ADHD – Answering your Q's | mood on meds, NON-DRUG treatments, does medication change who you are?
welcome to another ADHD video. I’m answering some of your questions from my previous ADHD video. I speak about mood changes on meds, tips to get a diagnosis from a provider, comorbidities and treating them, anxiety, and non-medication treatments
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Topics I’ll cover: comorbidities, non-drug treatments, mood on meds, apps that help me, etc.
2:33 Why you should treat your other mental health issues FIRST.
3:28 You can get addicted.
6:46 Medication isn’t for everyone.
7:14 Tips if you can’t/won’t take medication OR to add to your medication 🙂
8:30 Examples of supplements I take
10:00 Me telling you “just be happy!!!” lol
10:58 My favorite ADHD helping app- FINCH APP
14:10 How people with ADHD are like babies: object permanence
15:24 Talk to your doctors before adding nootropics — do your own research!
16:21 Will medication change who you are?
17:45 Specifics on how medication changed me for the better!
20:50 Do I have withdrawal symptoms when I’m off medication?
21:50 How to get treatment very quickly in US vs. Other parts of the world
24:40 Using ZocDoc to find a psychiatrist in the US and other tips for getting seen sooner
27:44 My most obvious odd ADHD quirk
29:30 Coming up: Next videos, going live!
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Mansoor Gaming
Thank you so so so so Rachel for the video because I was waiting for this only and I really love your vlogs so so much and I wish you reach 3K Subscribers very very soon!?✨?
AMichael8
The 'tics' sound like echolalia… Its also an autism spectrum disorder symptom
El
Thanks for another great video Rachel, loved learning more about your experiences with ADHD ? I’d love to join a livestream but I’m in Australia so not sure if the time difference would work haha.
Just to add about ADHD and addiction, it’s different for everyone but I know many ADHD researchers believe that often undiagnosed ADHDers turn to substances for a dopamine hit because we have less dopamine, that and many ADHDers use drugs/alcohol as a coping mechanism for their struggles being undiagnosed ADHD. This is why most experts say that there is a very low risk of ADHDers abusing stimulant medication because often we are so relieved to feel better and function better in life that we are less likely to abuse drugs. However, like you said everyone will be different.
I also agree that some people do really need to treat their other mental health conditions first, but I know that for many ADHD people we have these conditions due to undiagnosed ADHD that causes us to be depressed or anxious. So sometimes people find treating ADHD treats these other issues too. However, I’m someone with bad health anxiety and so it was really important for me to treat this first before starting ADHD meds, because otherwise I would have been extremely anxious about taking a new med which would have made me worse not better. So it’s definitely different for everyone 🙂
Sorry for the essay lol, this was a really interesting video! Hope you are well ?
Youssef Khezami
Hi, I am transferring to the US as a masters student.
I wanted to ask if it is hard to find a partime job?
Jessica Encizo
I downloaded Finch after hearing you talk about it in another video and it’s a GAME CHANGER. I use it everyday, it helps so much. Sponsor her, Finch!!!!!! ?
Reese Alexandra Irwin
I was taking almost all of those supplements without knowing why – turns out I likely have ADHD ? I'd just add that St John's wort interacts with birth control so just be mindful if you're on it too!
Laura Linse Velasco
I also have verbal ticks!! Be it with repeating phrases, making random word-associations out loud, or just making unconscious sounds to express myself. I also repeat movements a lot, my movements are very distinct and noticeable haha. I get teased for it a lot (though not always in a bad way), I guess it's an ADHD quirk and not necessarily a bad thing!
Laura Linse Velasco
FINCH IS THE BEST
Shauna VA
Hi , I commented not long ago, but now I have an ADHD diagnosis. The doctor decided to keep me on phentermine because my other doctor had started me on a low dose to help me lose weight. He mentioned Wellbutrin but since I had been diagnosed with chronic fatigue so many years ago and am so tired all the time, we decided to go the stimulant route. He had me increase my dose of phentermine over the past week and now just started 37.5 mg the last couple days. But I've been really stressed because of the things I've had to do, computer work that takes concentration. I have had headaches and felt like I had a harder time thinking actually. I didn't have my coffee, because I didn't want to make it worse, but maybe not having it caused it, I don't know. He might switch me to Adderall when I see him in September, but was going this route because I was already taking phentermine. I don't know if it's normal to get headaches when you first start taking meds, or if it's because I was stressed, or the kind of medicine, or what? Not having my coffee? I just know I want to concentrate better not worse… It didn't affect me this way until the last couple days. If you have any feedback please let me know. Thank you!