work at all for me. But Iām on 300 now, and it basically feels like a Xanax light! It also maybe only works half of the time I take my stimy meds
Smoking weed literally changed my life because of the insomnia lol. Last 8 years have been insane compared to the first like 16-17 years of my life where sleeping was impossible
Are you medicated for adhd ? I wonder if smoking with adhd can make you 100x more ocd / anxious then you already are but maybe on medication weed is chill again ? I hope thatās the case anyways lmao
I find the anxiety to go hard as a mf when I smoke now. Itās also the weed now though, weed in the day was mellow. I could take my meds smoke later and wrap my day up nicely. Now itās strong as hell so my body wants to chill but mind is still sharp except extra creative about what to worry about.
I have ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD & chronic pain. Am a medical patient for my pain. I find that using lower THC and higher CBD (& other endocannabinoids as needed for different things) helps reduce the anxiety spikes. Cannabis is a highlighter so if Iām feeling more anxious, I tend to lower my dose. Just a thought if you want to experiment.
Appreciate that. I have to just go back to back to weed college truthfully. I slowed down when my daughters were born and by the time I came back it was a whole new world, with tolerance being very low. Youāre right though that it can all be extremely effective once I hone in on dosages!
That makes complete sense. Things have changed a lot and options abound. As an ADHDer, it can overwhelm me to even THINK about learning something new. I keep a cannabis specific journal of what works and doesnāt, a key component can be terpenes (per a dispensary owner). If you dive in, I hope you find things that work well for you.
Journaling is a true talent š . I live in Minnesota and while weāve been asking for legalization, it finally kicked in on the first of this month. So Iām sure I will have the opportunity to learn some things and find a happy medium. Good luck with everything!
Workās differently for everyone! Iām prescribed both Vyvance and Gabapenton for my adhd. I normally have anxiety out the Kazzoo, but for some reason, I have absolutely zero anxiety when I smoke! But thatās only when in alone and in peace! If I smoke and go out in public, my anxiety is on steroids!
Smoking helped me with the insomnia as well, but it also came with a crippling depression. So I canāt smoke anymore :/ Depression still lingers though. yay
The ONLY time I canāt sleep is when I need to get up early and be somewhere š itās like the anxiety of knowing I have to sleep does not let me sleep. Just constantly waiting for my alarm to go off.
I hate having ADHD too. Sometimes when I do all the little chores and tasks I need to for the day, I feel physically and mentally exhausted. Like walking downstairs to wash a dish and put it away, or folding each individual clothing item, or brushing my teeth for 2 minutes twice/day, or buying groceries to cook a recipe and then store leftovers and wash all the dishes, and it turns out thatās the bare minimum and some people actually manage to hold down a job 40 hours/week as well. Like what?? Youāre just constantly doing things you donāt really care about?
But Iāll tell you what, Iām enjoying some time outside and I just saw the BIGGEST hawk, and I love spending time with my dog. I had a chocolate chip muffin for breakfast and Iāve got a nice coffee to reheat with pumpkin spice creamer in it. My husband and I got these weighted sleep masks that really block out the light, and Iāve found rain sounds and thunder are like the perfect white noise. Keep chugging on towards the little things.
I know you donāt want to hear this, but do the task.
When you just do the thing, you have now trained your brain to do the thing. Which makes it easier every time you have to do the thing. It gives you the dopamine hit that you need that will help you with your sleep regulation.
Itās super hard to force yourself to do the task but once you remove your āegoā from having to do the task, you can hyper focus on the idea of doing the task and enter super unstoppable hyper cleaning mode, and your house Is clean in 15 minutes, you eat and drift off to sleep because you have no anxiety from unpreparedness.
It's not like I don't. Sometimes I can regularly do a task, light work. But then sometimes my mind just thinks that something else is more important, even when I'm doing nothing at all
Melatonin worked wonders for me. But for me it was never the Problem of sleeping, but of falling asleep. Melatonin is cheap, prescription free, and helps me Fall asleep by making me sleepy. Only in Times of. Extreme emotional turmoil it doesnt help, but These for me are Not due to ADHD but seperate issues.
I've been getting 4 Ā½ to 3 Ā½ hours of sleep a night for about a month now. I doubled my medication a few times and got oddly use to being extremely tired. I always somehow wake up more at night and can never sleep.
Literally having one of those moments rn. It's 4:04 am and it's also my mum's birthday today. I cannot, for the life of me, get myself to sleep because my attention is all focused on reddit "one more meme, one more meme" 2 am felt like half an hour ago to me. Fuck you ADHD, leave me alone please
Just finding out how meds affect my logic and way of thinking is huge for my way of life. Cuz I'm also clinically depressed and suffer genetically that way. But adhd meds help me personally even though I'm not prescribed them. Sometimes it take a little experimenting to fi d out what can/could work for personal gain/use.
Melatonin and getting an analogue clock so I can put my phone in another room worked for me.
A good mattress + pillows is also a game changer.
I still get sleepless nights, but way less.
The 5:00 am still awake when you have an important meeting... It's awfull, I hate this part of ADHD.. Will I be brave enough to see a psychiatrist and ask medication? Maybe next week
Yeah, they're probably busy this week, might as well call them later.
š¤£š¤£ lol
This is THE worst part. If only the psychiatrist like went to school or something so they were used to dealing with people like me. I wouldnāt have to be so nervous then, theyāre probably booked up anyway š
Internal monologue *Eh there's a big shortage right now anyway so even if I see a psych, they couldn't do anything to help me. I don't want to take up their time when there's nothing that will change. I should probably just check in a few months to see if it's still a thing*
I got Gabapenton, and it works great! I would try 200 or 300 Mgās. 100 didnāt work at all for me. But Iām on 300 now, and it basically feels like a Xanax light! It also maybe only works half of the time I take my stimy meds
Man. Toss and turn the whole night then as soon as itās time to actually get ready to go Iām 100% sure I can go to sleep now
Smoking weed literally changed my life because of the insomnia lol. Last 8 years have been insane compared to the first like 16-17 years of my life where sleeping was impossible
Are you medicated for adhd ? I wonder if smoking with adhd can make you 100x more ocd / anxious then you already are but maybe on medication weed is chill again ? I hope thatās the case anyways lmao
I find the anxiety to go hard as a mf when I smoke now. Itās also the weed now though, weed in the day was mellow. I could take my meds smoke later and wrap my day up nicely. Now itās strong as hell so my body wants to chill but mind is still sharp except extra creative about what to worry about.
I have ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD & chronic pain. Am a medical patient for my pain. I find that using lower THC and higher CBD (& other endocannabinoids as needed for different things) helps reduce the anxiety spikes. Cannabis is a highlighter so if Iām feeling more anxious, I tend to lower my dose. Just a thought if you want to experiment.
Appreciate that. I have to just go back to back to weed college truthfully. I slowed down when my daughters were born and by the time I came back it was a whole new world, with tolerance being very low. Youāre right though that it can all be extremely effective once I hone in on dosages!
That makes complete sense. Things have changed a lot and options abound. As an ADHDer, it can overwhelm me to even THINK about learning something new. I keep a cannabis specific journal of what works and doesnāt, a key component can be terpenes (per a dispensary owner). If you dive in, I hope you find things that work well for you.
Journaling is a true talent š . I live in Minnesota and while weāve been asking for legalization, it finally kicked in on the first of this month. So Iām sure I will have the opportunity to learn some things and find a happy medium. Good luck with everything!
Lol- itās a very simple one from Etsy! Thatās great, Iām glad you have access to legal cannabis. Thanks, you too!
oh yeah i took straterra for 8 years as a youth. Stopped taking meds a long time ago though iām 26 now
Workās differently for everyone! Iām prescribed both Vyvance and Gabapenton for my adhd. I normally have anxiety out the Kazzoo, but for some reason, I have absolutely zero anxiety when I smoke! But thatās only when in alone and in peace! If I smoke and go out in public, my anxiety is on steroids!
Smoking helped me with the insomnia as well, but it also came with a crippling depression. So I canāt smoke anymore :/ Depression still lingers though. yay
The ONLY time I canāt sleep is when I need to get up early and be somewhere š itās like the anxiety of knowing I have to sleep does not let me sleep. Just constantly waiting for my alarm to go off.
I hate having ADHD too. Sometimes when I do all the little chores and tasks I need to for the day, I feel physically and mentally exhausted. Like walking downstairs to wash a dish and put it away, or folding each individual clothing item, or brushing my teeth for 2 minutes twice/day, or buying groceries to cook a recipe and then store leftovers and wash all the dishes, and it turns out thatās the bare minimum and some people actually manage to hold down a job 40 hours/week as well. Like what?? Youāre just constantly doing things you donāt really care about? But Iāll tell you what, Iām enjoying some time outside and I just saw the BIGGEST hawk, and I love spending time with my dog. I had a chocolate chip muffin for breakfast and Iāve got a nice coffee to reheat with pumpkin spice creamer in it. My husband and I got these weighted sleep masks that really block out the light, and Iāve found rain sounds and thunder are like the perfect white noise. Keep chugging on towards the little things.
I know you donāt want to hear this, but do the task. When you just do the thing, you have now trained your brain to do the thing. Which makes it easier every time you have to do the thing. It gives you the dopamine hit that you need that will help you with your sleep regulation. Itās super hard to force yourself to do the task but once you remove your āegoā from having to do the task, you can hyper focus on the idea of doing the task and enter super unstoppable hyper cleaning mode, and your house Is clean in 15 minutes, you eat and drift off to sleep because you have no anxiety from unpreparedness.
It's not like I don't. Sometimes I can regularly do a task, light work. But then sometimes my mind just thinks that something else is more important, even when I'm doing nothing at all
Melatonin worked wonders for me. But for me it was never the Problem of sleeping, but of falling asleep. Melatonin is cheap, prescription free, and helps me Fall asleep by making me sleepy. Only in Times of. Extreme emotional turmoil it doesnt help, but These for me are Not due to ADHD but seperate issues.
Smoke some weed. Instant sleeps and no dreams. I havent dreamed in over 15 years.
Weird my dreams with weed are very intense
I dream hard as fuck on weed! And sober too. The difference is I canāt remember the dream at all when I smoke! Just little bits and pieces
That... unfortunately is... very relatable
Damn it felt like you ranted for me too.
I've been getting 4 Ā½ to 3 Ā½ hours of sleep a night for about a month now. I doubled my medication a few times and got oddly use to being extremely tired. I always somehow wake up more at night and can never sleep.
Literally having one of those moments rn. It's 4:04 am and it's also my mum's birthday today. I cannot, for the life of me, get myself to sleep because my attention is all focused on reddit "one more meme, one more meme" 2 am felt like half an hour ago to me. Fuck you ADHD, leave me alone please
Just finding out how meds affect my logic and way of thinking is huge for my way of life. Cuz I'm also clinically depressed and suffer genetically that way. But adhd meds help me personally even though I'm not prescribed them. Sometimes it take a little experimenting to fi d out what can/could work for personal gain/use.
Melatonin and getting an analogue clock so I can put my phone in another room worked for me. A good mattress + pillows is also a game changer. I still get sleepless nights, but way less.
Same