u/Milkymaster69

I (21M) am at the end of titration after recently being diagnosed.

My life, productivity, mental health and happiness has been night and day since beginning treatment (methylphenidate hydrochloride IR 15mg).

I am in an apprenticeship in which I will abroad at sea for up to potentially 5-6 months at a time, without access to regional care.

I am wondering what is the maximmum length of prescription that can be given for stimulant medications at any one time on the NHS in the UK?

I can already guess somehwat that the answer is not going to be enough for my situation, but I am wondering if anyone else has had any similar experience?

I am fully prepared that I will have to make a career change because of this, and have no qualms with it because life has never been better since beginning treatment.

I (21M) am a Deck cadet from the UK with a company operating primarily LNG. I have almost completed my cadetship, I just need to complete 3.5 months of sea time and go back to college and take my MCA exams.

I have been diagnosed with ADHD as a young adult, which is quite severe. It has affected me in every aspect of life including failing school, alcohol dependancy, gambling addiction, eating disorder, destroying friendships and relationships, catastrophic mismanagement of personal finances.

In some regard, I enjoyed college and found it interesting however it destroyed me mentally to make it through.

I like the idea of going to sea however my actual time at sea was not so perfect. Although my C/O and other crew members/officers would describe me as eager to learn/hard working, my behaviour on board was incredibly erratic and hyperactive and I could not really be trusted with responsbilities because I was very unpredictable, my mental health was non existent, it was a real low.

My ADHD symptons made every aspect of sea-faring extremely difficult. This has me very concerned because I am only a cadet who can afford to struggle and make mistakes, however I fear this is not a luxury that could be afforded if I were to qualify.

I am beginning medication and treatment before I start college again however I now have my doubts, I am wondering whether the maritime profession/going to sea is a realisitic prospect for me.

Any advice on this would be appreciated, I am hoping medication may change things.

I (21M) lucid dream pretty frequently, I've never practiced, I've just had incredibly vivid dreams and lucid dreams for as long as I can remember.

Recently, I have had lucid dreams where an almost higher power is fully able to explain ideas and concepts in full detail in such a way where it just clicks. My conscious mind during the day is completely oblivious of the subject material before hand.

My most recent example was that I was able to truly understand how the manual transmission in a car operates, I was able to X-ray into a running car and see all the parts, gears, flywheel and all the bits and bobs.

This has happened before with other stuff, I looked it up as soon as I could and what I had been told in my dream was correct down to the tee.

I had only vaguely looked at how a cars transmission works a while back, but did not recall or know nearly as much as what was revealed to me in the dream.

It's truly made me question how memory actually works, do we actually recall literally everything we see and hear but our conscious mind filters it out?

I (21M) suffered from severe and debilitating BED, this is directly caused by quite severe ADHD also. I simply could not function in daily life and it is not an exaggeration to say my quality of life was significantly impacted.

My brain was in a constant state of painful understimulation, food was my only way to get dopamine, it created a vicious cycle.

For a period of 4 months, I had daily binges which would leave me for all intents and purposes couch ridden.

I tried everything, a calorie maintenance diet, a whole foods diet, a moderate calorie deficit, a moderate calorie surplus. Nothing worked, it was never about physiological hunger.

I could never enjoy anything or get anything productive done, my mind was constantly on food.

You do not tend to get taken seriously for BED because like many people who suffer from it, I was not overtly overweight.

The only way I could manage it was by maintaing a binge-restrict cycle, I would do a lot of cardio and starve myself because I knew a binge was inevitable anyway. I was able to maintain weight this way at least, even if I was in mental anguish and depressed.

My therapist reccomended hypnotherapy, I have done one session and I am certain to say it is the closest thing possible to a cure.

I was very skeptical at first because it sounded like pseudo-science.

I couldn't have been further from the truth, it has allowed me to actually begin enjoying life again. I just want to shout it from the roof tops.

I still suffer from quite severe ADHD symptons which is being treated seperately, including painful and intense boredom. But it is so relieving to know I will never ruin the rest of the day and the next with bingeing.

I still suffer from the thoughts, however it is like they are muted, and there is a mental block to bingeing, I have actualky started to rediscover what hunger feels like. I now know when I start thinkimg about food my body is legitimately hungry.

My ADHD brain is still extremely impulsive for quick dopmine, but it is a lot less damaging to doomscroll on tik tok than to turn to a binge.

I (21M) have a slow puncture in the front tyre of my Honda CB125F, I want to learn how to repair it permanently (not just a roadside puncture repair).

I have a car for commuting purposes and only use my motorcycle for joy rides, so I am in no immediate rush to repair it. I would like to learn how to repair it rather than taking it it to a garage.

My Bike has a centre stand luckily, any ideas?

I (21M) am a motorcyclist from UK (A2 licence holder). I have a slow puncture in the front tyre of my Honda CB125F, I want to learn how to repair it permanently (not just a roadside puncture repair).

I have a car for commuting purposes and only use my motorcycle for joy rides, so I am in no immediate rush to repair it. I would like to learn how to repair it rather than taking it it to a garage.

My Bike has a centre stand luckily, any ideas?