Hey there
I sincerely hope all me comrades are having a nice day
I've been in a somewhat not amazing situation for quite some time (not best mentally, in transitioning and unemployed again), thought I'd ramble a bit and ask for a little advice. I despise almost every job I get and years of constant stress are ruining my physical and mental health to the point where I struggle to keep on going at all. I don't want money from anyone here but I'm trying to figure out how I could fill my budget before I stabilize a bit more and will be able to keep a job which should happen later in the summer.
A friend suggested a free psychological counseling available here where I live which might be a good start.
I'm getting a little bit of income that pays for ~40% of my room rent and receive some help from the family (mostly food). I generally stick to intermittent fasting and get ready to sell some music gear I don't use much. I used to make some small money doing side gigs (physical labor) or constructing a tiny website here and there but I'm not an experienced developer and it shows so can't do it professionally. I found learning python and c++ fun btw (clears my head from worries (: ) but it seems I have to sort out adhd stuff to think about rebranding seriously.
Generally if anyone has any ideas how I could earn or save some extra cash to deal with a small crisis, I'd be very happy to read some advice.
Hugs
This is extremely reductive, but the gist is - creatine is good for brains. In part because it regulates glutamate. People with ADHD have significantly higher glutamate levels, which cause synaptic spillover - synapses triggering neighboring ones and essentially spamming the brain. Stimulants help with that by improving the metabolism of glutamate. And oral creatine supplementation just increases creatine levels to fight the high glutamate levels. Both result in ADHD brains being quieter.
This is a pretty deep rabbit hole and a heavy read. But here are some interesting papers if you wanna dive in. I'm by no means an expert in any of this. I'm just interested in understanding my own ADHD, and at one point was curious how does creatine actually help, since I feel better taking it c:
Glutamate/Creatine ratios and ADHD
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3222884/
Effect of oral creatine supplementation on brain metabolism
https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S0925-4927(03)00046-5
Effect of methylphenidate (ritalin) on metabolism of Glx in ADHD
https://sci-hub.se/10.1089/cap.2006.0008