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I found that mindfulness and meditation have been very useful to me for dealing with stress in life.

However, I have been on amphetamine based ADHD medication for about a year now and I find that while I am on it I struggle to get into a quiet mental place where mindfulness is effective.

Any thoughts or advice?

Appreciate the response. I already am on a slow release of about the lowest dose possible. I am a proponent of Head Space myself. Sometimes it’s just hard to get in the right space, and that might be stress related.

That’s the real kicker though. I’m in an incredibly stressful environment that often has toxic pockets (medical school). While I generally can compensate for my ADHD (and did for years before my diagnosis), the stressors of my educations lead to a low dose of medication. But stress (which there is plenty of) and the medication make it difficult for me to practice mindfulness.

I think I need to go and schedule a couple sessions with my school therapist. I had been suppressing my stress a bit too much and I bet it would be helpful to talk it out. Thanks!

Really appreciate the response. I think I just might have a bit too much going on in my life right now and that might be the root of the issue. Your comment was helpful because I realized that even doing peaceful things I would end up going full on crazy. When I’m stressed I end up full Type-A from this /u/shenaniganshen comic https://mobile.twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/764093557497929733