As a child, I often had the question of whether I had ADHD. Sure, some of them were teachers who were just annoyed, actually did boring classes and just said that about all the kids who didn't fit them, but I really heard it from a lot of places back then.
My parents didn't take it so seriously since I was neither unhappy nor bad at school and they wouldn't have given me psychiatric drugs at such a young age anyway.
Now I'm 22 and I'm slowly studying and wondering if I haven't missed something in the matter… For the record, I did therapy, but because of anxiety disorder and depression, somehow the topic just didn't come up.
Short list of my problems:
Severe difficulty concentrating
Learning difficulties insofar as it is very difficult for me to remember things that I'm not particularly interested in
Motivation is very difficult
Notoriously procrastinating important things like learning, just to clean up or sort or do similar "unpleasant things" in time
Possibility to "multi-task" e.g. Watching the film and texting, listening to and writing music, playing games and running something on YouTube or Netflix etc.
Tends to get distracted by screens.
I've already taken the following steps because I thought the problem was in my behavior:
30 days on YouTube, Netflix, social media waived, which was also carried out completely.
my "cell phone time" reduced to 2 hours a day, often stay below! Including whatsapp, reading emails, what to read / do for the university
Exercise 5 days a week, either yoga, strength exercises or the like
I never look at my cell phone in lectures.
I put my cell phone 1 hour more before I go to sleep and I have a blue light filter.
No multitasking.
Unfortunately, my family doctor didn't help me, she just said to pull myself together. Does anyone have a similar experience? Who can you contact?
I know that it is not a problem of my intellect per se, if I really want something really bad, I get better and, for example, I graduated from high school without really learning it at 1.6. But I really have difficulties at university and I can hardly work productively… My grades are ok, but not good and I notice that I'm lagging behind my potential… Only where is there better help than "pull yourself together"?
I would recommend a psychiatrist specializing in adhs to look for. He will do tests with you and then take further steps. On col. There's also a great adhs group for adults.
Here is a good address:
https://www.menschen-mit-adhs.de/
Thank you, that could be interesting, unfortunately I totally recognize some of it. Unfortunately the address is a bit too far for me, I live much more useful. But thanks for the resource!
I have already written about a practice, but unfortunately the waiting times are very long until you even get an appointment if they are even admitting new patients at all… I was hoping that by then I might be able to find out about something somewhere and that I could work on myself…
Well, you could possibly come to a contact near you via them… The specialists know each other.
That's right, it's a good approach! Thank you! When I google in my city, I really have difficulties finding specialists for it, even if I have already written to a practice that offers "normal" psychotherapy, because I hope that they may be able to help me further.
Do you have FB?
I have, but I hardly use it.
I can highly recommend the ADD / ADHD group for adults. With 9000 members, it is one of the leading groups in this field. It does not concern me myself, but my daughter (19) is affected. With depression and ADHD… I / we could get a lot of tips and help.
You can also take a look at my old post here.
Incidentally, feelings of fear and depression are also among the symptoms of deficiency.
https://www.magnesium-ratgeber.de/magnesiummangel/
https://dr-neidert.de/biologische-medizin/vitalstoffe/magnesiummangel-symptome-und-ursachen/
Thank you for this answer! Magnesium to take can definitely not hurt, so I'll definitely try that!
Fortunately, even though I have melancholic features, I'm not depressed at the moment, but maybe that already played a role back then. So, tomorrow go to the drugstore and get magnesium!
