ADHD and OCD | My experience with stimulant medication 🤔💊

Hi guys,
Hopefully this video helped someone out who has been going through similar things!
Time stamps:
- 2:48 main points about my adhd / ocd
- 4:47 a bit of background on my ocd
- 9:40 talking about how the adhd meds affected me
- 13:21 what the meds did to my ocd
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  • @adhdbaddie
    @adhdbaddie3 жыл бұрын

    Hi guys, so this was quite a long and rambly video, I promise my next one will be more organised 😉 but I really wanted to talk about this. I suggest maybe watching this in 1.5 speed if you don’t have half an hour to spare😂. I have also put time stamps in the description!

  • @neeleshg4189

    @neeleshg4189

    Жыл бұрын

    I still enjoyed u listening doesn't matter. But i don't understand why u don't like Michael Jackson ?

  • @HassanRaashid
    @HassanRaashid2 жыл бұрын

    Having ADHD & OCD is literally a nightmare at times, it gets really bad for me especially when I'm struggling with deadlines because the stress feeds into my intrusive thoughts and that's what my focus turns into and it's gets really hard to not pay attention to that. Thank you for sharing your experience 😊

  • @christinee22
    @christinee222 жыл бұрын

    I just got diagnosed with both two weeks ago. I’ve had one of the hardest months of my life . I’m so happy I found your channel 😭

  • @adhdbaddie

    @adhdbaddie

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope things start to look up for you, I know its so hard but you got this ❤️

  • @yumnasiraj5119
    @yumnasiraj5119 Жыл бұрын

    Ur so relatable and I'm diagnosed too 😫😭 so proud of you for opening up and knowing your stuff!

  • @benawdawd6591
    @benawdawd65912 жыл бұрын

    I really needed to hear this. Thank you. You seem like a really awesome person, I hope you achieve recovery ❤

  • @adhdbaddie

    @adhdbaddie

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad it helped, thank you so much ❤️

  • @GoADHDGo
    @GoADHDGo3 жыл бұрын

    When I take my full 70mg Vyvanse capsule all at once, I get OCDish and anxious. Because if that OCDish stuff it took me forrrrrrrevvvvvvvvver to get my KZread studio done. Everything had to be perfect and it never was. I went nuts. Then I started “splitting” my Vyvanse and took 1/2 capsule in the morning and the other 1/2 a few hours later. Totally worked. The OCD issues faded and the anxiousness went away pretty much completely. And I was able to get my studio done and I love it. I did a video about splitting Vyvanse because splitting helped me so much. Changed my life. And it’s awesome to see a new ADHD channel! Woo hoo! Kinda crazy that there’s out of the millions of channels on KZread, there are only a handful of ADHD only channels.

  • @adhdbaddie

    @adhdbaddie

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s a good idea you know, might try it actually! I’m glad it worked for you😊. And yes crazy that there aren’t that many ADHD channels but hopefully we will create more awareness!

  • @LERStudios
    @LERStudios2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. I'm currently in therapy and reflecting on myself and actions. I feel exactly the same say as you do. Especially with the stimulant medications; they made my ocd a lot worse and act on my compulsions a lot more.

  • @ArcticArrowHead
    @ArcticArrowHead Жыл бұрын

    I related to your experience in almost every way. It can be very debilitating. Thank you for sharing!

  • @tompearce6312
    @tompearce63122 жыл бұрын

    Really brave to be so open about the OCD, well done! I have the same two issues and only briefly tried ADHD meds before deciding they weren't for me. I think there are a lot of practical things you can do to manage ADHD without meds though. Hopefully the better you manage the ADHD the less stress and so the less OCD. Great you have dance to escape into anyway :D

  • @sheila11227

    @sheila11227

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am curious! What ways do you help with it?? I have both ocd and adhd and recently discovered why the meds were making it worse basically and not worth taking them anymore

  • @tompearce6312

    @tompearce6312

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sheila11227 Do you mean how to manage the ADHD? For me it's been using 15 minutes in the morning to tidy up, while I have the motivation, and then 15 mins admin. I try to do that six days a week. Then having a diary with the hours in and planning realistically what I can fit in. I think there are loads of little things I do, some work, some don't. But essentially I think is just studying as much ADHD coping stuff as you can and taking away what works for you. I read one good book called 'ADHD Friendly Ways to Organise Your Life' by J. Kolberg

  • @sheila11227

    @sheila11227

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tompearce6312 yes, thank you!!

  • @tompearce6312

    @tompearce6312

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sheila11227 I think the most useful thing in that book was called a "stress analysis" where you look at why your day isn't working, and see what you can do to fix it. I think it's so easy to just keep trying and not realise you need to change what you're doing

  • @sheila11227

    @sheila11227

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tompearce6312 ok, yeah that makes a lot of sense actually thank you so much!! I will check out the book too.

  • @jessica5497
    @jessica54972 жыл бұрын

    I have adhd and my Intrusive thoughts increased with ritalin, I spent days paralyzed in bed thinking about what a horrible person I was for having thought something "bad", my hands almost started to bleed from hitting wood and etc. Which made me realize that I've always had these behaviors, and now I see that I've maybe always had OCD. now i'm almost freaking out ruminating if i really have adhd or i've always had ocd, or if i just think i don't have adhd cause i'm taking ritalin so the Symptoms are better and I can't remember how bad it was, or I'm being a hypochondriac...and i'm on this fk loop lol

  • @dilynthinks
    @dilynthinks2 жыл бұрын

    thank you for sharing

  • @sarahjudson3727
    @sarahjudson37272 жыл бұрын

    I’m the mom of an adhd/ocd kiddo…as well as adhd/ocd myself. It’s bc of your videos & TikTok’s that I’ve begun to TRULY understand some things my son goes through. So thank you SO MUCH for your content. It’s helping with understanding so much in our home. I do have one question…can you state which medications made the ocd worse? I realize it’s different for everyone, but just as a reference.

  • @adhdbaddie

    @adhdbaddie

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stimulant meds usually make it worse. For me it was Elvanse but then again it might work for some people maybe in lower doses. Thanks for your comment❤️

  • @chickenlittle4014
    @chickenlittle40142 жыл бұрын

    Can scurpolsity ocd be not even wanting to associate with praying or anything at all

  • @zajak6243
    @zajak62432 жыл бұрын

    I had a very similar experience with adhd meds and severe OCD. Have you ever tried taking both ssri and stimulant at the same time?

  • @adhdbaddie

    @adhdbaddie

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am looking into changing my adhd meds as my ocd has improved a lot with therapy but it’s a very long process

  • @igod8054
    @igod80542 жыл бұрын

    is there an update on your medication? i landed here because i am in exactly the same situation. i have suffered from anxiety disorders, compulsions and tics since early childhood. i have been taking prozac for a few years now, which has almost completely suppressed the symptoms. i was recently diagnosed with adhd (inattentive type), so my doctor prescribed me medikinet adult 10mg. Ive been taking that for a week now and it's exactly what i feared it would be. everything i hate about myself has been exacerbated. i constantly feel the need to smoke, i feel the need to pull out my hair, compulsive thoughts are back and I feel extremely nervous at times. Alternatively, my doctor mentioned vyvanse and strattera, but he wants to try medikinet and vyvanse first, because with these medications you can judge relatively quickly whether it suits you or not. strattera is the only non-stimulant adhd medication in germany but I was told it takes weeks or even months to show its effect. the idea of living like this for months frustrates me 😭 btw you trying to read a book is 100% me. if you've found the perfect medication please let me know!!!

  • @adhdbaddie

    @adhdbaddie

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi, i have not yet found a medication as im still on the waiting list 🥲. I will do an update once they see me and let me try strattera. Im sorry youre in that situation too its horrible, i hope things get better soon!

  • @awesomegirlll

    @awesomegirlll

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have ocd and i just got diagnosed with adhd and they put me on vyvanse after 2 days of it, it worsened my ocd so in my opinion vyvanse will make u feel energized and focused but also make compulsions and thoughts worse