Has anyone had intrusive thoughts about having other disorders like ADHD or BPD or bipolar? Whenever I read a story about someone who is diagnosed with that I always google the symptoms or take a test because my mind is like “what if that’s me???”

Omg that’s so revealing to hear!! I’m in general scared of things like maladaptive daydreaming bc I’m scared I’ll get so obsessed w fantasy that I will want to escape reality so I really try to keep myself grounded in reality. It’s something I value a lot so ig the intrusive thoughts latched onto it. Yes, in goal setting visualization is so important but I saw some tik toks of ppl using it to pretend they’re someone they’re not or somewhere they’re not which scares me idk why. I’ve also been scared that im a narcissist and psychopath too 😖😖

@jasonbozinakis What ADHD medication do you take?

@jasonbozinakis Did you ever try a stimulant? Just curious

@jasonbozinakis Firstly, I was on both Clonidine and Guanfacine (Intuniv). Both are alpha-2 agonists so they are in the same drug class. I had very negative experiences on both. They were incredibly sedating and actually worsened my ongoing depression, which subsequently worsened my impulsive behavior, the very thing we were trying to use them for! So quickly got off those. Now I’m on Vyvanse, my first ever stimulant, and it’s longer acting compared to Ritalin or Adderall which is why we chose it. It’s only been a week but I can’t tell if the effect is positive or negative yet. I’ve noticed both positive effects and negative side effects. But if you want to try a longer acting stimulant, you can give Vyvanse a try. Just be careful because stimulants exacerbate OCD symptoms in many people who have both conditions.

@jasonbozinakis Ugh derealization is the worst!!!

@ And I’m so sorry ugh. I hate how symptoms overlap and our overthinking brains make such a mess out of it. Ocd is really such an unecesaary pain. Hopefully we will all come out of this stronger 🙏🏽🙏🏽

That’s annoying I’m sorry! Just rmr u r not confined to any of those diagnosis labels and some ppl overcome these disorders and come out stronger. Also the first step is self awareness to work towards improving something about urself so for the narcissist part maybe that’s smthg u can work towards? I’m not sure exactly how it works

No I just get scared I could have everything that I come across. Like schizophrenia or maladaptive daydreaming. I never used to think like this before I had anxiety

I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety but didn’t bring up my intrusive thoughts bc I was too embarrassed and when I tried to my therapist thought encourage me to experiment ( I have so-ocd thoughts)

@ Wait your therapist thought what? I’m sorry