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“I’m not anti-drinking. I fucking love drinking. I’m just awful at it.” This made me properly laugh!

Amazing that you have all these stats available to track your progress.

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Hahaha, pleased to help!

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I like the garmin stress level reading. I came from Fitbit and my family did a weekly step challenge. I'd lose every week, despite being on my feet working hard all day. Stress level/heart rate I think is a more accurate measurement for me. I might not get 10,000 steps every day, but my stress level is consistently above 40. I guess it validates how hard I'm working. I did find it interesting to follow it along while I had covid too. It showed how hard my body was working, even though I moved between my bed and the couch my stress level was as high as what it would be if I was working, some days it was actually higher and that really confirms the whole don't put any unnecessary stress on your body when you're sick. People often brag about pushing themselves to exercise through illness, but it's really nothing to brag about. Help your body recover and rid itself of the virus by resting.

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Yep, me too. I love all the nuanced markers. They're actually so accurate too!

I used to be a little bit like that. No excuses, train no matter the weather or how much sleep you've had. I realise how stupid that is now. Smart, not hard!

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knowledge is power. It's only when you learn about the effect it has and that it will delay your recovery from illness that you go for smart.

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Haha, yeah. I have a penchant for learning the hard way!

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How do you know the 2year depressive slump will happen?

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It's not 100% guaranteed to happen.

But a man who went to uni for a really fucking long time told me it would be highly likely and something I want to avoid at all costs.

I don't want to get off them anyway because they help me so much.

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Fair enough, but what if you’ve made so many positive changes to your habits that you no longer need them?

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No amount of habits is going to help my underdeveloped prefrontal cortex, haha. I'm stuck with it.

My medication isn't an anti-depressant as such. It helps me focus, concentrate and regulate my mental energy by regulating those chemicals.

There are things I can do to help, but I'll never get to a point where they are redundant. So like, doing all I can to eradicate stress, avoid depressants like alcohol, breath work, that all sort cleans up all the shit around it so that it impacts me less. Still, it's actually physically underdeveloped, which I can't change.

I'm taking less medication now than I was a few months ago, I think the work I have been doing has enabled me to do so. There is less fog in my head for me to navigate, so I need less help. I will always need help, though, because I have those constant, underlying ADHD traits and will have them forever. Good habits give them less power.

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How do you know your prefrontal cortex is underdeveloped? Have you had a brain MRI?

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I haven't, but I have scored really high on every ADHD exam I have ever taken. I've had two separate psychiatrists diagnose me and medicate me for it, and this is what ADHD is.

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This is an interesting discussion especially regarding the underdeveloped prefrontal cortex. You know more about ADHD than I do. But I'm going to bring up labelling and why I don't like that and the need to "diagnose". You have ADHD but you are not your ADHD. Your brain telling you that you're going to have a 2 year depression slump is similar to my brain telling me I'm not smart enough for uni.

It's great you're taking less medication and managing it well with other strategies.

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That is good, mate! You’ll get below 50 by the end of the year!

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Anything below 60 is great. The lower it is the less effort your body is putting in to stay alive.

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