Hi! Unfortunately I got sick for Christmas and had to stay home; but as I was trying to rest, it almost felt like I physically could not keep up with my mind. It felt uncomfortable to think idly, and of course there wasn’t much I could do to help that. Not sure if I tried meditating, and if I did, I didn’t say “I’m gonna meditate now,” if you know what I mean.
I’ve tried looking it up and the results mostly talk about “brain fog,” and while that may have been a small part of it, I wouldn’t describe this experience as such.
Has anyone else had this experience? Like normal ADHD brain is exhausting and hurts while sick?
Did you have a fever? Could be a bit of delirium.
Did you take your ADHD meds while you were ill?
I often get that if I take my ADHD meds when I’m sick; I’m either thinking of loads of different things and then eventually get motivated to attempt something with mixed results, or I don’t take my ADHD med and have a rest/relax day where I go I’m just gonna play a game, cosied up in bed or watch something and fall asleep
I’ve actually been off my meds for a minute. I haven’t had serious issues, but I definitely need to go refill…
Get out your thoughts in a list or application so you can let yourself get it out and move on mentally
- task
- appointment
- event
- expense/purchase
- question
- idea
- link
- file
Ask yourself if its any of these and then input it where it is tracked and stored with a date to act or delete it upon
Give yourself permission to let it dissolve if you’ve filed it properly. This might take a bit of time when starting but once its established you just do your workflow for filing it and train yourself to let it go once you’ve had a few small wins validating the system
Although this wasn’t really what I was asking at the time, it’s good general advice, and I’ll try it out. Thanks for your time and input.
Sounds to me like you’re usually distracted and now have time to be alone with your thoughts for a while with nothing else to do. Might be more impactful for you, but that’s why many people keep busy and dislike downtime.
I’m going to recommend, in addition to meditation, that you look into IFS Therapy. You can see an actual therapist about it, but you can also just read a book on the subject and do it yourself unless you have really deep trauma or addictions to deal with. The guy who invented it has several books, but I recommend Self Therapy by Jay Earley as it is based around working on your own and is basically like meditation with the purpose of resolving your inner issues. My ADHD brain has improved a ton since I started doing it. Feel free to message me if you have any questions. This is my current Hyperfocus, so I’m already way down the rabbit hole on research. 😁
