late to the party -- guaranteed

why don't we all just play nice?

[lilybug-02]

ADHD medication does not cure you of ADHD btw.

Just because it may help you focus and be more motivated, does not mean you will automatically understand things. It’s not a “be smart” drug.

But medication helps tremendously so it’s nice.

[kalimarmar]

On a related note:

ADHD medication provides focus, not discipline.

Which is something I discovered after getting back on them after being off of them for a couple months. So I suddenly had energy and focus for things that were previously too tedious, but no magical discipline to do something I didn't want to do, like chores. Instead, I powered through a whole bunch of tedious, non-productive crafts.

The medicine helps! But you have to provide a good direction for the focus, and that comes from yourself.

[lilybug-02]

OH! This is a wonderful addition! Additionally:

ADHD medication can give HARMFUL extreme focus.

I recommend not being on your phone or the internet for a certain amount of time after taking the medication*!

If I wasn't at school or work, and did that, I would spend the ENTIRE day online and end up horribly guilty and mentally exhausted at 10 PM. Sometimes this still happens to me (even without medication). But it's important to keep in mind that this medicated focus can make it hard to divert our attention when in the moment.

Outside stimuli like other humans (lol) are great natural attention diverters! So if your stuck, find a fellow human to talk to.

*medications will vary. I take stimulants.

[kalimarmar]

A couple other things doctors may not tell you (maybe they did though, it depends on the doctor) based on my own personal experiences combined with some google research I did:

ADHD medications can make anxiety worse.

They can cause sleep disturbances such as sleep paralysis.

The crash as the stimulants wear off can feel a lot like depression.

There are a lot of physical side effects depending on the medication, and your doctor will likely tell you about those, but people seem to forget the mental ones.

But I have at least one unsolicited tip per mental side effect to help deal with these!

Having someone to talk to about your anxiety can help you determine how likely your fears are to be worth worrying about.

I could make a whole post on sleep paralysis. If you're on antidepressants then you likely won't have to worry about it at all, but if you're not, then staying calm and focusing on moving your fingers and toes can help break out of the paralysis. Sleep paralysis generally doesn't last long, so even if you don't manage to break out it's just a matter of waiting it out.

The stimulant-crash-depression should be temporary. If you feel like you can't wait it out, try taking a nap! Since the stimulants have worn off, you should be able to sleep, and you'll feel a lot better once you wake up.

Stimulants work a little differently for everyone, so my experiences may not match yours. I still find them more useful than not having them despite their drawbacks. Having ADHD is tough. Every little bit of help, well, helps.

Some good things to balance out the bad ones we've been talking about:

Better focus!

More patience!

You'll feel more alert!

For me personally, it regulates my sleep schedule!

People in the notes/reblogs have also had some useful things to say!

[lilybug-02]

Boosting!!! (thank god I don't have sleep paralysis - i didn't know that?!)

I took pills since I was little. It helped tremendously, but I never even knew the medication had side effects until I was in high school (I wish I was told WAY sooner. Literal shitshow). While still in High School, I was diagnosed with a heart issue that caused me to go off my medication.

My heart is cured❤️‍🩹🎉, but my body never reacted to the ADHD medication the same. It took literal YEARS (~5) for me to find a stable rhythm with new medication doses and types. NOT TO SCARE PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT MEDICATION!

I was struggling with a lot of "life inconsistency" and that made focus difficult to prepare for (and many other ailments).

In High School I was one 20mg dose a day, almost every day.

And now I'm at maybe two 5mg dose throughout the day, when needed (usually working).

It works much much better for me. ❤️☺️

[zanhazz]

Most rw community is now like:

Now we live together🫶

[shamebats]

Emos & scene kids got this close to abolishing gender for real. I try not to think about it too much.

[shamebats]

The idea of a popular teenage subculture where girl & boys pretty much all dress the same feels impossible now but for a while it was reality and it was beautiful.

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

do other countries do the whole “leaving furniture you want gone on the curb for other people to just grab” or is that an american thing

[catvincent]

The Dutch do it and it's called The King's Gift, but when Brits do it, taking the stuff is actually a crime called, wait for it, Theft By Finding.

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

😭

[cursorkitty]

@octordoctor

[dozydawn]

nimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.

[ch40s0w1]

context explaining why the announcer is screaming, this is supposed to take a high level competitive agility dog 40 seconds

[sandersstudies]

This video makes me cry every time it’s on my dash and I can’t even iterate why.

Like the dog doesn’t even know it’s a competition and she’s made history. She(?) just is happy and knows she made her owner happy too.

[solely-ashes]

The face of a being with only a wind storm between their ears, moments before unleashing it unto the world

[severeprincesheep]

always a pleasure to see this girl on my dashboard

[wolfythewitch]

Do you guys wanna see the version of bloodymary im somewhat invested in

[wolfythewitch]

Imagine you float up from near death and some old guy is poking you in the face and humming

[cursorkitty]

is that markiplier

[cupcraft]

You never know what color pallette someone's Tumblr is till ppl are screenshotting posts and tags

[aropride]

do u like mine

[cupcraft]

Oh wow.

[cupcraft]

Some people on tumblr are reading ancient scrolls and you'd never know

[pangur-and-grim]

things I’ve noticed in the UK:

- when you’re jay walking, cars will actively accelerate bc the drivers want to kill you for breaking the rules

- servers in restaurants act very scared and apologetic, so maybe people aren’t nice to them here??? or I could be terrifying

- it’s really cute when little kids have British accents, but I’m unmoved by adults with accents

- extremely good gluten free options. this country is like 20 years ahead of Canada in that regard

- people will give random insignificant buildings names with little plaques. and then that’s the name that shows up on the map. like even a smaller than average family home, you can name it like it’s a dog

- lots of brick and stone buildings. looks cute and charming until you enter one and there’s no air conditioning

- people are still wearing jaguar print. I like this. don’t let it die

[pangur-and-grim]

ohhh okay! amendment: cars will actively try to kill you for being small and made of flesh, instead of cool and metal like them

[unconventiononthelawofthesea]

atheist quarterback throws a hail darwin

[akindlyowl]

agnostic quarterback throws a hail maybe

[luckyclaw]

Ayoo just to preempt the inevitable dumb takes we’re about to start seeing;

I am PRO-WOOL

I am PRO-LEATHER

I am PRO-BEES

Fuck the idea of replacing durable, sustainable animal products with cheap, flimsy plastic that doesn’t bio-degrade. Agave nectar and other artificial sweeteners are expensive, labor-intensive, and destroy the environment to be farmed.

Do not buy into pernicious marketing campaigns pushed by dickhead organizations trying to stay relevant, like PETA.

[marzipanandminutiae]

“but the industry-”

listen there is a huge difference between an industry with problems that can be made sustainable and more humane, and an industry that cannot, given current technology, continue to the present degree without destroying our planet

[oakenroots]

Wool - Contrary to what bullshit mongers like PETA would have you believe, wool is one of the most ethical materials humans have ever worked with. Happy sheep make better wool, experienced shearers seldom nick their sheep, and older sheep produce more wool, meaning its best to keep them alive and treat them well for many years.

Leather - one cow makes SO MUCH leather. One deer makes SO MUCH leather. Well-treated leather lasts almost FOREVER. Even animals with small skins like rabbits, a pair of well oiled rabbit leather gloves will last decades. Every animal usually made into leather is also a meat animal, so it’s more sustainable to get more than one product from a single ethically butchered animal (humane kills make less punctures in the hide!) Leather can be tanned with natural resources like brains and doesn’t require treatment with chemicals that seep into the groundwater!

Cotton: Cotton is a fucking plant, it burns. The growing and harvesting of cotton is rather water intensive but it IS possible to sustainably harvest and reuse the water spent in the cleaning process to reduce the ecological footprint of the crop. It burns clean, it cuts clean, it’s sturdy, and there are 1000 ways to weave it to change its properties.

Bees & Honey: yes yes, the european honey bee is an invasive species, we know that. But honey has been cultivated by humans for just about as long as there have been humans, and they 100% choose to be cultivated. Like bees can and will leave if they’re not treated and maintained well. They understand that humans protect and clean the hives, and often become familiar with their keepers, choosing to walk on and investigate them instead of acting defensive. If animal welfare and consent are your concerns, honeybees aren’t the animals to worry about. If you, like me, are worried about native bee species, instead of creating hives you can strip an area of grass and leave an open area of clay and sandy soil to attract mason and digger bees to nest in the spring. They will happily coexist with honey bees as long as you plant the native keystone species the native bees rely on (like indian blanket flower, partridge pea, native violets in my area) as well as the high nectar plants that honeybees prefer (like roses, sunflowers, bee balm and cone flowers). Nature is actually really adaptable and accommodating of the human urge to cultivate plants and animals, and the idea that nature is ‘dead’ rather than ‘neglected’ is something that corporations want you to believe so you don’t oppose them spraying pesticides every 15 feet.

[tucsonhorse]

The thing about cotton production is that if it is done somewhere other than A DESERT, it is far, far more sustainable and requires far less additional water. The reason cotton production in the US is such a water-suck is because they are taking this plant that likes lots and lots of water and they are growing it in the desert. Put it in an area closer to its natural habitat and it will be even more ecologically sustainable.

[moethh]

die die die

[lycosofscribes]

It's a pain in the ass, but it's my pain in the ass!

[corvin-ito]

i have more epis

this pointing one has two different versions bcus i originally made it for gunsaw video

[burgerdotcom]

reblogs were off

[setulose]

Whatttt is with the tendency of Tumblr users to seek absolution from every single person who offhandedly posts about disagreeing with something they do

[setulose]

I say this not unkindly, but firmly: to function as a member of a social species, you have to get comfortable with the idea that not everyone will like you

[pomgore]

i love learning about animals ive literally never seen or heard of before. what amazing diversity of life on this planet earth. what the hell is a japanese serow

[pomgore]

goat dog

[sanguinifex]

You gotta read and watch some old books and films that aren’t 100% modern politically correct. I’m not saying you should agree with everything in them but you need to learn where genres came from to understand what those genres are doing today and where media deconstructing old tropes is coming from.

Also, more often than you might think, they’re not actually promoting bigotry so much as “didn’t consider all the implications of something” or just used words that were polite then but considered offensive now.

Kill the censor in your head.

[ashintheairlikesnow]

When we choose to avoid history because it's Problematic or Says Bad Things, we are choosing to divorce ourselves from understanding how we came from that time to this one, which makes it even more likely for the cycle to repeat, with no one but a few people with shelves of old books aware that it's happened before.

[swimmingblue]

and this shit's important. Media from the past tells us how people from the past acted and thought and behaved.

Plus, a lot of these media pieces were socially acceptable and/or progressive for their time. For example, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, while it contains a lot of words and ideas that are offensive now, was very progressive for its time. The book is a statement piece for how a young man who's grown up in a racist environment, with no words to explain himself other than racist and bigoted ones, decides that the whole system is shit and he's not going to follow those rules any more. So not reading or engaging with it because it uses the n-word a lot really misses the point.

[buniix3]

Haha funny twitter image redraw I’m on vacation