Got to make a stash over time. But I get it; it’s not exactly the kind of thing we excel at.

Germany here, and I just learned that for the past month, my kid did actually not do so great at school, after his meds (Medikinet removed) were unavailable and he got a generic one with a completely different extended-release profile. Decided by pharmacist against doctor’s orders. Can’t believe it! Health insurance is EUR/USD 1100 per month here, and you’re not allowed to quit. Least I can expect is that he gets the 40 cents / day meds that help, after waiting a year to get diagnosed and treated!

Exactly the kind of experience I need to hear from, thanks!

I see. Modafinil was decent at getting things started & done without the “high”, but it is certainly not shy of risks and side effects itself.

Interesting, thanks! What was the reason go get off?

lol, this advice is excellent, but the sheer number of options is completely overwhelming with ADHD.

This kept me from deciding for one option for a long time. I settled with a hot air fryer eventually, but it doesn’t really matter.

What helped me a lot to take the pressure off is engineered staple food: Something that’s always ready, and much more healthy than most takeout. This is Food, Huel, all good. With 0 appetite on meds, a This is Food drink is perfect.

With that fallback in place, the stress of “must cook” is gone so I can actually cook :-)

I used to be sceptical about these things long before the word “degoogle” was used, but I realised that in my case, it’s worth the loss of privacy. So I put everything into google calendar, and I use the assistant with speech-to-text to input every event, appointment and timespan as soon as I get it for the first time.

A classical wall calendar will never work for people like us. Best we can do is IMAGINE how we’ll just put everything in it.

Still somehow mess up hilariously, but less often now.

Most absurd thing with dentists: They do this thing where they check the depth of the little pockets in the gums. It seems to have 0 medical value. Just to be like: “Watch out, it’s 2.5 mm now! Two years ago, it was at 2.3 mm. Just so you know what’s up.”

Ironically, it takes a long time for the whole mouth and is very painful, worse than fixing actual problems, e. g. by drilling.

Mostly for that, I left my reputable high-tech dentist of two decades for a small practice with old equipment that specialises in anxiety.