Image: 4 panel Anakin and Padme meme
1st panel: Anakin saying, “We took the ADHD meds so we can focus.”
2nd: Padme happily responding, “I’m excited to catch up on all of these neglected responsibilities.”
3rd: Anakin with a sinister look saying nothing.
4th: Padme with a troubled expression, saying, “We’re going to focus on responsibilities, right?”
Hahaha yeah I tell my psych nurse that it helps me manage the task I’m doing really well - but it does NOT keep me on task.
Boring task I don’t want to do is still boring task I don’t want to do.
I usually describe the effects of the escitalopram I take as not really directly making me “feel better”, but mellowing out the uncontrollable emotional spikes enough that I can actually work on anxiety management skills. So far Vyvanse has worked for me in similar ways, in that I can actually focus on things now, but I’m also about 30 years late at developing proper task management skills.