• pjwestin@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I decided I didn’t need my ADHD meds anymore when I was in my late teens. Spent most of my 20s smoking about a pack a day and drinking 6 or 7 cups of coffee. I quit smoking in my late 20s, struggled until my early 30s, then started taking my medicine again and realized I was an idiot.

    • ratofkryll@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      I was diagnosed with ADHD after I quit smoking and my symptoms went crazy a couple of years ago. Took meds for a while, and now my doctor’s taken me off them while we sort out some potential heart concerns. The meds helped a lot and now I’m back to bad symptoms and chaos brain. This is the first time I’ve missed cigarettes since I quit; it’s crazy how much they helped.