My ADHD paralysis is overwhelming

[FirstLight]

I am literally unable to accomplish anything!
Today especially. I had great plans because I got a good night's sleep and got up and felt great this morning but from the get-go I could not figure out what I wanted to do with myself. Did I want coffee or chai? Do I want breakfast or cereal or eggs.?
I've got this mental list of tasks that I need to accomplish. But I have no motivation and every time I try to sit down to do something I find myself just staring out the window aimlessly. I've gone and sat outside on the deck in the sun to try and get over it and then come back inside to do something and I just sit there. I don't know if menopause is what's making it worse, or if I am just being lazy. But I swear, another day down the drain it's 3:00 and I doubt that I'm going to pull my ass out of the fire anytime soon to get this day salvaged.

Part of me wants to go to the health food store and try to find some supplements to help my brain health, but I can't even motivate to put my clothes on and I do not want to go out in the tourists. I'd like to go down to my market and get some things that I forgot from the grocery store, but again, putting on clothes and actually driving somewhere seems overwhelming.

How the fuck do I break out of this?! I have so much to do, I've got to create and prepare for the upcoming Farmers market. I'd like to sweep off my front porch and clean it up for the spring. And now I've got a headache just thinking about it.ugh....i need to save myself from my own brain 🧠

[SheltieLover]

1. Get rx for meds or get neurotherapy 3-4 xs /week for a few mos

[FirstLight]

5. Yes! I know I see the doctor this week

And that's one of the things that I'm asking for is a referral to psychiatry and asking her about getting tested because this is fucking ridiculous. I know I've been dealing with ADHD my whole life I can see the patterns I know... But menopause is definitely throwing me off a cliff and this inability to function is really getting on my nerves.

[SheltieLover]

9. Might depend on your state, but you shouldn't need to see psychiatrist for ritalin or adderal

Sorry to hear menopause is in the mix.

Most folks feel much better afyer getting on meds fof ADHD when they are needed.

Your doc should be able to rx just on the symptoms you telk them. They might have you fill out a brief screening instrument, but there is no test I'm aware of for ADHD. Clinical signs should be enough.

Good luck! Pls let us know what your doc says?

[No Vested Interest]

3. Choose one item you think you can accomplish...

Savor the thought of feeling good about doing the one thing.
Lter, recall that satisfaction and plan one more item on to-do list; repeat as in first time.

I know the feeling as well.
You can do one thing and feel good about that and yourself.

[murielm99]

12. This works for me.

That is how I go through life. If I did it any other way, I would feel like a failure.

Thanks for this post!

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Just relax and go w/ the flow. Pick a movie to watch, and pick 5 or 6 choices, and find one you feel like watching.

Maybe this will help keep your mind active, watching.

Best of luck to you.

[FirstLight]

6. Thanks, I know it's not a bad thing cuz it's only Saturda

I mean, it's a whole 3-day weekend I can make up for lost time. But I hate putting myself in a position where I feel like I have to rush to get shit done and I know I need to get my act together before next Wednesday June 4th cuz that's the day of the Farmers market. I'm going to be doing readings, and selling some of my wands and my art.. which means that I need to have more stuff ready to sell. Theoretically, I could watch a movie and paint....

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Actually, sounds like fun to me!! Enjoy

Sometimes the smallest things can do so much. I got a nice crock pot stew going, and when my SO gets home, we'll settle down, w/ the soup, and watch a nice movie. Looking forward to it!

Have a nice rest of the day!!

[John1956PA]

7. That type of funk is what I am in today. I am going to go outside and breathe some fresh air.

It is a bit cool here. The sky is overcast, and there is a slight breeze moving. It is the type of weather which facilitates the feeling of being down.

I hope your day sees you accomplishing some of your goals.

[Skittles]

10. make an effort to just take a walk, no TASK or ACCOMPLISHMENT, just a WALK

may help you.....get GOING

[multigraincracker]

11. Went to a psychiatrist in 1990 and got thy diagnosis. He told me to go back to college and

sit in the front row and I'd get all "A"s. I did and did, graduated with a 3.8 gpa.
Learn to embrace it. Our friend Thom Hartman has some good info on it and a great reading list. I'm ADHS, I have piles, not files.
We are the hunter gatherers, all the others are farmers.
For years I had a clerk job that required me to do hundreds of different tasks. I was great at it and loved it.
Don't let anyone call you lazy, you are not.

[FirstLight]

13. Well, I guess it wasn't a complete loss today...

I got up and went to the store so I can make some yummy food tomorrow. And I came home and made a sandwich and had dinner watching comedy and I made art! I did two art projects! So I'll mod podge them tomorrow and set the paint!

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