as a young adult struggling with adhd in college, i would like to humbly request a fic about adhd dex struggling with his adhd and being wary of medication because hes seen how it affects people and he talks to nursey about it cause hes insecure about asking for professional help and he knows nursey takes meds for his depression, thx :)
They’re studying quietly in their room.
Or, in Dex’s case, as quietly as possible. He can’t stop bouncing his leg, or clicking his pen, or tapping his fingers on the desk. He also can’t concentrate on the textbook in front of him that’s been open to the same page for the past twenty minutes.
This is getting ridiculous.
He’s smart. He knows he’s smart. If he could just concentrate for long enough to absorb some information, he knows he could apply it.
And yet here he is, sitting on a low C in this class and unable to get past the first paragraph of his textbook.
“Hey, Nursey?” he asks softly.
“Yeah Dexy?” Nursey responds, sounding a little distracted. He’s probably still trying to read, and Dex feels bad for distracting him, but he needs some answers.
“Can I ask you something kind of personal?”
There’s a beat of silence. Dex’s eyes are still trained on the book in front of him.
“’Course you can, brah. No secrets between roommates, right?” Nursey laughs.
“Do you - I mean - I know you take... medicine. For, um, mental health stuff, right? And I just... I just wanted...” he tapers off, frustrated with his stutter and unsure how to phrase his question.
“Hey, Dex, it’s chill,” Nursey reassures him, “I take meds for depression, yeah. Did you want to know if they work for me?”
Dex shrugs, “I mean, yeah, but also... you hear things about - about, um, side effects.”
“Oh, yeah. Um, that’s. Yeah,” Nursey stumbles over his words for a second, and it’s what makes Dex finally look over at him. Nursey’s hand is rubbing at the back of his neck and his face is pinched like he’s remembering a bad memory.
“That bad?” Dex winces.
“Not this one!” Nursey interjects. “What I’m on right now is really good for me. It’s... it helps, you know? Definitely better with it than without. But, um, in the beginning there was some... trial and error. Nothing too bad. One of them made me nauseous. One of them just didn’t work. One of them made me feel kind of fuzzy. Like, like I was feeling everything through a screen, you know?”
Dex nods, even though he doesn’t know. He doesn’t ever want to know. Why can’t his brain just do what he tells it to?
“Can I ask why you’re asking?” Nursey ventures, and Dex supposes that turnaround’s fair play.
“I, um. I think I might have ADHD, so,” he shrugs. “Wanted to know what I’d be getting into if I saw someone for it.”
“Oh,” Nursey says quietly.
Another beat or two of silence. Dex starts clicking his pen again.
“Well, for what it’s worth, I’ve never regretted getting help,” Nursey says softly. “And, um, if you want me to come with you when you go... I can do that. I don’t know anything about, like, the medicines or anything, but... like... if you don’t want to go alone... you know.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah, Dex, of course. I’ve got your back. I can even - if you’re comfortable, I mean - give you the number for my doctor’s office?”
Dex’s hands are twitching in his lap. His leg is still bouncing.
I don't follow hockey or anything but I follow a couple blogs who do and they're like all getting hate about this and I'm very confused by um why ? Like why are you sending hate on Tumblr over a sport like if you've found yourself doing this pls go outside and calm down
honestly idk, it’s not difficult to stay off someone’s blog if u don’t like their team etc. i know people love this sport and they take a lot of it to heart but in the end idc, i’m in a fuckin great mood and if they think they’re gonna get anything out of me that isn’t sarcasm and pens gifs then i don’t know why they’re still here
THE ONE I MADE THAT SAYS "when ur a gay and u say “thats gay” and a straight™ comes along and starts to lecture u on how offensive it is and then you hit them with that “im gay” so imagine that situation but with dex and shitty" WRITE IT
YESS OKAY OKAY I WILL GET TO THAT TOMORROW IM EXCited this prompt excites me!!
