#addult

[mehoneybadger]

Did you eat today

she asks, and I stare at her

Uncomprehending

[relax-o-vision]

I don't normally recommend men's content, but this youtuber communicates very well what the ADHD experience is like in every day situations. He's quite funny, too.

[the-mental-gem]

Dual Diagnosis

For those of you who have a dual diagnosis and feel as though this title resonates with you in the slightest - give it a read. It may really impact you in a positive way. For me, it hit home. If you do read, let me know your thoughts :)

[relax-o-vision]

I have an adhd that sometimes also gives me depression symptoms, especially in winter. speaking from this perspective I can say that everything becomes immediately so much better once you have a regular schedule with regular/strict sleep/awake cycles.

yes, having to go to work every day sucks. it does. getting up at 5:30am sucks. I hate it. that will never change.

but uni with its irregular schedule, long periods where I had to study by myself on my own terms, long periods where you have no lectures and can sleep till whenever? that fucked me up so much. it was bad for my health. it was bad for my mood. it was bad for my energy levels. it was bad for my self-esteem. not because uni is necessarily bad, but because my mental health makes it so damn easy to let myself go.

that all being said, I got through it somehow and if I leave you just one advice, just one, it'll be the one thing you will hate the most:

go to bed (approximately) at the same time every night. get up at the same time every day. yes, that will require compromise. yes, I know you're already thinking "what does that b*tch know about my life". but I can promise you, promise! that you'll have more energy to do stuff. that you'll feel better about yourself. that keeping that schedule will get easier over time, because your body does have an inner clock even though you probably think that's not the case right now.

I didn't believe it when people told me this ten years ago. or maybe I did believe it and thought I'd never stick to a schedule anyhow so why try. or maybe I started planning every second of my day and failed so why bother anymore.

don't overthink it. just start going to bed at a reasonable time and set your alarm and actually get up. that's the important part. everything else you can think about once you've got that figured out.

[theheroheart]

I'm now officially diagnosed with ADHD combined type, and will start taking ritalin either this week or next.