Food panic

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I seem to be having great difficulty making myself dinner. I've not been able to cook myself anything more than a kebab on skewers. Even when I plan to cook earlier I never can decide on anything and it frustrates me and leads me into a panic spiral. And tonight when I found out all the kebabs were gone my brain just short circuited.

Now what could the reason be....well my mum has been cooking me dinner a lot even though I am capable of putting something decent together. She has a boyfriend and I don't like cooking for three people. Two is enough and I never know how much to cook or if I even want him to eat what I make. I mean I'm really not that good at cooking. Or it could be the stress from having them around all the time.

Secondly, every time I go to eat something and I find it's not that I begin to panic and I won't be able to make a compromise. I first noticed this a few months after being on stimulant medication. Sometimes focus can be impossible and I just begin to panic. I wouldn't call it a panic attack. It's hard to explain. My brain just stops thinking and well I panic.

I'm not going off my medication. Side effects are usually with me for life anyway so it would be pointless to stop. I just seem to be melting down over making dinner and melting down over not being able to find food.

Stimulant drugs and panic attacks? Hmmm.... why not get off the meds?

Because they help me function. Sometimes they don't, but only sometimes.

I understand why you (OP) would continue taking the medication even if it's increasing your anxiety (to panic proportions). I have inattentive ADHD.............last night I turned on the oven with the intention of making cookies and then started daydreaming and jumping around to music I had on in my room. I forgot that the oven was pre-heating and my mom found it on this morning. Just last week I decreased the dose of my ADHD meds by 20 mgs. ADHD can really get in the way of functioning adequately and meds don't fix the problem (they aren't a cure) but sometimes to be a little more attentive to your environment is worth putting up with some adverse side effects. My meds also increase my anxiety and also my need for sameness. I panic if the foods I normally eat are in the fridge........I knew exactly what you meant by "food panic" when I read the title of the tread!


I'm trying SSRI's in addition to my ADHD meds (strattera). If there isn't a negative interaction with what you're taking now maybe you could try them too. I haven't filled the prescription yet.....I just got it so I don't know how effective they are.