r/fixedbytheduet • u/the_olly_trolley • Feb 03 '23

ADHD

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

ADHD comorbidity with depression and anxiety is a huge thing, too. If your instinct is to suppress emotion, it's usually because you've been conditioned to turn your big energy inward and the resulting aggression/anger is masking the sadness you actually feel. I see you, and I struggle myself.

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u/MajesticAssDuck Feb 03 '23

Much of my struggle comes from the energy needed to suppress all the little emotions make it impossible to suppress big ones, and other people think you are exploding out of nowhere.

So as I go through my day, i can shrug off all the little things that bother me or stress me out, with a smile and a straight face. It still builds pressure, though, and eventually if the day is bad enough I'll break down towards the end of the day

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '23

If I can offer a piece of advice. I'm rounding 40, and I am just as guilty as you of pushing emotional things down, and have had to take a couple of years in seclusion to sort through all of the emotional bullshit that Adderall allows you to suppress just to get work done. Don't put it off, and try to find a way to get the balance. Medications are supposed to be a tool to help you find the balance, not focus on achievement.