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  • 18107@aussie.zonetoADHD@lemmy.world•How to relax?
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    5 days ago

    Many people I know with ADHD/Autism were incorrectly diagnosed with anxiety and depression.

    Autistic burnout is still fairly unknown by medical professionals. It has the same symptoms as anxiety and depression, but a completely different treatment/management.

    I also found Ritalin to be too much of a rollercoaster. It worked perfectly for a few hours, then left me worse than useless for the next few hours.
    The long acting is the same, just slower and less extreme. I still get the near-usless few hours in the evening, but I can plan ahead for them.


  • 18107@aussie.zonetoADHD@lemmy.world•How to relax?
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    You could try a different dose, or a different type of medication.

    I found Vyvanse only minimally helpful, while Ritalin (long acting) was much better. Other people have reported the opposite.
    I’ve also found that the minimum dose is enough to help, and going higher negatively affects my sleep more than the higher dose helps.

    Unfortunately I don’t have a solution to the hobbies. I’m still cycling through them, on or off meds.












  • If your main concern is simplicity, it doesn’t get much simpler than brushed DC. Just connect the battery directly to the motor (through an on/off switch) and it will run. Downsides are efficiency, fine control, and brush wear.

    Most cars use 3 phase synchronous AC motors for the best efficiency, so it seams reasonable that they would be the ideal choice if maximum range is your concern. The downsides here are cost and circuit complexity.
    You can buy something like a fardriver controller. It depends on how strict you want to be about DIY. Wiring cells is easy compared to designing and tuning a motor driver. Even tuning an existing high quality driver for your motor, transmission, and wheel is non trivial, which is why many drivers have an auto-tune button to give you sensible starting values.

    BLDC sounds like a good middle-ground, but I have insufficient knowledge or experience to make a proper recommendation.