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Question about almost constant severe Boredom?????

ForeverAnxious

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Hey guys I just wanted to ask, has anyone here experienced boredom on a daily basis day by day, with plenty of things to do, that figured out it was a part or a factor of a mental illness and got it fixed with medication????? I am desperate for relief from my constant feeling of boredom. I have plenty of things to do, but I am almost constantly bored. I don't know if it is because I am depressed, ADHD, or what. But I really hope that it is treatable in my case. Has anyone here been bored on a daily basis in the past and got it fixed or helped with medication? And how much did it help? If someone could please help me out I would seriously appreciate it..........
 
oh yeah, that's called depression.

I have ADHD and you get bored super easy, have you been diagnosed with ADHD or just think you may have it?

i'm sure everyone could use some amphetamines to fight boredom but ADHD is not necessarily what you are suffering from.

I'm bored as hell when not on drugs, the only cure for me were/are drugs. At first i just need a benzo, then just an opiate, then benzos and opiates then just benzos and stims, now benzos, stims and opiates, and then i need other stims/psychs for weekend fun... see where that's going? wish i had a better answer for you but drugs and living a productive and meaningful life are about the only ways i know to cope with boredom.

read about ADHD there are plenty of things people don't realize are actually symptoms of ADHD, it's a very misunderstood illness or disability. I am scripted 120mg of d-amp/day and i still get bored. Try just driving across the country or something on a whim, do something exciting, if you are always in the same place doing the same thing, you are going to get super bored whether you're shooting meth/heroin all day long or not.

when i am properly medicated i am never bored. when i run out of drugs i am so bored i could kill myself. so yeah medication does work but not abusing it is the tricky part!
 
Yeah I agree lol^^^

I wouldn't call it boredom for me its just genuine depression when I'm not high. My favorite drugs are mainly Crystal & Opiates, so of course when I smoke glass and comedown dopamines completely diminished for a day or 2 so depression anxiety etc for me is just absolutely horrible for days.

My boredom only sets in for me personally when I'm out of drugs to abuse, it's also part of being an addict. I'm sure a lot of us here go through the same thing. I wouldn't call your situation abnormal of different etc like I said just part of being an addict. Sometimes I wonder myself if I'd feel so down all the time if I hadn't abused drugs for my 7-8 years that I have so far
 
I have ADHD for sure and I have been diagnosed with it as well, sorry for the late response guys, but yea I'm basically in the same boat as you two except I don't do "hard" drugs I only smoke weed, take my medication, and drink on occasion haha. That really sucks though Siccness909, I hope you can get that situation figured out!!!! And sadly I can't take amphetamines RobotRipping they tend to make me paranoid. =(
 
I have ADHD and until I got the correct meds, all day every day, all I ever thought was "I'm bored I'm bored I'm soooo bored!!!" And I would usually end up doing some pretty self destructive things to try not to be so bored.Didn't matter where I was, what I was doing I was never content.
Now I take adderall and my husband is amazed because I never say "I'm bored," well almost never. Life is sooo much better with proper meds!
 
Learning to experience life is the secret to true happiness.

Oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin and endorphins, ever heard of these?

These are released at excessive and dangerous levels when using recreational drugs, they are responsible for euphoria.

How do we release these naturally- yes, it's possible- is the only question you should be asking yourself.

Oxytocin is why we feel better around those we like. It's released when we feel unity and trust.

Serotonin is why we feel accomplishment. It's released when we challenge our abilities, also when we succeed.

Endorphin is why we feel surprisingly calm when injured. It's released when we're harmed. Exercising is a productive way of utilizing this.

Dopamine is why we feel amped. It's released when we are concerned or take risks.


These wonderful chemicals are responsible for devolping our character, we should be very grateful to have such loving bodies and minds. :D

Source: http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=169702
 
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Im feeling this right now. Meth has taken the inner peace and meaning from my life. Its related more towards anxiety then depression, although when your motivation is gone, the emptiness is unbearable.
I think ADHD is bullshit and is just a big money maker for pharmaceutical companies. Amphetamines loose their magic real quick.
 
Was wondering the same thing. Thought it was only this boring in jail, I don't know how people there can stand it, but even out here it can be really boring somehow... I had a great spring/summer then fall comes and I'm fucking lost. Said fuck it nothing to lose and had some good times with the x and then the mxe I had stashed recently but nothing now. I tried exercising but it's not productive or adding value to my bank account so bills aren't getting paid which makes it a bit of a harsh environment, found a little work but that didn't last long because there was only a couple hours worth of work. A couple years ago Seroquel was enough - even with the dehydration - and I don't have a script anymore.
 
Sorry ADHD is a fake disease and that is not your problem. That disease was simply created by pharmaceutical companies to milk money from consumers off them amp pills. Get that out of your head, all of you that are convinced and diagnosed with that bullshit excuse for a disease.

Call some friends and go lime when you're bored. I suffer from the same thing as you. I take 5-htp to battle the sadness and just play ps3 when home bored now.

But I also think I've created this problem myself because my psychologist told me that the reason I feel this sadness is because my only idea of fun now is "getting fucked up" I can't seem to enjoy myself without being out with friends getting wasted. This could be something that has happened to you as well so if I were you I'd just look to call some friends and vybe with them.

This is borderline harsh...
 
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For the record, SSRI's and Amps and benzos will never treat any problem that you may have long term. Find your own way to make yourself less depressed, less easily distracted and less anxious on your own. I think 5-htp is great for all of the above as it is not addictive and unforgiving like those bs meds. I think them meds besides the SSRI's are for recreation lol. That's what I use them for. In moderation ofc. Addiction is for the weak.
 
ADHD is very real. I've seen it, spent months with this person, and I've seen it dealt with. It's not MY issue but I've tried their stuff and it distracts ME.

I'm sure it's over-diagnosed but not sure how much, it just takes more that 5 minutes to realize someone has it imho.
 
It's really dangerous when people say ADD ADHD is a fake illness. People like me end up with all kinds of labels like "lazy," "sloppy," "ditzy," "airhead." And when you hear that about yourself enough you get depressed and anxious because you are afraid of people hurting you with their words. Just because you abuse stimulants and lie to get them, don't assume everyone does that. To me, it's necessary medicine that I need to function. The difference in my life with proper meds I'd literally night and day.
 
I deal with the whole anhedonia thing now and then and as far as I'm concerned it's indistinguishable from severe boredom. Whether I am idle or what normal people would consider "busy" makes little difference. Doing activities that seem exciting for others seem so bland to me. It's an odd feeling not having a good time when those around you are. Most of the time life is drudgery. But it isn't always true. I have interests but they are much narrower (and weirder) than most people.

My advice is try to experience life's pleasures when and where you can. I can relate to it being a battle. Most people take these for granted.
 
yes, I get so bored I get angry at myself for being bored then I become bored of being angry ;)
It's a vicious cycle. I have no many unfinished things i could do or films I could watch but i'm just too bored to do it.
I think what we need is to try some thing new.
 
It's really dangerous when people say ADD ADHD is a fake illness. People like me end up with all kinds of labels like "lazy," "sloppy," "ditzy," "airhead." And when you hear that about yourself enough you get depressed and anxious because you are afraid of people hurting you with their words. Just because you abuse stimulants and lie to get them, don't assume everyone does that. To me, it's necessary medicine that I need to function. The difference in my life with proper meds I'd literally night and day.

The real problem is bad (ie qualitative, interview and observation based) diagnostics in mental health care. I can walk into almost any shrink's office and repeat the Rosenhan experiment to this day, same but worse with ADHD. We're slowly improving on that front (radiolabeled altropane, etc)

You can't just walk into a radiology lab and test positive for glioblastoma, and be given a course of temozolomide. Replace radiology lab with psychiatrist's office, glioblastoma with ADHD and temozolomide with amphetamine and it's a totally different picture, because they're still using the same diagnostic technology that Freud had.
 
That's true but it's not really a fair comparison. I'm a hypochondriac and I'm pretty sure I can talk myself into believing I have a glioblastoma. Now, if I were able to get a sympathetic doctor to believe me and start me on temozolomide right away, before having the appropriate diagnostics, chances are I would experience lots of nasty side effects and probably no benefits since I probably don't actually have a brain tumor.

However, say I really don't have ADD. As long as I am reasonably healthy, not especially prone to addictive behavior (or have someone reliable to help me manage my meds) and am aware of the benefits/risks of stimulant medication, the medication is still likely to benefit me. As long as it's taken as prescribed, in therapeutic doses and not abused. If I'm truly ADD, great, I get medicated. If I'm not, still great, I get medicated and still probably get to enjoy the benefits of low therapeutic doses of a stimulant medication.

Same goes for pain meds and any kind of controlled substance. If the patient believes they have a problem, they should be allowed access to medications that will help them. But they need to be told up front the dangers/risks and that if they try to doctor shop or otherwise obtain more medication than agreed upon, they will be cut off. The patient should also be able to tell their prescriber that a medication isn't working effectively anymore and receive an increase or change in type of medicine where appropriate.

Sometimes I honestly just need 10 hydrocodone for a migraine I get occasionally. But the amount of effort required just isn't worth it so I just suffer through. That doesn't seem fair.
 
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Wow, incredible thread!

This exactly my biggest issue for many years. I can attribute 99% of my bad decisions to the sensation of extreme boredom.
I suffer terribly from boredom which manifests as extreme frustration and negative stimulation of some kind when the situation arises, usually when i done working out of movies or have not decent book to read. At this point iI find it impossible to resist any urge which can alleviate it to any degree.

For example, when trying to stop smoking, drinking and other negative daily habits including drugs, I do amazingly well through the hangover, withdrawals and initial period and make it a week or two sober but as soon as I feel great again, clean, clear headed and "free" I will very quickly find myself in a situation where i have no external stimulus that can satisfy me and the boredom will hit like a train at which point any negative activity seems to be easily justifiable somehow and impossible to resist.

I see ADHD mentioned here as the reason which i have never considered before. Wow, i need to look into this further...
 
if one is constantly bored that is usually a sign of some tension or depression under the surface..i rarely if ever feel pleasure but am very rarely bored..
 
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