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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by scyzoryk_xyz on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @07:46AM (#38276069)
The fact you lost the paperwork should be a pretty damn good indicator and this part made me laugh out loud. I'm glad to have been simply diagnosed by someone who just accepted my story as true. All this talk about diagnosis is just bizarre. It's not a 0-1 sort of thing, they have to trust you. Unfortunately you have to be confident and assertive because they will gas-light you in the name of being 'careful'.

Sports can be an important piece of the puzzle in the ADHD lifestyle. Especially high-intensity, game-like, engaging ones that you can identify with and be good at. I swear my executive self-control and discipline have improved since I started training tennis several years ago.

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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by atcalan on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:33AM (#38277763)
Now do remembering to fill your medicine when you're off your medicine :) you need extreme executive loading to argue with insurance and RXs especially with the supply chain issues.
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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by falcolas on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @11:37AM (#38278666)
It always bothers me how the procedure for getting ADHD meds is the single most ADHD unfriendly procedure in existence.
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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by tstrimple on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:43PM (#38279724)
The first time I got medical treatment for ADHD, I eventually stopped treatment because I missed a Dr. appt due to being sick and just couldn't get myself to arrange a follow up appointment.
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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by gogogo_allday on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @01:32PM (#38280426)
I like to joke that the test should simply be “can this person get their medication filled if they run into any impediment?”
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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by hughesjj on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @03:47PM (#38282231)
And they vend it out to you one refill at a time too (at least with my provider), and due to the stimulant shortage you have to go to hospitals to get it filled and even then they don't have it available for some time

I ran out of meds once but thank God my lady forced me to go get them asap because she couldn't handle me off the meds anymore

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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by deathtrader666 on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:00AM (#38288089)
Kinda like requiring to climb a cliff when you require knee surgery..
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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by callalex on Thursday November 16, 2023 @01:52PM (#38293688)
Blame the War on Drugs and our asinine DEA with drug scheduling that is completely decoupled from science and reality. Never vote Republican, they just enjoy torturing the sick.
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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by TimTheTinker on Thursday November 16, 2023 @03:09PM (#38294766)
That's why I use nicotine patches. I don't know how much of the benefit they deliver compared to something like Ritalin, but I do see a measurable improvement. (Including getting a major promotion)
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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by callalex on Thursday November 16, 2023 @01:50PM (#38293658)
This has caused so many extremes in my life that I know actively avoid stimulant medications even though they objectively improve my quality of life. I wish excruciating agony upon the DEA and anyone who supports the current schedule system. It is just torturing the ill so that mediocre busybodies can feel superior without actually accomplishing anything.
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