Also depression, anxiety, PTSD, alcoholism in recovery? I know, it's alot right? š I wish I could just reboot my brain. Jokes aside I am activelu working on all of those and my sobriety, but its such a lonely isolating and painful process. Would love to meet some other ADHDers struggling with the same things and on the same recovery journey to have as a friend and to support and motivate each other.
Struggled with many drugs, mainly alcohol for emotional crutch when I was failing to move toward the life I wanted, bad company and codependency. Early ADD diagnosis as child, got back on stimulants for work and focus but life hit harder from many directions and I got addicted to street Adderall. Do not attempt kids. Now clean and fought like hell to recover and pick up the pieces, have my dream job building landscapes and a wonderful partner and home.
Sounds like we have the same journey. ADHD, anxiety, impulse disorder, PTSD and recovering alcoholic. Currently not in AA, but spent 2 years going to meetings multiple times a week. Recovery alone can be lonely because you have to unfortunately cut ties with people who may weigh you down. I literally had to start over. Firming all new friendships with people as a 40 year old neurodivergent alcoholic with PTSD from trauma was not easy to do. But it was worth it. Iām not perfect. Iām sober, but can be around alcohol. My sobriety was triggered from a traumatic event, so I donāt have the urge to drink. But I did attend rehab for a short time and detox for 5 days was no joke!
ADHD, severe anxiety, PTSD, a possible alcohol issue, and the list goes on. Anxiety meds never helped and made me worse. ADHD meds work 65% (?) of the time these days. Iāve tried a ton of different therapists and have been making progress in the last four monthsā¦now that Iām 42 and a single mom of 4 kids. Itās a lot. I refuse to ever stop fighting. Sometimes thatās a killer traitā¦other times itās debilitating.
Other than a total of one month in the last 3 years, I've been clean. However, everything I deal with as far as my ADHD, bipolar, bpd is a MAJOR trigger and it's becoming almost impossible to stay in my recovery bc of the total isolation I feel emotionally and mentally from everyone I know. My sober friends dont get it, my friends that understand the struggles of addiction are usually high and not ppl I want to be around anyway. Idk, I just keep trying to the right things and praying I don't fall. I would really love some interaction with others like me that get it, that aren't going to judge me or treat me like crap.
Yes! 4 months of sobriety here. Have understood recently I definitely used alcohol to quiet and slow down racing thoughts. They are so intense now and finding new ways to deal with them too, itās so hard and with anxiety and PTSD too then hormone imbalancesā¦ itās a major journey. Major ups and major downs! Good luck to you š
29 years old male. Diagnosed with add/adhd at 8 years old. Diagnosed 2 more times between ages of 8 and 21. Bpd at 21. Iāll start off by saying that psychology is an uncertain practice. There is no actual way to tell what is going on inside of someoneās head. With that being said, when laying these acronyms, bpd, adhd, etc on top of each other, it only gets more complicated. So, I take the diagnosis at face value but ultimately listen and guide myself through life based off of what I believe my needs are. I have hope in everyone that you could reboot your brain. It takes much training and consistency. Most of us will never unfuck ourselves the way we really hope to. But the opportunity is there to at least try. So I will leave off this message on one positive note. Hope is the ultimate motivation. Itās the beacon of light in my life. Hope is like an ember deep in the pile of logs and brush. And if you fan it, and protect it, it will become the heart of a burning and raging blaze that is the success in your life. And at the very center of that success and happinessā¦ Is that hope. That small, delicate, smoking ember. Protect it. Feed it. Fan it. Wait for it. Every day is a battle. So letās rise to the occasion together, and fight. I believe in every one of you. And I have hope.
If you donāt mind me asking, I am 100% positive that my 11 year old son who is SO SMART also suffers from my adhd genes. Heās in therapy for the trauma heās been through as a child by his father I divorced, and his embarrassment about his adhd symptoms (flailing arms in excitement, inability to sit still, shouting out random facts that kids his age think are weird, and the social price you pay for those things). Besides therapy Iāve tried every natural supplement, assured him other peopleās opinions donāt matter, and encouraged all of his āweirdness.ā Heās anxious and sad. Were you medicated as a child? Did it help? If not, do you wish you were?
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all those diagnoses mirror one another ... the bipolar is usually just the adhd and misdiagnosed especially in women. i was diagnosed with adhd in my late 20s i am also have an addict. we crave dopamine and nothing seems to give it to me ... except dope, sex, gambling ect cute lil kitty videos don't do it for me. i also have CPTSD, which a lot of the trauma was brought on from my drug addiction and poor choices. females aren't diagnosed bc we don't show the symptoms of hyperactivity like males. we tend to zone out as kids or get stuck in our thoughts... i will share a link to a youtube video that explains it well
I totally hear you. I am on the ADHD, recovery from alcohol and anxiety journey. Itās so lonely as you say and not joined up. Sponsor for this. Therapist for this. Doctor for this. So itās hard to find one person that gets it all right?
Yes I have both. Itās a struggle!
