I find that stimulants help if the cause is depression, but that they don’t if the cause is anxiety. Stimulants make anxiety worse (but it’s not so simple—since stimulants also increase your confidence). But if you’re anxious, then you crash even harder once the stimulants stop working, and you might release too much adrenaline, so that you become numb instead of “fired up”. I also find that being in “flight or flight mode” doesn’t help much against deadlines. You’re alert, but not in a way which is good for thinking. For chores and physical work, stimulants are great, but you should take care not to overexert yourself, remember to drink water, and take care of your blood pressure.
I find that stimulants help if the cause is depression, but that they don’t if the cause is anxiety. Stimulants make anxiety worse (but it’s not so simple—since stimulants also increase your confidence). But if you’re anxious, then you crash even harder once the stimulants stop working, and you might release too much adrenaline, so that you become numb instead of “fired up”. I also find that being in “flight or flight mode” doesn’t help much against deadlines. You’re alert, but not in a way which is good for thinking.
For chores and physical work, stimulants are great, but you should take care not to overexert yourself, remember to drink water, and take care of your blood pressure.