Ask HN: Ways to deal with ADHD?
About me:
Had a huge crisis doing my bachelor degree was almost dropping out (same in high school), was also dealing with anxiety and feeling depressed and thus tried a lot of experimental things to "cure" me. In the end I just barely managed to pass my bachelor degree in CS (with an extension-semester) and doing now my masters.
The experimental things that I did so far: -Doing 3 10-day meditation retreats to make me feel less stressed and overwhelmed. -Meditating at home(although it's often difficult to maintain this habit) -2-3 times a year LSD to have a mental reset if I feel stuck(cleaning my turmoil, refocus on the important). Recently also two times mircodosed LSD on days where I'm stressed or depressed to have more energy. -Doing an Ayahuasca retreat last year in Peru was somewhat helpful to learn stuff about me, but did not help me be more productive
I feel like all these things are just a patch on my ADHD problem. I feel thrilled and motivated for a few days or weeks and then my usual self creeps back with only slight improvements that remain. I'm not really motivated and only get things done when I feel the guilt and pressure built up. I had several ideas to build my own little project but I never managed to make anything all these years on my own (motivation is gone after a few hours of work). I feel if I continue like this I will struggle through all my life: Always distract myself to hide from negative emotions(because I'm overwhelmed), always having trouble to have focus, always just do the minimum and as a result be miserable with myself because I won't satisfy my high ambitions and dreams.
An approach would be medication but prefer not to take this route or just as a last resort.
What were your approaches and experiences that helped you? (no matter how extreme or strange)