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Why would one crave pleasure, food and entertainment when they should be productive and how does one go about stopping it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I should be studying right now, but everytime I sit to study, I can't sit there long enough, I want food even though I am not hungry, I want to watch TV/youtube, self-pleasure... etc...

No matter what productive work I want to do, I will try to not do that and do something which gives me momentary pleasure. I want to masturbate, eat lots of food even though I am not hungry while watching TV/Youtube and I don't seem to be able to break the cycle and it's destroying me. How can I break the cycle and do something good for a change instead of pleasuring myself in the moment meaninglessly?

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you had an ADHD screening?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I got diagnosed with ADHD, prescribed some meds. It was a total waste of time. Gave me anxiety for about a year and a half before I stopped taking the meds. My success at handling the complexity of life increased for the first few days of my medication routine, then dropped back to where it was before with more panic attacks.

For me, getting an ADHD screening started a major detour in my own development.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you were on the wrong meds. There are lots of ADHD meds. There are also ways to reduce the anxiety they cause. It honestly doesn’t sound like you want to try to fix this, you just want someone to wave a magic wand as if there’s some magic easy fix.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I was on the wrong meds.

I am stating a simple fact: I went and got tested for ADHD and it ended up setting me back, being the wrong move.

It would be nice if there was a magic wand, yes. I wasn't thinking about it, and don't know where you got that from what I said.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then try a different medication? It takes a long time and a lot of attempts to find the right one

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

This is more a provision of information for OP than it is a request for help with my problems.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

You either had bad doctors or you didn't communicate with them. They should have lowered your dose or switched to a different stimulant if you had ADHD, and if you didn't, they seriously screwed up by diagnosing it as such and giving you stimulants. A good doctor would've listened to you and recommended therapy in combination with meds.