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How do I live with ADHD without taking medication?

I don't have health insurance and have never been diagnosed with ADHD. Mostly because when I was younger my parents didn't believe in stuff like that and either did I. I thought it was something you just delt with. But now that I'm older it's affecting me on a very serious scale. Here are things I deal with on a regular basis.

I rock, back and forth, when I'm seated. I can't sit still, and it's something that calms me. I look like a crazy person but I don't even realize it unless someone points it out. I just cant sit still. I'll be at a friends house with my shoes on and a backpack and walking back and forth while everyone is seated and I constantly get asked "are you going somewhere?" I'm not. But I just hate to sit. I get anxious, It's like turrets but instead of blurting out things I just have to move, always. People even tell me I make them nervous but I don't even realize how awkward I look.

I get bored often. Always. I always want to do SOMETHING and when people I'm with can't figure out what we're going to do I just get frustrated. I also have a "one-track" mind. Meaning if we finally figure out what we're doing I'm 100 percent commited. But if we are on the way to do something and someone suggests something else I get irritated. It's like we FINALLY decided to do something, we are on the way, and now you want to do something else?? It drives me crazy.

I also have modes where I turn everything around. I make goals and plans and I do them, but it only lasts for about a month before I get bored with it. I start slacking or doing other things. Even with new jobs. When I get a new job I'm there early for like the first month, working my *** off. But after that month I start showing up late, or taking off. I go from excited to literally dreading it. Like I'd literally do ANYTHING else than go to work. And when I'm at work I find myself going to the bathroom like 20 times. Just to relax. And I feel soooo tired while I'm at work, but as soon as I get off it's like I'm energized again.

I feel like I'm lazy, but i'm not. I'm very dedicated when I put my mind to it. And what's worse I KNOW what to do, it's just so hard to drive myself to do it. I stay awake at night making plans of how I'm going to change it, but when the day starts I'm so exhausted. And it frustrates me to no end.

What do I do? I don't have health insurance, and even when I feel like applying for even that it's hard to drive myself to, especially since I'm also bad with money. Go figure. I'm driving myself insane ... INSANE. Help? Anyone? Thanks.

Update:

Seryph - Dumbest answer anyone could have given. Thank you.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    You lack self discipline.

    EDIT: Actually it's not. If you want to tackle ADHD without drugs, you need to take control of yourself. I know several adults diagnosed as children who can cope just fine because they work damn hard at it.

    I personally don't think the majority of ADHD/Dyslexia/whatever diagnoses are correct, and I am diagnosed with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. But you know what I can read and write, I have a vocabulary in the top 1%, I cope with the autism spectrum sides of my learning difficulties every day, including hypersensitivity to touch and sound. I don't ask for special help, and I cope entirely by myself, because that is just what you have to do.

    You probably aren't lazy, but here's the thing, teachers know how to spot ADHD, it would have come up before now. I'm not saying you don't have it, just that maybe if you tired harder this wouldn't control your life.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    gotu kola is an herbal supplement that can help anxiety, depression, and boost cognitive function and memory. These claims have not been proven yet by the FDA, but the herb has been used in Asian cultures for thousands of years. If you do not have access to medication, it is worth a shot, as it is fairly inexpensive online.

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