#adhd problem

[snakeredbirdbatkatana]

Just spent a good second wondering if I took my ADHD meds today but then I thought about food.

Immediately gagged. 

I know some people use the logic of if you can't remember if you took your med-you didn't take it.

I'll take it and still not remember, but I cannot eat or even smell food on them without nausea.

Kinda a win? Maybe? 

[matthewsac]

People talk about how ADHD ppl can make work more accessible by "working when you have energy/attention span for the task" and i

Like I have kids AND ADHD, I have loads of energy really early in the morning, which I use to help them get ready for school with everything they need and on time.

And then I try to work while the house is empty and quiet, and yknow I might get a couple of hours done, before I take a break, look at my phone, get back to it. Then it's lunch, and that's when I really switch off. I can get a bit done as part of procrastinating lunch because I can't decide what to eat.

Then I eat a bowl of cereal, watch some TV, exercise self control and stop watching TV, open up my work again and ...

And then suddenly it's time to pick the kids up and I do that from 3-4.

Relief from the mind numbing guilt of sitting at my desk working/not working.

Then cram in another hour of hopelessly staring at my screen in the hopes that something will come out.

And then it's time to cook, time to clean up after dinner, time to put the small one to bed, time to fold laundry, water the plants, feed the cat, then I have about an hour to spend time with my big one who is growing too fast and then a second bedtime in which I am less and less involved.

After that, my partner and I might get a chance to talk for half an hour before we both fall asleep on the sofa.

So no, I'm using all the spoons I have to keep my family functional and any left over can go to work. I hit my deadlines, I attend meetings, but the vast majority of the time

I'm just banging my head against an illuminated screen.

The worst part of my day is when I'm doing nothing. And while it feels bad right now, I guess that means I'm doing pretty well.

[ephilog]

I tried.

Modulor, Boesner... you call it, I'm helpless.

To be fair, I don't think meds powerful enough to cancel out Art Supply Euphoria/Delirium exist yet. The only hypothetically promising strategy would be to go with a chaperone who is in charge of my wallet and shoos me onwards when I drift off my path of "actually need this". But then, that would require knowing someone who is immune to the effect... It's futile.

(What actually does limit the damage, is forgetting the code for your debit card so you can only spend cash. 👀)

[yourlocaladhder]

On social media

Everyone: *shares their opinions, thoughts, interests, being an interesting person to follow*

Me: I had thoughts but I forgot them.

[adhdfeelsandmemes]

[supercrazybooknerd]

"The point of middle school is for you guys to develop healthy habits so you're ready for high school and college"

Excuse me I am ~gifted kid~ I'm not prepared for crap.

[mjace05]

adhd culture

friend: are you listening?

me: yeah, go on

also my adhd ass, muttering to myself: 5 is the most even odd number-

[nettdor]

I wasn’t sure if my adhd medication was doing much until it stopped working (because it had been so long since I took it) and I ended up playing with a Rubik’s cube for almost 3 hours unable to go to sleep