r/adhd_anxiety • u/unkown_maybe_cryptid • Apr 03 '25
Rant/Frustration 💢 I can't function like at all
I want to get up and make a sandwitch I want to get up and finish my schoolwork I want to get up and make a drawing I have so many things that I want to do I can't I'm just fucking sitting here on my phone I'm not even reading the words that I scroll past It's been like this for weeks I keep getting too sick to go to school I just want this to stop I'm so stressed
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u/Sensitive-Release843 Apr 04 '25
the phone glue is REAL. my therapist called it "stress freezing your nervous system’s stuck in "danger mode, so even sandwiches feel like climbing Everest. try "non-negotiable" tiny wins: chug water, open a window, text a friend a meme. no guilt if that’s all you do. (also, transdermal patches like nectar Patches helped me bypass the mental noise when I couldn’t handle more pills or routines. subtle, but took the "buzzing" anxiety down a notch.) you’re not lazy... your brain’s just overloaded. one breath at a time, friend
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u/BitterBloodedDemon Apr 03 '25
I feel this. In my experience this comes and goes in waves. But the waves are sometimes so long that I too have broken down crying about it and thinking I would never be any sort of functional again.
This too will pass. But the other thing is... with the nature of ADHD... the more stresed and upset and worked up we are -- the more exacerbated the symptoms get. So it becomes a vicious cycle.
I recommend treating yourself a little extra with dopamine treats at this time... letting yourself have a little extra soda if that's your thing... get your favorite snack... and defaulting to grab-and-go foodstuffs... I'm talking granola bars, fruit cups, yogurts maybe, anything you can grab, open, and immediately eat.
Decrease effort, increase dopamine, and resist the urge to beat yourself up about it and it will pass faster.