#adhdposting

[danothan]

i think it’s so funny that barry was like NOW i’m a little ADD. i only have adhd NOW that i can think faster and not any time before that. as if this wasn’t my exact experience when i took adderall for the first time lmao

[fembutchboygirl]

How do i explain to people that i forget that i'm having a conversation with them the moment i look away from the app while getting across that this is distressing to me and i do care about them and the conversarions we have

[phoebeejeebies]

letterboxd goes so hard when you have adhd and watch things over. and over. and over. and over.

[theoldaeroplane]

having this absolutely wild time where it feels like I know exactly what I need to do to fix, like, a lot of my issues, or at least start fixing them. and then i absolutely do not do them. i believe this is a wizard's curse

[vaperarmand]

[cis-chan]

Ok last post about Adderall today I promise lol. But I texted my medication management nurse to let her know that everything went great today, and she texted back this 😭😭🥹🥹

I have had such god awful experiences up until now with mental health medication. I have been put on very strong drugs meant for illnesses I do not have, and doctors never listened to me or took my side effects seriously until I hit mental breakdown level. I was about to give up on medication completely but quitting my Zoloft made me borderline suicidal and I knew I needed help, and I'm so grateful I ended up with someone so genuinely caring. She is an addiction recovery nurse who does mental health care on the side just because she wanted to keep seeing her patients after recovery. It really is insane how much less scary it is getting treatment when you have somebody who actually cares about you. And keeps in touch to make sure everything is going smoothly. Idk sorry for the rant I'm just excited to finally be on the right track lmfao

[bat-in-the-machine]

Still reeling that my new psychiatrist had the UNMITIGATED GALL to ask "Do you want to see how you do without the methylphenidate?" AFTER I told him that I had been off it for over a year and was miserable.

[hunters-angel]

i need to present at a seminar 29 hours. i'm panicking and stuck in task paralysis with just half a presentation and only 75% of data for the rest of it even analysed

[none-tadashi-left-hiro]

I’m not bouncing and it’s a fucking problem

[pileofpawns]

My phone is old and takes 5 million years to do anything but I try my best to not get mad at it because I also take 5 million years to do anything

[danothan]

if there’s one thing barry writers love, it’s themes of neurodivergence and being othered

[ardanum]

getting a diagnosis is like having confirmation it's canon

I've been hc myself bipolar and adhd for years then boom! author confirms it's canon

[theoldaeroplane]

yapping wildly at my own body and nipping at its heels just to make it move like a stubborn cow

[vaperarmand]

i do at times wish i had the ability to experience true boredom but unfortunately i was born with a dopamine deficiency and there are so many pictures to look at on my phone

[cis-chan]

how's the adderall hitting?

I took it about an hour ago and I feel fucking great except I'm rly sweaty which I remember being a side effect when I took meds as a kid. So far I'm just in a better mood and I've actually gotten a lot done in the 2 hrs I've been at work hahahaha

[boatswainscall]

If there's anything maintaining my hygiene and general physical upkeep amidst my deep depression I've been trapped in since my early teen years it's been my OCD and Autistic sensory issues. Like if I don't wash my hair every two days and if I don't wash my face every day I get a severe debuff to my general higher thought processes.

Like I have a mild form of Contamination OCD and that combined with my hyper sensitivity to textures from my Autism it means that I am hyper aware of when both my sweat and oils from my skin and scalp have built up in my pores and hair. Like both the knowledge of and the physical sensation of my oily face and hair are a physical weight sinking into my skull and it makes it extremely difficult to focus or think clearly, and only clears up once I've fully showered or at least scrubbed my face with a washcloth.

And honestly bathing isn't as much of a sensory nightmare for me as they are for other Autistic people, in fact I fucking love showers and baths and if I could get away with it I'd dissociate under a shower head or in a hot bath for hours, and am not even that severely bothered by the temperature change when I eventually have to get out.

But what DOES bother me is the fact that I have to haul my ass up, strip down, prepare the bathroom ie get my towel and turn the overhead fan on so I don't strangle the walls with humidity, and after I get out I'll have to dry off and handle my hair and turn off the fan and put the towel up to dry and then get re-dressed. And the only thing that will get me to overcome the overwhelming "UGGGHHH" reaction my executive dysfunction has in the face of stupid fleshsuit tasks is my Contamination OCD and Autism Sensory Issues ganging up outside its door to bang their fists against it and scream at the top of their lungs.