ADHD and Depression

So I recently added a page discussing about ADHD and depression. When you see this page it might seem a little odd at first as I talk about first a way to deal with depression without medication, and then go into the medication. Why I have gone this way round is because of the way I understand depression, and I wanted to first put in an explanation about that before covering the way everybody is told about. Depression is a very real thing and when you have ADHD it will come and go sometimes without any reason, and it can really start to make you feel worse about yourself.

However if you first realise that the reason for your low mood and depression is not always external factors, but instead a chemical imbalance in the brain, you can really start to take control. It was through random clicking on YouTube vids is the reason why I learnt to separate myself from my brains activities and it was something that really helped in taking control for myself. I have put in the page the details of one of these YouTube vids I watched to start this controlling process, which is from an Indian Mystic.

I know some people who read this will start throwing up barriers saying "Pseudo-Science" "It isn't real" etc but I ask that you look at this with an open mind. This is not something dangerous like some idiots who say bleach will "cure" autism. I would never post anything that was reckless or dangerous, I am just offering free advice on a method for controlling the depression that can come with ADHD from my own experience. It will cost you nothing, you won't need to let anyone that you're trying this, and if it doesn't work for you then you've lost nothing.

This, of course, is no wonder cure method but from learning how to distance myself from my mind's activity, not only have I lowered my own depression, but I have also found ways to take control of my everyday life, as best that I can. Like I said this is no wonder cure that just doesn't exist, instead, it is just one further way to aid yourself.

One last thing to note, if you are on medication for depression, that doesn't mean you've failed in any way. Everybody is different and sometimes it can be just too difficult to manage especially that external factors can play a large part in depression. But if the methods mentioned can help you then I have achieved my aim posting the page 😀

The best person to work for is yourself.

Since I was little I have always liked the idea of being my own boss, as a small boy, I used to pretend to run a shop using my bed as a shop counter. When I was in high school, the careers adviser asked me what I wanted to do and I, of course, wanted to run my own business. Now for many years I never got close to starting my own business, job hopping from one to the next, it wasn't until I found out about my ADHD did I really start to look into my life and what I really wanted to do. It was here that I actually started a business, dropping out of a boring admin job to start a new life, selling potatoes. To put some clarity onto this it was a catering business selling hot potatoes and I went far to fast without any proper research, and thus failed in less than six months.

However what I learnt from this experience was that working for myself was exactly what I needed. The pressure that everything relied on me kept me focused on getting an income, and the fact that I had nobody to report to, except myself was such an amazing feeling of freedom. Before I had started this I had worked in a company which frankly bullied staff, so to now being totally free to call my own shots was an addictive feeling. I had just picked the wrong business for me to work in, and if anyone ever wanted to know what it is like to be a mobile caterer please let me know.

However the point I really wanted to make it this. For a person who has the difficulties of ADHD being able to work around it in your own time is something that should really be recommended. There are of course many different possibilities with this depending on your circumstances, such as for example food catering, making craft items and selling them on Etsy, even cleaning wheely bins, there are businesses for pretty much anything. The important thing is though you will have the chance to manage yourself, and this from experience is one of the best ways to manage your ADHD. having to manage your own life or face the consequences is really effective cognitive therapy.

So take control of your own fate I promise you will not regret it.