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scns · 2023-08-04
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Two things that all types of ADD have in common are impaired emotional regulation and impulse control.
A combination with Anxiety/Depression meds and therapy might help. Some types only need an offlabel antidepressant like Bupropion for both impairments. All the best.
scns · 2023-08-04
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There are many more offlabel meds for ADHD eg Bupropion. Daniel Amen gives tailored recommendations for meds and supplements for each type in his book Healing ADD. There is one type he called Ring Of Fire, which can only be helped without meds. Highly recommended!
scns · 2023-06-09
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Love your comment. Shall we replace
> nonjudgemental thinking
with
acceptance?
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Two books that helped me:
The Amen Clinics use PET scans of the brain to differentiate between seven types of ADD: https://www.amenclinics.com/conditions/adhd-add/ You may find these write-ups helpful in refining your understanding. Dr. Amen has a book that I found helpful https://www.amazon.com/Healing-ADD-Revised-Breakthrough-Prog...
I don't take stimulants beyond caffeine, I meditate most days at least once a day, which I find helpful, as well as not stay up too late. I keep a pad of paper by my bed to capture ideas. Working to music seems to help.
If you get a lot of ideas, you should reconcile yourself to only acting on a small fraction of them and worry less about all of the possibilities.
I try to take care to keep the commitments that I make, writing them down and tracking them. And here it is important to keep a close track.
I may be less impaired than you are, although many people have noticed I seem to get a lot of ideas. I collaborated with a partner on a book once, and at one point, about halfway through, he was frustrated with me and said, "You are a geyser of ideas. We don't need more ideas, we need to complete what we set out to do."