jakk1e
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Post by jakk1e on Feb 11, 2017 20:42:43 GMT
So I've read that people with adhd are more likely to be addicts of some description.
I wonder what other people's thoughts on this are.
I for one went off the rails on my late teens early twenties and whilst I stopped short of herroin or meth amph I wasn't picky. Looking back I would suggest this may have been the hype side of things.
Miraculously I walked away without any official structured help but have smoked since I was old enough and did just open my 2nd bottle of wine this evening.... (which is not unusual).
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amelia
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Post by amelia on Feb 12, 2017 13:53:15 GMT
I too had a phase in my late teens where I took too much cocaine and legal highs. I am combined type ADHD so likely it was my hyperactive/impulsive symptoms that led to this. I don't touch the stuff anymore, because while I can control my desire to use it, once I start I stuggle significantly to stop and go in to a type of depression/desperation when I run out.
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mc1250
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Post by mc1250 on Feb 19, 2017 21:07:44 GMT
Yeah, I've had my fare few issues with addiction. My worst and most destructive has been gambling then whatever substances and I also have the self control issue when I have it. But be it gambling or drugs once I start I find it very hard to stop until I have no option but to. Even when part of me is screaming STOOOOP!
The best way to explain it is using my car crash analogy!
So I can see I'm about to crash it's obvious but I ignore it and sometimes even press the accelerator!! And then straight after I crash, I say/ask myself.... "I knew that as gonna happen, why didn't I just stop!!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 3:29:33 GMT
I've generally been pretty good about illegal stuff though am no angel and have had a few dark times. The odd thing is I tend to have very mild or unnoticeable withdrawals even on some pretty hard stuff. I think this is what leads to me being more of a binger that shops around. Will go through phases, won't drink at all for around a month for instance then very quickly find myself on 2-3 bottles of wine a night for a long period then kind of just get bored with it and maybe switch to weed. Often starts with a little drink or smoke to early evening to 'help me relax' next thing I know the sun is coming up and I'm actually rearing to go the next day, either continuing if I am on my own time or somehow still functioning without if I have to engage with the real world. Fell in with some heavy coke users a while ago and of course didn't turn down their sharing, but decided to cut them out of my life a bit as it just made me tetchy in the long run, often actually sent me to sleep and I saw them getting more and more irritable too and stupid arguments breaking out. All whilst they insisted it 'helped' them. I found it to be very recreational and not very helpful for functioning in daily life. My biggest problem is that I will overuse substances (seem to have a very high tolerance) as long as there is an easy supply but find it very easy to stay away if there is any real effort to get hold of something. Apart from the legality issues I have found I just feel better with myself if I try and stay clean, though I find it disheartening that my more conservative friends tut tut at me for having a spliff to relax but don't bat an eyelid at me consuming 2 bottles of wine a night for weeks on end. Since being referred to my ADHD clinic I have been especially well behaved as I am worried I might be dismissed as just a substance abuser so my symptoms won't be taken seriously. Also I have bad luck with being in the wrong place at the wrong time when the authorities come knocking and am getting too old and determined to turn my life around to have things fall apart due to that. Drinking myself to an early grave = good, self medicating with a plant = bad !? Are any of you more bingers like me rather than traditional addicts? Though I think both are two sides of the same coin.
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