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[pearwaldorf]

So I've been experimenting with dosages on my ADHD medication and for what feels like the first time in my life, my body craves movement. It doesn't feel like the amped-up jitteriness I get from too much caffeine. That goes away. The desire to move does not. 

Like many ADHD people, I find exercise boring as fuck. I do best when I can integrate physical activity into my daily life. But now that I work from home, I don't even have walking to and from the bus stop anymore. My stopgap measure is to work out on the rowing machine until I can't stand it anymore, but that's usually about five minutes. 

But right now, exercise... feels good? And like I could stand to do it for enough time that it would actually be beneficial? 

I was listening to a podcast about adjusting ADHD medication for optimum functioning, and the thing that struck me is how much stuff is required to get an ADHD brain up to standard neurotypical levels. And it's entirely possible my brain has never had all the shit it needs to work normally, so I didn't get any of the happy chemicals that make it worth the effort. 

For the longest time I just figured it was me. But being able to see that it's a brain chemistry issue means there's a way around it. 

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[silveradept]

That sounds like encouraging progress with regard to brain chemistry and getting the balancing right.