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Hooray! I finally talked my doctor into letting me go back on #ADHD meds. He pushed back, as expected, but I might actually be able to do things again.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

CW: ph/mh - ADHD

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One of the more obnoxious parts of the #ADHD experience: the amount of cold toast I eat because I put bread in the toaster and promptly forget that it exists.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

You need a visual or auditory breadcrumb to keep yourself aware of it.
in reply to VulcanTourist

@VulcanTourist Yeah, the trouble is that I have so many different reminders for so many different things that sometimes just the cues themselves can be overwhelming. 🫠
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

That can happen, too. How much can attention be subdivided before it collapses entirely?
in reply to VulcanTourist

@VulcanTourist I've kinda settled on a system that sorta kinda works most of the time...ish.

I've been off ADHD meds for a while though, so that makes things more difficult.

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

They should make toasters out of pyrex, so you never lose sight of the toast.


Just had an appointment with my family doctor. Mostly good news, except for the fact that when we discussed finally being able to go back on #ADHD meds (which I had come off of because we were worried about them worsening another issue) he's going to want me to be re-evaluated for ADHD.

I can't wait to jump through those hoops again for the umpteenth time.

#ADHD

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Ah, well. Hopefully this time around the assessment will be easier.


My favourite #ADHD quirk: forgetting what I was saying as I'm in the middle of saying it.
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Little by little I've been going more and more analog. I still track every little thing I need to do in my #OrgMode system to help manage my #ADHD, but that list itself can get a little overwhelming. I've started combing over it in the morning, picking out the most critical things for that day and writing them down on a paper checklist in a small notebook I keep in my pocket. The notebook has the advantage of not distracting me with a thousand notifications every time I'm trying to do something productive.

Plus, I just really like having an excuse to put a nice #FountainPen and ink to paper.

Edit: slightly less clumsily worded



So, keeping a #journal in #teeline has had some unexpected benefits for my #ADHD brain beyond my handwriting just being more able to keep up with the rate of my thoughts.

I might blog about this later, but the TL;DR is that the process of transcribing my entries requires me to think deliberately about the meaning of every word I've written.

#ActuallyADHD #FountainPens

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Fun fact: VPNs stop working when you forget to pay the bill.

#ADHD is fun.

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Aargh! I thought I'd worked out a system to help with my #ADHD, and it was working for a while. Unfortunately, it involved using the alarm on my watch, which my brain is now just starting to filter out as background noise.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

good luck! having a reliable solution can be hard to find. You'll figure something out !
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Use a different alarm. Possibly something annoying and that you have to move to switch off.


mh: ADHD, asshole "comedian", mention of self-harm

Despite her best efforts, there are still some aspects of #ADHD that my partner struggles to comprehend. She's been trying to learn more where she can. As a result, a lot of ADHD stuff has been cropping up in her YouTube recommendations.

Anyhow, today we watched a video where a comedian was talking about his wife having ADHD. While we didn't expect it to necessarily be educational, we were up for a good laugh. All I can say is that I wonder if this man's wife watches his stand-up routine. If so, how the hell is he still married?

His whole bit was just the guy ragging on his wife and spewing every possible harmful stereotype about ADHD imaginable. I literally wanted to punch the guy in the mouth two minutes in. One of his punchlines was literally "I'd want to cut myself too".

Is this seriously what passes for comedy?

#ADHD

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