It has not worked for me yet, but I'm currently trying again. I suspect that, indirectly, ADHD does play a role, and additional tricks are needed, but I have hope.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't the current scientific understanding that ADHD is a result of neurotransmitter dysfunction? Neurotransmitters work across the whole brain.

I don't understand why the "location" of "habit forming" in the brain should matter, considering that neurotransmitters function across the entire nervous system. Is there more context to that phrase?

[–] AddLemmus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I don't see how how "neurotransmitters work across the whole brain" disproves this; it's still neurotransmitter dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex that are mostly responsible for ADHD. (Could be very wrong there, not an expert.)

Here is the context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq6K7yxaNaM&t=266s

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's all well and good in theory, and sure, it's something a doctor says

But a lot of the time I've just found that they just don't know what they're talking about, thus indirectly contributing to the stigma by making it seem like it's just "our fault" yet again

I'd love for nothing more than for me to fix my life. Hell, I've been trying my whole life. I've been putting such a great burden on myself I've burned myself out completely. It's far from as simple as that

Sorry, it's not directed at you, I've just seen these influencers pop up here and there and they annoy me, especially by their know-it-all attitude

[–] AddLemmus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Understandable, and my additional simplification from an already simplified youtube video doesn't help. He also says that habits don't work well for some people in a DIFFERENT video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVvYn9jkZYQ

Here is the one I talked about where he says they DO work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq6K7yxaNaM

That's always been the curse of TV doctors long before the internet. Simplification & telling what they want to hear wins the biggest audience.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would guess that starting the habit is harder wirh adhd. Something doesn't become a habit after just doing it once, you need to do it for a while first. Adhd can make that harder both because you might simply forget and because of executive dysfunction.

I would think that for people without adhd the "forget it once and suddenly it's gone" also applies (seems consistent with my understanding of human memory), but restarting it might be easier so it doesn't feel like it.

[–] AddLemmus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

That is also my understanding: You may or may not a "habit person" almost regardless of ADHD, but starting it is harder, and losing it easier with ADHD.

I hope that was the only problem in my case, and we'll see in a couple of weeks.

During therapy it might be best to start, so there is someone who supervises it and calls you out. Maybe being active in a community like x-effect. Any kind of accountability entity.