Why Do You Need Meds?
Q: If a Dr asked you why you want to be put on meds what would you say ?
A: To not just live but to thrive. To function where I can be happy, productive, and achieve my goals.
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It's not about wanting meds. No one wants to take medication to achieve a positive state of mind, be productive, and achieve their goals. No, it's not a want. It's a need.
When the norm is ... depression, negative self talk, frustration, lack of motivation, and more. You can't be happy in this situation. You barely live in this situation because it requires an exorbitant amount of energy to do anything.
To live, to at least exist in society, you have to be able to maintain 8 different functional systems.
Mental health
Physical health
Social health
Diet
Sleep
Financial health
Sexual health
Education
When all of these areas of life are impacted, you are not even living. You are just existing.
To exist means you are doing almost none of these activities. You are lethargic, ruminating, depressed, tired / exhausted. It hurts to do anything.
To live means to be able to maintain the 8 areas of your life. You can seek treatment when you are grieving or depressed. You can go work out. You can meet other people to talk about daily activities. You eat .. maybe not the right things ... But you eat. You get restful sleep. You have money to pay the basic bills. You have a significant other in your life who likes you sexually. And, you are looking at ways to improve your life through reading.
To thrive means that you take these 8 catagories and learn ways to use them to invest in the other areas. How do you use your education to improve mental health, physical health, financial health, you diet, sleep and sex drive. How do you use your work outs to be social and meet new people so that you can network and build a larger pool to learn about future oppertunities.
And, I'll add one more level here ...
To Propel.
To propel means that you are not just investing in your future, you are investing in others futures, like .. children, employees, students, homeless, or others. You have achieved so much freedom in terms of time and resources that you can donate that energy to others to help them move from existing to living to thriving, and hopefully to propelling.
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Meds may not be the solution to your version of ADHD, but for many it is needed to move from existing to living. The hope of being able to thrive may never be achieved, but it must be there in order for the goal to be reached .. To Thrive.
