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Hey mgm8634,
A lot of ADHD experts have told us the same thing. That it usually takes a while to find the right balance of the right medication. Dr. Stephen Kurtz actually promises his patients two things. One is, whatever medication they try first won’t work. And the second thing is that he will never give up on them.
As for your dilemma about knowing the right thing…
There is always a disconnect between ‘knowing’ and ‘doing’.
People ‘know’ it’s wrong to speed, watch too much TV, drink too much, eat bad food, and so on. But does knowing make a difference?
Ask anyone how to lose weight and they’ll tell you it’s simple. Eat less, eat better food, and exercise.
Everyone knows this. And yet what percentage of those people are overweight?
Myself included.
I have a hundred things I know I should be doing. Knowing doesn’t make a difference. What’s needed is motivation.
I only get going when I think about what it’s costing me, what a pain it is, or what the potential benefits are of getting it done.
The pleasure or the pain. And I’m told pain is a better motivator. (Which explains why we can get stuff done at the last minute.)
Motivation is everything.
Rick
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