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5 oddly specific tools that help me thrive with combined-type ADHD
How to harness your boundless energy and attention in a world where ADHD meds are hard to come by
ADHD is hard.
That’s one thing I’ve had to remember since my diagnosis during my freshman year of college, almost three years ago now. It’s not always a hard thing to live with, and so many people don’t understand it.
“What used to get me in trouble in school, I make a really impressive living from it.” — Peter Shankman, about his ADHD
I have people like Jessica McCabe (who runs How to ADHD on YouTube) and Peter Shankman, author of Faster Than Normal to thank for helping to shape my perspective and give me tools that help me live my life better.
What’s making life harder right now is that ADHD medications of all kind are hard to come by. With that shift in availability, I recently decided to stop taking my medicine.
I won’t lie, there were a couple days of withdrawal there that were really low. But I was thinking to myself, I lived for eighteen years without this stuff — what if I try and get by without it again for a few months?
