#(probably adhd)

[undiagnosed-neurodivergent-chaos]

Does anybody else with AuDHD struggle with RSD to the point of having really bad brain days or weeks where y'all end up literally convincing y'allselves that everybody hates you and that nobody can tolerate your presence?

Just asking for a friend here....

[beggars-opera]

Me waiting patiently for the next obsession to kick in

[moonlit-orchid]

Sitting here wishing my ADHD was more severe just so people could realise I actually have a problem-

[nemo-bros]

this is my new visual schedule:

i have no idea how to image describe pictures with so many things in them, so I'm sorry I have no image description, but I will do my best to explain the purpose of each page (left to right top to bottom)

the cover (keeps pieces from falling off if I put the flipbook in my backpack or something) the cover also has my name on it but I cropped this out

'first next then after' page (the main page I use, has my soonest upcoming tasks- I take pieces from the 'to do' page and put them here)

'to do' (at the morning I fill up this page with my tasks like cleaning, chores, and studying- I do have cards for other fun activities and eating but I only ues them on the first page in between tasks from this page)

'done' (when I finish a task on the 'first next then after' page I move it here- it gives me dopamine to see everything I finished that day and makes me less stressed about the amount of things I need to do)

hygiene page- this page is actually so so good its like a cheat code- If you take nothing else from this post at least take this idea: the top (orange) section is for the morning, the bottom (blue) section is for the evening. in the morning all the cards will be in the morning section, when I finish a task I get to move it to the evening section (repeat this for all 6 tasks). in the evening I do the tasks again but the cards get moved to the morning section this time. (if there's a day where I didn't finish then I just move them anyways the next morning as a "reset") this page is in my book but it's probably more helpful just to leave it in the bathroom on the counter or mirror or something (without systems like this I cannot take care of my basic needs, even with these supports and the additional supports in my home i cannot reliably take care of my basic needs)

images 6-9 show some of the word storage pages, I have a total of 10 of these pages

if you're curious at all how i made it let me know and i will post the steps i did to make it and where I got all the pictures!! (I want everyone to be able to access systems like these if they need them, so I am very open to sharing this)

something i really really like about this flip book is that its very tactile and very visual- it does not require very much brain power to use- I really like to just move around the pieces on the pages with the velcro as a stim

i was promted to do this because recently a teacher told me I just need to manage my schedule better and that I should be trying harder (little does she know I'm trying my hardest already)

ive tried so many types of schedules and routines and I just cant stick to them (this is one reason I suspect adhd in addition to my autism but idrk and it probably doesnt matter), but then after she said that I was like okay I guess this is a good excuse to try a visual schedule so I made one (very time consuming but also fun) and then am still disapproved of for some reason... I think she thinks its "too childish/I'm not disabled enough" which I disagree because if it helps and they need it then they should use it regardless of sterotypes- i think this is true for all adaptive tech and disability aids

my point in showing this is to let other autistc adults know that you can use visual schedules if they help you and to boost someone else's confidence for them to use an aid they are afraid to because its stigmatized (also yes mine looks kind of simple/etc but I chose to do it this way because it works good for my brain like this- not because its how all visual schedules should/need to look)

[sugaldean]

People who told me to shut up as a kid are now complaining I don't talk enough

[belltothethirdpower]

currectly obsessing over the tism creature and adhd creature

imagine hyperfixating over hyperfixators, help

yippee

[alexafaie-asd]

ADHD and/or Autistic People, how do you find that you respond to alcohol?

For the purpose of fitting the options into the poll character limit of 80 characters, take AuDHD to mean ADHD & Autistic. I don't really like that shorthand, but its needed here.

Sorry for no "see results" button, if you're allistic & don't have ADHD then I'm afraid you will have to wait a week for the results. I needed the 4 options for each condition.

If you aren't diagnosed but heavily suspect that you're one or the other (or both) then feel free to answer as if you were diagnosed and if comfortable doing so you may add that you're not yet diagnosed in the comments just for further data points. But you don't have to!

I don't usually ask people to reblog my posts, but I would love as many responses as possible simply because the NT people I have asked have IRL all responded one way and so I'm wondering if this is a me specific thing, or possibly related to neurodivergence in some way, like how stimulants actually calm ADHD minds down, the opposite of what non ADHD people experience.

[peanut-butter-fox]

I don't think I've been officially diagnosed with anything

but every therapist/counselor I've met with seems to agree that there's somethin' goin' up there

(lots of signs pointing to at least having ADHD jdsvbdkjs)

here's the original image-

I have no idea where it came from I just have it saved on my phone jvjfdsvjd

[andro-studiesmed]

JOURNAL ENTRY

[high-on-stickbugs]

are u a "No Foods Can Touch" type autistic or a "Mix Everything To Mask Bad Flavour" type autistic?

[flubnuggetpurple]

Sometimes adhd is deciding that you’ve been overdoing it with the caffeine recently and suddenly going cold turkey on sunday when you have work the next morning then suffering for nine hours then going home and meaning to do your duolingo about thirty times but getting distracted by things like the guitar you left in the living room, that one guy on youtube who does retro polish covers of songs bc wtf does that mean, then the idea of learning to bookbind your own sketchbooks, then going through an entire youtubers shorts page then scrolling on pinterest for about ten minutes before giving in to the sudden urge to take a shower and getting in the shower then suddenly remembering your duolingo and grabbing your phone (still in shower bc you live on the edge) and realizing its two minutes past midnight and you broke your 452 day streak and making a tumblr post about it before remembering the fact that you are, in fact, still standing in the shower

[x0blue]

i am so stimulated rn

(left to right)

Please hold-10 hours

wii shop channel music-10 hours

songs to fill empty head (various nintendo music)

animation memes where iconic to me! (animation meme music)

a loud playlist for those who want to vibe aggressively (VERY EXPLICIT LAMO)

mario kart wii themes to do your homework too (150cc)

It came from tumblr movie (#15)

Spotify:my very loud playlist (!!!L :O  Ü  >:D!!!)

[lilyanneblack]

I should be sleeping, but instead I found out there is boop o meter on tumblr, my safe space

I really love this place <3

[livinces]

Being poor with (probable) ADHD is risking fatal food poisoning because you forgot to put the food away, but "we can't waste food." 🙃

[hellhammersbignaturals]

i keep forgetting to fix my jacket and putting it off so last night i wrote a reminder on my arm so that i would remember to do it today because thats how i remember to do my homework but i really reaaaaallly dont want to do its such a simple fucking task its just a little bit of sewing and ironing something on it would take like 30 minutes and i have noting else to do but the thought of doing it causes me pain (ఠ益ఠ)

[ainawgsd]

Need to take down the tree (it blocks part of the tv and the front window where the critters like to observe the world, so it's in everyone's best interests to take it down sooner rather than later) and I'm doing my nails and thinking about making handpies for dinner. Help, I'm in time management hell today!