Yes. All stimulants treat the symptoms of ADHD. You were self-medicating that whole time, although your results were way worse than you would get with a controlled dosage of a time-release stimulant like Adderall. If you don’t want to go back to stimulants, even under a medical setting, regular exercise will help regulate your symptoms (I personally like 30 to 40 minutes of cardio 3 to 4 times a week).
Yeah, nicotine too. Pretty much any stimulant. ADHD is thought to be caused by low dopamine, and exercise is thought to alleviate symptoms by producing dopamine. I know doctors reccomend strength training and aerobic exercises like running or swimming, but I don’t know how hiking stacks up. If it’s strenuous enough that you feel tired by the end, I’m sure it’s helping.
Anyway, everyone’s different. For me, if I don’t run at least a 5K 3 times a week, my symptoms are terrible, but strength training doesn’t seem to help much.
Yes. All stimulants treat the symptoms of ADHD. You were self-medicating that whole time, although your results were way worse than you would get with a controlled dosage of a time-release stimulant like Adderall. If you don’t want to go back to stimulants, even under a medical setting, regular exercise will help regulate your symptoms (I personally like 30 to 40 minutes of cardio 3 to 4 times a week).
I knew the caffeine and speed was self medicating. But I did not realize about the nicotine.
I hike 8-9km a day over about 2 hours.
When you say speed, do you mean Tina that bish?
I meant the Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock action movie.
Yeah, nicotine too. Pretty much any stimulant. ADHD is thought to be caused by low dopamine, and exercise is thought to alleviate symptoms by producing dopamine. I know doctors reccomend strength training and aerobic exercises like running or swimming, but I don’t know how hiking stacks up. If it’s strenuous enough that you feel tired by the end, I’m sure it’s helping.
Anyway, everyone’s different. For me, if I don’t run at least a 5K 3 times a week, my symptoms are terrible, but strength training doesn’t seem to help much.