Practices

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Medication and how it works Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

A minute 22 Five minutes 99 Twenty minutes 20 Longer 7

Who it is written for

A practitioner 147Me 132Someone I care about 90

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 97 Getting ready for something 35 Struggling right now 16

On your own, or with someone

On my own 69 Involves someone else 53 Both of us together 26

Theme · Medication and how it works

Medication and how it works 148Systems for daily life 90 Your nervous system 87 Get started 69 Getting assessed and diagnosed 64 What anger actually is 58 Your sense of time 58 Moving your body 56 Exercise, food and other supports 55 Food, caffeine and fuel 53 The moment before you snap 49 What ADHD actually is 48 Treatment and medication 48 Bringing the future closer 46 Choosing your response 45 Screens and attention 44 Touch and bodywork 38 Equanimity and perspective 37 When everything feels flat 34 Grounding and settling 34 Structure and routine 33 Feelings and focus 32 Reading, numbers and learning differences 31 The fear underneath anger 31 Practising under provocation 30 Growing empathy 29 What worry does 26 Cool the body first 25 Shame and stigma 25 Being seen and judged 24 Breathing 24 Making it stick 24 The cost of avoiding 24 Treatment and medication 23 Remembering to do it 20 Knowing your partner 20 When you use something to cope 19 Shared spiritual life 16 Facing it a step at a time 16 Feeling from the inside 16 Breaking the worry loop 16 Fondness and admiration 14 What you are actually defending 14 Obsessions and compulsions 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Emotions as signals 13 Answering bids 12 Tolerate distress 12 Staying regulated in conflict 11 Listening and understanding 10 Gratitude 9 Posture and how you carry yourself 9 Use your strengths 8 Self-compassion 8 Shame 7 Rituals of connection 7 Affection and touch 7 Question the thought 6 When anger turns to harm 6 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 Rebuilding trust 5 Living with uncertainty 3 When you go numb 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Rest and pacing 3 Repair after rupture 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Panic and the body 3 Act on your values 2 Work with your brain 2 Meaning after harm 2 Keep the bond 2 Get it out of your head 2 Find meaning 2 Face it gently 2 Safety and grounding 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Listen to the body 1 Your window of tolerance 1

Approach

Medical and treatment 138ADHD skills 10

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 148In a change 15 Under stress 8 Coming and going 6

When a medicine seems to be underperforming, look at what else is in the room before reaching for a higher dose. Anxiety, low mood and a wrecked sleep pattern can each blunt a good response or imitate a poor one.

Otherwise the dose climbs while the real driver goes untreated, and the side effects arrive without the benefit. Ask what a bad night actually looks…

Twenty minutesMedication and how it worksADHD skillsQur’an 16:43

A child who has spent years being told they are careless will often say yes to whoever finally seems glad of them. Work on how they see themselves is not a soft extra to the clinical work.

Count the corrections in a single day and it is easy to see what accumulates. By the time an offer comes from someone friendly, the pull is belonging…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 39:53

Some people find they drive better in a manual, because there is always something to be done. Treat that as an experiment rather than a finding.

The reasoning is the same as a fidget toy or a standing desk. A little constant demand can keep an under-occupied system in the room instead of…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 12:44

Blood pressure on a stimulant is an individual matter. For most people it is a non-event, and where it does rise the answer is often a different stimulant rather than none at all.

No blood test or cheek swab will tell you in advance which one suits you. Finding out means trying, measuring and being willing to change, which is…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 33:5

If the first medicine disappoints, that is information about the first medicine. Plenty of people who get nothing from one class do well on another.

Methylphenidate and amphetamine are not the same drug at different strengths. They work by partly different routes, so a poor result on one says…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:5

Most people who try do find something that helps, but often not the first thing they try. Not responding to one class of stimulant says surprisingly little about the other.

The high response figures you may have read come from people who worked through more than one option, not from one prescription going well. Response…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 33:5

When medication works, its best effect is often on everything else you were already trying. Coaching, exercise, a routine: each of them needs enough attention to get started, and attention is the thing in short supply.

That is why setting medication against the other approaches usually misses the point. The plan you could not keep last year may be perfectly keepable…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:28

Unmanaged ADHD wrecks sleep, food and movement, and wrecked sleep, food and movement make the attention worse the next day. The loop feeds itself, which is also the hopeful part: a small repair anywhere in it pays back more than it should.

Short sleep hits the same front part of the brain that is already struggling, so a late night costs you more than it costs other people. Pick the one…

LongerMedication and how it worksADHD skillsQur’an 7:31

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