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.
Oof, that’s brutal. Are you cleared for physical activity? Working out is the only thing that helps me with my symptoms besides meds (and even then, they work better together than alone).
I am. Actually, that’s part of the concern. I’ve been fairly sedentary the last several years and my cardio is garbage. I bought a new bike last month and have been trying to get out for rides, but the weather has had other ideas. I don’t really enjoy exercise for its own sake, so I’m also looking into some sort of prepaid fitness classes to keep me accountable.
Yeah, that’s tough. I wouldn’t presume to give you advice on working out, but from personal experience, I would at least advise finding something you like before you blow a lot of money on it. I wasted a lot of money on group cycling before I realized I hated that.
Thanks. I’ve tried enough things to have a pretty good idea of what I will and won’t like. I love biking - I used to be in a mountain bike racing league - so I know that one will be a win once the weather gets better. The hard part now is getting past the executive dysfunction and actually signing up for some things.
Yeah, the cruel joke of ADHD is that you need executive functioning to do the stuff that makes it better, like remembering to take a pill at the same time every day or managing your time time well enough to go to the gym. I was only able to start exercising when I got a job with a gym in the building, and I still forgot my gym clothes a bunch or times in the first month.
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.
Oof, that’s brutal. Are you cleared for physical activity? Working out is the only thing that helps me with my symptoms besides meds (and even then, they work better together than alone).
I am. Actually, that’s part of the concern. I’ve been fairly sedentary the last several years and my cardio is garbage. I bought a new bike last month and have been trying to get out for rides, but the weather has had other ideas. I don’t really enjoy exercise for its own sake, so I’m also looking into some sort of prepaid fitness classes to keep me accountable.
Yeah, that’s tough. I wouldn’t presume to give you advice on working out, but from personal experience, I would at least advise finding something you like before you blow a lot of money on it. I wasted a lot of money on group cycling before I realized I hated that.
Thanks. I’ve tried enough things to have a pretty good idea of what I will and won’t like. I love biking - I used to be in a mountain bike racing league - so I know that one will be a win once the weather gets better. The hard part now is getting past the executive dysfunction and actually signing up for some things.
Yeah, the cruel joke of ADHD is that you need executive functioning to do the stuff that makes it better, like remembering to take a pill at the same time every day or managing your time time well enough to go to the gym. I was only able to start exercising when I got a job with a gym in the building, and I still forgot my gym clothes a bunch or times in the first month.