If have ADHD, like I do, stimulant meds help enormously, with everything to do with focus, awareness, managing distractions, managing thoughts and feelings, remembering the task in an ongoing way, feeling steady and calm generally - all the good things! But if you don’t have ADHD, stimulants will make you feel high, shaky, agitated etc. Which is obvs not ideal for sitting. I started medication and meditating both on the same day actually, three years ago. Before diagnosis and medication, this rich, lovely, daily practice I have now would have seemed as ludicrous a personal goal as like, suddenly taking flight.
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That’s a very good analogy, Bhante.
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