I feel like your comment is going to get some hate and I realize medication isn’t for everybody but it’s the primary reason for my career being moderately successful.
I’ve been on basically the same dose for 15 years now and while it’s hard to say what my life would have been like without it I’m not sure I would have held a job for very long.
The best glimpses I get are like right now when I’m preparing for bed my thoughts are everywhere. I remember vaguely how easily distracted I was and how I self medicated a bit with alcohol.
Anyway, it works for me! I’m sure others have strategies that work for them.
I don't hate the comment but I hate the reality it reflects. My unmedicated life is better in every possible way: I'm happier, more whimsical and joyous, I eat better and feel the music more, maintain a healthy weight and am a better friend and lover.
But also I can't hold it together for more than a couple months of full time work without it. So I diminish myself in these ways, and those I care about most don't get the best of me as much as they could, and my health suffers in serious, concrete ways.
I'm not young, and have done many kinds of work and had several careers, and am not looking for advice about this right now. I've established an adequate balance given the constraints, but god damn do I hate the constraints.
I’ve been on basically the same dose for 15 years now and while it’s hard to say what my life would have been like without it I’m not sure I would have held a job for very long.
The best glimpses I get are like right now when I’m preparing for bed my thoughts are everywhere. I remember vaguely how easily distracted I was and how I self medicated a bit with alcohol.
Anyway, it works for me! I’m sure others have strategies that work for them.