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Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Skydancer@pawb.social to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 37 points 5 days ago

This worked until I developed GAD. Now it's hard to get motivated and hard to wind down, lol.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

If you figure out the motivation thing, give me buzz. For winding down, I found that doing mindless sorting tasks is good for relaxing. For instance, I build LEGO things, my son plays with them and takes them apart eventually, and I sort them back out. One time, I went through my son's old clothes and made a list of what was in each box. I felt so relaxed after the clothes logging! It was a nice little Saturday!

We are wired differently. "Winding down" doesn't look the same for us. It's just hard to find the right task to let our brains relax.

[-] Vorticity@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

What's GAD?

[-] Skydancer@pawb.social 26 points 5 days ago

Probably Generalized Anxiety Disorder

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Ah that makes sense.

(Also the last few years of my downward spiral till I hit bottom ) Meds have changed my life the last six months.

[-] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, meds have helped, in my case. At least benzos, but I try not to use them since they were explicitly prescribed as a last resort. I gotta book an appointment at a second doctor one of these days... It wasn't really working out with my previous doctor.