u/iamfindingsomeone

I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and have been taking 10 mg atomoxetine twice daily for around 10–15 days now. My doctor told me it should start showing benefits after about 10–15 days, but honestly I still can’t make myself study for my upcoming exams.
There was one previous exam where I think I performed unusually better than normal, but that was just one example. Other than that, with this exam, my motivation and focus honestly feel the same as they have for pretty much all the exams I’ve taken in my life.
Lately I’ve also been feeling extremely tired and mentally drained. My sleep schedule is completely messed up — I stay awake all night and sleep during the day. On top of that, I’ve been feeling kind of depressed because of relationship issues.

Now I’m confused about what’s actually causing this. Is it possible that:
1.the medication still hasn’t fully kicked in yet?
2.my sleep schedule is ruining my focus and energy?
3.stress/relationship problems are affecting me more than I realize?
4.or maybe I don’t actually have ADHD?

Has anyone experienced something similar with Atomoxetine early on?

why do people chose to break your heart right before your exam or birthday.
this time i got both :)

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I started talking to someone online a little over a month ago. From the beginning, we both knew it was just supposed to be lighthearted/flirty and not something serious or long-term. They were honest from the start that they weren’t very emotionally invested, and I understood that logically.

But somewhere along the way, I got attached.

Recently, they told me they don’t want to engage flirtatiously anymore because it was getting too intense for them and they didn’t like that much attention. We’re still friends, but now I’m trying really hard to respect boundaries and not constantly text them, even though emotionally I really want to.

The problem is I’m handling this really badly. I genuinely can’t tell whether this is love, emotional attachment, hyperfixation, loneliness, ADHD-related attachment, or something else entirely. When I like someone, they become the center of my thoughts and I feel like I don’t want to spend a minute away from them. That feels like love to me, but maybe it’s not healthy attachment.

What scares me is that something similar happened to me before. Years ago, I got attached to someone for only a short period of time, but moving on took me THREE YEARS. I spiraled really badly mentally and only truly moved on once I realized that person was actually horrible and I started hating them.

This situation feels different because this current person isn’t toxic or manipulative. They were actually honest and kind. They didn’t love-bomb me or lead me on. They simply realized things were becoming too much and stepped back respectfully. So now I can’t even use anger to detach myself.

I’m honestly terrified of going through another years-long emotional spiral. I’m already in a bad place mentally and emotionally in life right now, and this situation triggered something huge in me.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of attachment from a short online connection? How do you tell the difference between love and hyperfixation? How do you move on when the other person didn’t actually do anything wrong?

And if you’ve been through something similar, how long did it take you to feel normal again?

I started talking to someone online a little over a month ago. From the beginning, we both knew it was just supposed to be lighthearted/flirty and not something serious or long-term. They were honest from the start that they weren’t very emotionally invested, and I understood that logically.

But somewhere along the way, I got attached.

Recently, they told me they don’t want to engage flirtatiously anymore because it was getting too intense for them and they didn’t like that much attention. We’re still friends, but now I’m trying really hard to respect boundaries and not constantly text them, even though emotionally I really want to.

The problem is I’m handling this really badly. I genuinely can’t tell whether this is love, emotional attachment, hyperfixation, loneliness, ADHD-related attachment, or something else entirely. When I like someone, they become the center of my thoughts and I feel like I don’t want to spend a minute away from them. That feels like love to me, but maybe it’s not healthy attachment.

What scares me is that something similar happened to me before. Years ago, I got attached to someone for only a short period of time, but moving on took me THREE YEARS. I spiraled really badly mentally and only truly moved on once I realized that person was actually horrible and I started hating them.

This situation feels different because this current person isn’t toxic or manipulative. They were actually honest and kind. They didn’t love-bomb me or lead me on. They simply realized things were becoming too much and stepped back respectfully. So now I can’t even use anger to detach myself.

I’m honestly terrified of going through another years-long emotional spiral. I’m already in a bad place mentally and emotionally in life right now, and this situation triggered something huge in me.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of attachment from a short online connection? How do you tell the difference between love and hyperfixation? How do you move on when the other person didn’t actually do anything wrong?

And if you’ve been through something similar, how long did it take you to feel normal again?

I genuinely can’t sleep unless I have a specific song playing on loop in my headphones. Like, once I find the perfect song, it scratches my brain in the right way and suddenly I can relax and fall asleep way easier. But the problem is I get bored of it super fast .. sometimes in literally 1–2 days .. and then it completely stops working and I need a new song obsession.

The worst part is I’m really picky with music too, so finding a new “sleep song” feels impossible sometimes. I’ve already overplayed almost everything in my liked songs playlist and now I just scroll forever trying to find something that hits the same. And if I don’t have that one song, my brain just refuses to settle down and sleep normally.

Does this happen to anyone else with ADHD or is this just a weird me thing?

Do you guys ever hyper fixate on one person? even if you are not romantically attracted to them?
I feel like i have mental illness and i cant function well when i don’t have hyper fixation on someone from campus or maybe a celebrity? (like i need these intense crushes to go thru my day)

my pov on this is that I wanna stay in a city where my loved ones are , and i dont really care about money as long as its enough to afford necessities of life ..

bc I think people are what makes a place beautiful and worth living.

Also by loved ones i dont only mean parents or life partner..

it can be your friends too and a place where people are generally nice and kind to you.

So it’s been few weeks I am having a crazy obsession over bikes , but I know my parents would never let me have a bike.

Are there any girls in islamabad who ride bike or even scooty?

I have always felt like Indian Punjabis are really nice and respectful to girls and generally nice .

is it true or are you guys just acting nice (jk)

Also I wanna know how are Pakistani Punjabis perceived by you guys?