Dopamine addiction is a whirl

It’s actually so annoying how bored I get trying to do things, even on the off chance that I finally get myself motivated and do everything right to trigger it.
I’ll be idling on a game, playing a podcast, AND listening to music, and I’m still not entertained enough to lock in on my task cause I’m just SOOOooOOooOo uninterested in it.
Reward system is fucked apparently. The more bored I get the more dysfunctional I become. Uuuuuughhhh.
One of the top reasons I’m so upset about how bad these meds have become.
Might have to literally ditch my phone entirely for a little while and just not touch it.

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u/Alfalfa-salad — 6 days ago

You’ve heard of Looksmaxing, now get ready for Medsmaxing

Cringe

OKAY GANG!!

Since we can’t get our meds to properly hit, nor can we currently do anything about it either,
How about we collectively start looking for methods that could potentially help us?

We can’t wait forever, and many of us still need to work in the mean time. Over the past few days I have been experimenting and seeking out methods to maximize the efficiency of my meds/brain, and I WAS able to find some results/partial relief!!!

This morning I did my darnedest to give myself the absolute BEST conditions for success.
Here is what I did:

OBJECTIVE: We are building a sturdy house of Focus.
Dopamine is the bricks. Adderall is the builder.

The set up:

The day before: We all know that sleep is important, especially for our brain. But many of us don’t even realize the kind of impact sleep deprivation has on our brain specifically. Sleep Deprivation TANKS cognitive function. Moreover, it makes our symptoms TWICE as bad.
This means, IF YOU WANT THIS TO ACTUALLY WORK, you gotta get a good sleep.

Morning: DO NOT start your morning/dose on an empty stomach. I know they ‘hit better’ with no food, but I found it’s best to give your brain a proper SOURCE of fuel to draw from to create dopamine.

- Protein: You NEED protein. Protein has amino acids. They are the BUILDING BLOCK MATERIAL.
Think of it like: Protein is what your dopamine is MADE OF. Amino Acids = Clay = Dopamine Bricks

Have a small/light protein-dense breakfast. Eggs work, but if you don’t like eggs/eating, chug a glass of Protein Powder. Try to get your hands on a high-quality Whey Isolate like the one I have. It’s pure fuel for brain without fat to interfere with your meds hitting!! Pair it with a banana for some extra carb/energy.
KEEP IN MIND: This will make focus come onto you gradually as opposed to a direct HIT, but it works!

- Avoid Acids: An acidic stomach will compromise your ability to properly digest your meds and send them into your bloodstream. That’s often why they fail!! Your stomach makes you pee it out. Try to leave your citrus and acidic stuff for the afternoon.

✨THE TEAM ROCKET STACK:✨

If Adderall is Meowth, the two supplements I attached are Jessie and James.

- Citicoline/Jessie: Citicoline will support your processing speed and provide cognitive fuel/memory precision. THIS SHIT PRACTICALLY WIPED MY BRAIN FOG AND LESSENED MY BURNOUT BY A LARGE MARGIN!!! Your Adderall burns through the nutrient this thing has like crazy. Taking this will replenish that.
This is like, giving your lazy builder a raise for them to want to build your house properly

- L-Theanine/James: Citicoline and Adderall together can sometimes overstimulate the nervous system and might make you jittery. Taking L-Theanine with them will SMOOTH IT OUT AND BALANCE IT ALL. It keeps you relaxed and sharpens your brain. If you can find it in magnesium like in the pic, even better!!
And THIS is like giving the builder a longer deadline to work, so that he doesn’t have to rush and do a sloppy job in a trembling hurry.

- L-Tyrosine/Wobbuffet?: L-Tyrosine is converted into a compound that directly transforms into dopamine. This also works great with the stack!
It is possible that this might also help a LOT during burnout when your brain doesn’t CREATE enough dopamine or have materials*.*
This I would say is like getting another builder onto the site!

The verdict:

Will this help you feel magically locked in like our old meds did?
Not quite. The old meds SNAPPED and LOCKED us into focus with the power of the Gods.

HOWEVER, it DOES WORK!!!
I can confirm from my morning that I can actually write, and actually kind of focus on what I need to.
It is an alert kind of focus. I am able to lock in and out as needed relatively decently, and I am incredibly relieved. The noise in my head from stress is also quiet.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE IF YOU TRY THIS OR ALREADY DO IT!!!
I gotta give credit to some people who recommended me L-Theanine/L-Tyrosine in my previous subreddit. They’re who I went on a research spree because of. Thank you.

And please share your own methods if you have any :D

u/Alfalfa-salad — 15 days ago

What the fuck am I supposed to do???

I’ve been sitting on this God forsaken paper for 2 weeks, doing nothing. I can’t even get myself to write a sentence an hour.
This shit won’t fucking work. No 30mg, no 60mg, no 90mg.
ITS FUCKING 90MG OF A PRESCRIPTION BATH SALTS

I’m on a dose that should be enough to get a horse to lock in. But nah, I am out here, exactly as I am without them.
I even feel hunger… on meds that I KNOW usually make me wanna vomit out my entire organ system at the IDEA of food.

These pills would hit me so hard at 90mg, it would probably put me in a fucking hospital few years back.
IT DOESN’T SO MUCH AS TICKLE ME.
I can’t even sit through a movie.
I’m so tired of people trying to tell me I’m ’gaslighting myself and they do work’
MOTHERFUCKER MY HEART RATE HASN’T EVEN GONE UP. What the fuck.

WHY is this even happening? There is NO way this is just a manufacturing error.

AND WHAT DO I DO??? WHAT CAN I DO?!!
I’m about to fail a whole semester man.

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u/Alfalfa-salad — 17 days ago

Yooo is it just me or is the ‘official ADHD subreddit’ a completely different breed of people?…

I don’t wanna antagonize anyone or anything, but fuck. Does anyone else diagnosed before this craziness feel completely alienated from that group?
Like, how tf are these meds just ✨doing it✨ for them also? I’m over here just feeling uncomfortably warm, reading about how “Adderall changed my life.”
I don’t even know how to explain this don’t kill me.
I’m just getting kinda frustrated. Sometimes I feel like I’ll always be a chaos magnet.

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u/Alfalfa-salad — 19 days ago

THIS SHIT AINT WORK

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Fuck me I have 2 overdue papers and like 5 movies to watch… and I CAN’T FUCKING RNEHWGWJFJTNEBWB
I’m gonna smash my face through my drywall.

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u/Alfalfa-salad — 20 days ago
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I’m tired (rant)

I’m so fucking tired of this disorder. I’ve been diagnosed with it since I was 6, with ASD added at around 14. I’m 24 now, and I still haven’t found anything that genuinely works and helps me, despite the army of people I’ve seen to try and do so.

I’m a wreck, nothing helps. Therapy SUCKS, and only makes me feel worse. I’ve tried nearly every pill out there. My one meds that *actually* worked (without me wanting to mosh with a train) haven’t done shit for a long time (max dose, can’t increase.) Best they do is keep my dumb brain from going supersonic, while I physically feel like total garbage.
I can’t sleep. When I do? I can’t wake up. The antidepressants I take (to help me sleep and not be miserable) knock me out for 12 hours a night, because during school I skip consecutive nights of sleep weekly, from stress.

My body is exhausted. I live in a constant state of fight or flight. My anxiety is through the roof. I feel like the world is gonna end in 5 minutes at all times. I’m ALWAYS behind on something because I just CAN’T DO MY WORK. The only thing that motivates me is the sheer terror of failure. In which case, I’ll get onto doing my task last minute while undergoing some kind of twisted mental torture.
Otherwise? Unless I got a brutal deadline that ends in an hour, I’ll just sit there. Doing nothing.

And the worst part?
I go to an art school, where everyone you ask ‘has adhd.’ Everyone around shares my diagnosis. Everyone ‘knows how it feels.’

But if that’s the case, why am I STILL the only person profs “don’t know what to do with?” Why do I STILL have to explain executive dysfunction? Why am I STILL the only one who can’t make it to class on time? Why does everyone look at me like I’m an uncontrollable problem? Like it’s my fault?

When this disorder began to receive more attention, I was looking forward to finally having people I relate to.

I don’t!!!
I just feel like an outsider to the disorder I’ve had on paper since I was 6.

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u/Alfalfa-salad — 23 days ago