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Do you think medication would help you?
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Yeah. I don't feel mentally exhausted anymore.
Fighting with myself to do stupid pointless boring stuff that I hated was just so exhausting.
I still have to do stupid pointless boring stuff that I hate... but I don't ALSO have to fight myself to do it. Turns out that was like 60% of the expenditure.
So now I don't feel just drained by the end of the day. I come home with way more gas in the tank for the people I actually love.
Dang, that sounds incredible.
Maybe I should talk to my doc about this...
Bro I could have typed this exactly. I only recently (within 6 mo.) have started taking Ritalin and I get to enjoy my day after work. I'm not just cracked out, I just don't have the same internal struggle happening ALL day long. Haha who would've thunk