Mental health issues

I would say yes . The best way to do NoFap with ADHD is pure luck. If you find yourself in the clear and have had a few days free from addiction you can slide into the momentum .but getting that break were your impulses aren't firing all the time is rare . I'm currently approaching day 5 and going to roll with it .with ADHD impulse control can be problematic. It's not that it's other worldly from neurotypical people with addiction and impulsive behaviour. It's that with ADHD the lower level of dopamine makes it more difficult to reign in . ADHD neurochemistry is like one big funny farm. ADHD can be prone to compulsion towards stimulation so I'm.not o ly.trying to manage the biological desire but a ln ADHD brain with dopamine differences . Alot of the impulsiveness aggression and novelty seeking is a moderate form of self medicating for low dopamine states .
So yes difficult . Usually requires some extra input. At the moment weed . Probably due to smoking weed I have managed to breeze past to 5 days because the impulse are more subdued. ADHD is like a constant nervous energy an energy that gets soothed with high adrenaline activity intensely engaging tasks and scenarios . Without that my mind is constantly ticking over and looking for the next dopamine spike . So NoFap has been difficult. But I have been conciously trying to overturn this temperament week to week. The only way essentially is focus on other forms of stimulation and swap out other habits . Lots of exercise . And I'll probably have to get myself a motorbike for the summer . It can be done

 

I have difficulty to follow what I want to .I want to make day productive but I myself go to waste time on youtube. I want to own my marks,my life with confidence; but guess what I do? Nothing.I have a lot to say, but I am choked by feelings.

 

I kinda had a mental breakdown when I walked away from Christianity. Life seems so hopeless because Christianity was my hope and I could no longer believe in it. I was also pretty much abandoned by all my friends because all of them were Christians and they viewed my unbelief to be a bad influence on them. I'm in a better place. Life isn't all that hopeless now because I find comfort in not knowing. I focus on living my best life now and don't worry about what happens in the next life (if there is actually a next life).

 

Pmo make u feel very bad

 

Been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, currently taking meds for ADHD. Therapists says I clearly have some kind of PTSD. A lot of mental health symptoms mimic one another, so it’s not uncommon to be misdiagnosed. ADHD people, for example, frequently present as depressed because they are unhappy about their inability to meet cultural standards.

As @BootstrapBill says, ADHD is a dopamine supply problem and PMO addiction is a (bad) dopamine supply solution. You could look at PMO addiction as a comorbidity of ADHD, or you could look at ADHD as an excuse for PMO addiction. Regardless, ADHD people make up roughly 30% of addicts across the board, that is alcohol, drugs, gambling, and sex, according to the literature. They even claim well over half ADHD people have an affair within five years of marriage. More of that novelty, thrill seeking, impulse control bs. I have trouble attributing an affair to impulse control. I’ve never tried to “cheat” (I hate that word, it implies marriage is some kind of contest & the “cheater” is gaining some advantage or something), but I at least imagine I’d have to jump through a lot of hoops, put in a lot of planning before physically having sex with a real live woman. Sex with my wife was never an impulsive thing, are you kidding me? Sex takes work. PMO, on the other hand (see what I did there?)… that’s an impulse control issue.

All that to say, if you have identified PMO as an addiction in your life, statistically speaking you have an increased chance of also having ADHD and/or a suite of mental health issues. Quitting PMO is difficult because those issues don’t go away, and your distress is exacerbated by the removal of your unhealthy coping mechanism.

If you have ADHD, get medicated. That’s the number one thing that can help you, not just quit PMO but improve your life in tons of ways. Nearsighted people wear eye correction in order to function like a normal human being, ADHD people take a pill in the morning, it doesn’t have to be more complicated than that. If you have never been screened for ADHD or any other mental health problem, consider it. You already know PMO is a problem, so getting treated for the root cause could be the piece that helps you beat it (or stop beating it, as it were) for good.

 

Idk if it's an ADHD thing or not, but the thing that drives me the most crazy for myself is my stupid sensory problems. It's ridiculously frustrating how much that stuff controls my life. I have major issues with sounds and physical touches. It's very aggravating to not be able to sleep because my husband is snoring, but what's even more upsetting is when sweet things he does make my body react in a bad way. Like kissing sometimes is too much stimulation if I'm already over stimulated, so it makes me feel anxious and gives me a sort of fight or flight response, and I really hate that. I never want him to feel like I dislike him kissing me or touching me, but I can't control how my body reacts.

I've heard a lot of people with ADHD or some forms of autism have a lot of sensory problems, so idk if this is part of that or something else. But man it is beyond aggravating.

 

Overstimulation is an ADHD symptom. You can have a conversation about it. If he knows you love him and appreciate the gesture, he probably won’t mind giving you space when you communicate you need it.

 

Yeah, I always talk to him about it. I just feel bad because I don't want him to feel like he can't kiss me or something, but sometimes it's really unpleasant to me. I just wish it wasn't, because my heart loves it but my body doesn't agree.

 

Bi Polar type 2. PM throws me into mania. Meds help with lows but boost my libido. I think about stopping meds but then think again because the lows are CRUSHING. It's all definitely related though, I used to struggle with drugs and alcohol now just porn. Which came first the chicken or the egg? I dunno. I know I went 2 weeks without PM and was feeling "OK", or at least more stable.

 

For me, after PMO, I become more anxious, lose mental calmness, can’t deal well with crowded environments. Overall, mentally weaker and mental discomfort.

 

Thanks for sharing your experience. It's interesting how different things can affect our mental well-being. Have you checked out MentalHealth.com? They've got some insightful info that might resonate with what you're going through. Remember, you're not alone in this journey, and it's awesome that you're aware of how certain things impact you. Here's to finding strategies that bring you peace and calmness!