I find something I crave enough to get motivated to follow a recipe, and make enough to eat for two days. Other times I do the simple things like pasta or miso soup from premade ingredients, or microwave potatoes. The simpler it is to make the better, preferably with a timerso I can just leave it until it’s done

He probably decided “meh, good enough” and went on to do other things. And then came back and instead of fixing it flooded the whole thing to start over, abandoned halfway again, set fire to two cities, gave up for a thousand years or so, suddenly remembered he made it and tried sending a message again, but that didn’t go well, so we haven’t heard from him since.

Wellbutrin: felt easier to start tasks without waiting for motivation to hit, gave me headaches

Atomoxetine (Strattera): after a month felt a little less distracted, affected my mood and killed the sex drive, I was too irritable and had problems with relationships.

Methylphenidate (Ritalin): helped me stay awake and a bit less distracted, gave me a rash so I couldn’t take it longer or higher doses to see if taking more would make any difference

Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse): improved focus, kept me awake for 16 hours at a time, kills appetite, dries the throat, causes sweating, makes me want to go to the bathroom more often, makes me feel stressed a bit, tenses muscles in the head a bit too. The least worst out of them all so far, I’m trying to channel how I feel while on it to act more focused on the days when I’m not taking it, and it seems to help a bit.

Most difference for all of them I’ve noticed after I’ve stopped taking them, suddenly realizing that though while taking them it felt like they only helped a tiny bit, it was actually noticeably harder to do things without them.

Still, Lisdexamfetamine was the only one immediately noticeable, just need to watch myself and make sure to get more showers, remember to hydrate and to eat properly, to take it early in the morning and to force myself to sleep on time (didn’t learn how to do that yet though)

They were also putting bleach into the pool trying to kill the algae, and maybe that helped the paint peel off

I think it’s only available in Russian language https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шумилин,_Александр_Ильич

I was reading an autobiographical book recently about second world war, written by a soviet officer, and I’m pretty sure that the guy who wrote it had ADHD. He described how he would be the most focused during chaos for example, or how he would notice things others wouldn’t. Or how he was a machine gunner but also a member of aviation modeling club, and a sniper. And the way he interacted with people.

I was reading through it and constantly thinking that he certainly was one of us.

I only took a dose in the morning, and while it felt like the main effect did wear off by around 7pm my brain still felt wired for longer.

Thank you for the advice, I’ll try to pay more attention to the effects, and hopefully it will normalize soon

Thank you!

And I can’t imagine having only one meal a day yet.

And I know what you mean about being too agitated to sleep, sometimes I feel like I’m too tired to sleep, because the brain is trying to process a lot of things and is too slow from fatigue, and it keeps me from sleeping…

Still, first day I didn’t manage to sleep… Hopefully I’ll adjust soon

So cool that it’s working for you! Now I want to pick up some courses to see if I would be finally able to complete them this time

I think I need to start planning meals, because usually I only cook healthy things when I’m hungry enough to want a hearty meal

I couldn’t sleep the first night now, maybe because I drank coffee as well during the day though.

Hope it’ll pass, tried taking the dose earlier in the morning today

Glad to not be the only one.

And it’s still the first day for me so I’m keeping my expectations in check, after so many failed attempts I really don’t want to be disappointed once again…

Thank you for the advice. I have flexible schedule and constant availability, so setting a time slot is complicated, but I’ll have to try from now on.