I've battled a life-time of depression and ADHD and here is what I've learned.
You need to engineer your entire life to suite your personality, life style and mental shortcomings.
This takes time and trial and error.
Whenever a depression spell hits, I prepare myself for battle.
Sometimes I am as helpless as simply knowing there is not much else I can do but wait a few weeks for it to pass, and aim to minimize the amount of long term disruption to my life and goals.
Accepting it, accepting that at times you can be powerless and totally in the grip of this beast, but also that it will definitely pass again.
Most depressive spells pass relatively quickly but I've had 1-2 year spells.
Yet today at 38, my life is happy, fulfilling, satisfying and challenging.
I also am prescribed medications for both my conditions, and I can say that if you are on a med that doesn't work for you it is really bad, and when you are on a med that accords well with your particular chemistry it's like a major life turn-around. This involves trial and error with the best Psychiatrist you can afford.
I sometimes do take breaks from my anti-depressant to effects, but on balance I cannot imagine my life had I never discovered these meds.
Therapy has not been helpful to me overall. But spending a lot of time learning emotional skills, re-evaluating beliefs and feelings, and getting deeply in touch with what motivates me, what kills my motivation, what my emotional needs are etc all helps a ton.
Feel free to email directly on andries dot malan at gmail dot com if you looking for someone in tech entrepreneurship with plenty battle scars to share experience with.
I wish you all the best - and wish to tell you that you can definitely learn to find a happy and fulfilling life no matter how shit things look and feel for you at the moment.
You need to engineer your entire life to suite your personality, life style and mental shortcomings.
This takes time and trial and error.
Whenever a depression spell hits, I prepare myself for battle.
Sometimes I am as helpless as simply knowing there is not much else I can do but wait a few weeks for it to pass, and aim to minimize the amount of long term disruption to my life and goals.
Accepting it, accepting that at times you can be powerless and totally in the grip of this beast, but also that it will definitely pass again.
Most depressive spells pass relatively quickly but I've had 1-2 year spells.
Yet today at 38, my life is happy, fulfilling, satisfying and challenging.
I also am prescribed medications for both my conditions, and I can say that if you are on a med that doesn't work for you it is really bad, and when you are on a med that accords well with your particular chemistry it's like a major life turn-around. This involves trial and error with the best Psychiatrist you can afford.
I sometimes do take breaks from my anti-depressant to effects, but on balance I cannot imagine my life had I never discovered these meds.
Therapy has not been helpful to me overall. But spending a lot of time learning emotional skills, re-evaluating beliefs and feelings, and getting deeply in touch with what motivates me, what kills my motivation, what my emotional needs are etc all helps a ton.
Feel free to email directly on andries dot malan at gmail dot com if you looking for someone in tech entrepreneurship with plenty battle scars to share experience with.
I wish you all the best - and wish to tell you that you can definitely learn to find a happy and fulfilling life no matter how shit things look and feel for you at the moment.