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Re:Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work by borski on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:17PM (#27597333)
Therapy/coaching, and don't give up on trying to adjust the medication. Finding the right dosage, and specific med that works for you, is tricky (I haven't found it yet, but am closer), but can be life-changing. There are a ton of new types of medications for ADHD now; far more than there used to be, when we basically knew stimulants helped but didn't know why.

Still, for about 20% of people, medication simply doesn't help. For them, coaching and therapy (and education about ADHD) is far more useful.

Check out https://chadd.org/ for lots of fantastic resources

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Re:Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work by throwaway389983 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:46PM (#27598274)
I also recommend Scott Alexander's blog post on ADHD medication:

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines

If you're not familiar with the author, he's an incredibly talented blogger whose day job is as a psychiatrist.

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