ADHD

I started using the hourly chime on my wrist watch and found it helps ground me. The trouble is the chime can be disruptive at night, and it’s tedious to turn it on and off every day. I’m hoping to find a clock (not a wrist watch)– of decent build quality– with an adjustable chime (volume and active window). I don’t care if the clock mechanisms are mechanical or not, so long as the chime is pleasant.

I was diagnosed with ADHD a few weeks ago, ive been put onto the waiting list for titration to start meds but it looks like its still gonna be a few months. I could really do with getting my meds asap as ive got exams and coursework coming up, anyone have recommendations for stuff to help with keeping me focused? I’m currently just downing monsters like they’re water whenever I need to do work

Normally, when I have a day off I stay in bed until the afternoon. I don’t leave the house and nothing gets done. Have hard time figuring out what to eat when I eventually get hungry.

… because I comment more times in a single day than I normally do over weeks.

Hi. I wonder how do you keep following through on your ideas/goals/topics that you want to research (in specific field or some niche idea/interest) and not burn out/get bored and forget about them altogether?

Ever since I connected my executive functioning issues to my ADHD, I’ve realized yet another hurdle has been added to my efforts to do shit: the idea that I am helplessly useless at doing things and that’s how things are. I literally end up paralyzed with fear at the idea I’ve internalized that I am simply bad at doing life, which makes me do bad at life.

I have a problem that i cant focus on my tasks for a long time. I cant do my work for long time per day, neither do it periodically every day.

I took 30mg of Vyvanse about 4 hours ago for the first time. I am undiagnosed and this medication was not prescribed to me, but I hope it’s ok to post here.

Realising more and more how this is related to my ADD.

(my context: I feel like my ADHD is a bit close to AuDHD, but doesn’t have the consistency to make it on an official psychological evaluation. I experience a feeling of being ‘broken in the head’ to some degree. Examples include being fine with eating the same favorite meals for over a month, at least once a day. Sometimes twice a day. Another example would be the starting and stopping that I do. This applies to E V E R Y T H I N G, outside of the human basics.

Every morning I spend 12 seconds making a ranked list of priorities for my day so that I can hyper focus on something else.

Further exploration on the topic of Autistic burnout and it’s connection to psychosis.

Hey there,

I’ve never been so busy, I made the life altering decision to go back to college at 30 to get an engineering degree. I generally like math and I love building things and messing with electronics, it should be the perfect fit. But after starting at calc 2 and now doing 5 or 6 classes full time, working, and planning a wedding. I feel like I’m stretched thin.

I have used many methods in my life, couldn’t get enough of finding and trying more and more. And some worked, even pre-diagnosis.

Like a budget hard drive after 6 months use, my memory is shot. I feel like I can barely remember anything.

My ND NT husband will just like, play a game every once in a while when he feels like it. He'll just pick it up every so often, maybe play a few days in a week, and then leave it be again for a while to come back to later.

I have never been able to set goals. Mostly because I'm working on 100 projects at once. But also because a goal could get changed by something outside of your control.

... eating ice cream directly from the pint.

Undiagnosed ADHD. Jobs get repetitive after the "training" phase.

I’m not sure if this is part of the vanilla ADHD experience or if it is partially (or even mostly) the information overload landscape we now live in but:

Between school and working full time I have less than 0 energy to cook food when I get home. I also don't have the energy/time/attention span to pack a lunch most days. I've been eating like a raccoon for a month just waiting to feel up to meal prepping because this current pattern is bleeding me dry. What works for you?

Hey everyone, I'm hoping to get some advice for my partner.

I figured my overeating might be caused by my undiagnosed inattentive ADHD I have been suspecting to have it.

How's your story coming along?

My cats are. They "give" me structure and help me have a more regulated internal subsociety I need to maintain and structure my day with the mild constraints

I have mid-high ADD and small talks just make my brain jump off all the time and get bored, and then if i continue talking i have no idea what to say, just change topic all the time.

Been on the same meds forever so I have no idea whats been brought to market people are taking but curious whats been cooked up as of late

For myself, the Elvanse (Vyvanse) is fantastic. It stimulates (I do not have the typical ADHD thing where stims calm down), makes it easy to get started on things, gives me focus, makes me motivated and euphoric.

I'd stopped trying, so it didn't even occur to be until now to try it on stims. Finally, peace 🧘

I've been thinking of getting back on meds to help concentrate more since I plan to take a Comptia certs course and exam. I've been doing somethings to improve my focus without meds but I really want to get my act together and actually do something with my life. I used to take Concerta when I was in middle and high school and it did improve my focus in class. The only major downside I faced was loss of appetite. Since I've been off meds, I've heard of people taking Adderall which piqued my interest but I don't how it differs from Concerta. What do you guys think? Thanks in advance.

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What would be the parts

i read that you build a tolerance and some dont. Do most med stop working after x time?

It's rare that I'm not juggling doing 6 different things at the same time.

Hey! i recently checked for adhd after i got kicked out of uni, and was in a horribol state of depression. Was insanly hard to fucos and honestly nothing felt worth to live for.

Hello everyone,

I have a pile of papers from my last Pathfinder character sheets, earlier DnD character level sheets, and some old bank mail sheets that I've jotted down notes and doodled on. It lives on the left edge of my computer desk. And of course, it lives atop other things I intended to take care of, over a month ago. Hahaha.

Hi y'all. Wanted to share my experiences getting help to show some of the ups and downs for anyone on the fence.

Hi Community,

I want to take daily notes to keep track of my tasks, achievements, thoughts and appointments.

After documenting the extensive issues (through email) that I've had getting my meds, my GP, after having already written me two extensions for my psychiatric meds, wrote me another. Gods bless her.

Hey everyone here 👋

My child had to switch from Medikinet removed to the Zentiva version. Teachers said the generic is hardly working at all.

I open a comm to post, and I forget what fucking comm I'm in and have to double check so I know what to look for - sometimes two or three times. Immensely irritating. This is how I've operated most of my life, but it's especially frustrating now that I know it's not how it has to fucking be. Flowers for Algernon over here.

It happened to me this morning. I was feeling like everyone hated me and I was completely useless and a failure at everything and then I suddenly thought... "What would Worf do?" and things actually started to feel better 🤣 What's your strategy?

When I challenge something the other person said then they get upset and we start arguing. But then they change their position to agree with me. And claim to have held the same position as I do from the start.

It is exhausting running around circles and accomplishing nothing when shit gets real.

The question came up during therapy.

I'm condemned to a week-long meeting soon, and it makes me want to put a shotgun in my mouth to even think about it. What can I do to make it more bearable?

I find this really weird. My doc says it's normal for those who have ADHD... my caffeine intake is quite a lot. I can down 3 monster zero sugar energy drinks and just be awake and not buzzing.

Had this issue for years now, meds nuke hunger and I'm terrible at eating breakfast by the time I get back from work they've worn off and I have zero motivation. Fallen into the diet of nearly always having ramen, energy drinks and a beer here and then with a muti vitami.

I just realized that I've made a horrible and irreversible mistake. I've booked my entire family to drive a full day (with a toddler) to stay in an Airbnb for a full week, centered around an event that is actually happening the week before we arrive.

I'm on 20mg slow-release Methylphenidate a day (taken in the mornings) and haven't had any alcohol since I started taking meds last fall. And even before that I could count on one hand the times I'd drink alcohol in a year.

I discovered I had ADHD about 18 months ago and since then I've noticed my personality has changed quite a bit. Just knowing the reason why the world always seemed such a confusing place and realising how much masking I did all my life, I've noticed the pendulum seems to be swinging in the other way now. I'm never masking again and if that means I seem strange to neurotypicals then so be it.

Hi community,

Sorry for the random post, but today I(22) took Elvanse for the first time. Only 20mg (I‘m 60kg) and still my head feels quiet and able, the mental barriers to starting tasks are almost gone and I can switch my attention and thoughts around to what I want. Is this even possible on that dose?

I'm turning 27 tomorrow, so this is kind of like a birthday present. It's definitely a good feeling, because it means I haven't been lying to myself for months, which I was afraid of.

My wife and I (I'm also female) met on a dating site. I had "doesn't have kids and doesn't want any" selected for the "kids info section" on my profile. We fell madly in love and got married a year later.

When I was younger and got an ADHD diagnosis they kept trying to sit me in the front of the room so that I could pay attention better. It always made everything so much worse and as a child I could never articulate why. Turns out some things that were going on at home had already given me mild PTSD by the time I entered middle school. What was actually most distracting to me was the feeling of people behind me and not being able to see the door. When I was in college and could pick my own seating arrangements sitting in the back of the room away from everyone and where I could see the door made a huuuge difference.

Wondering if this is common with ADHD. maybe not only physical media but just things in general. I for one am not a fan that everything is digital and nonexistent so make it a point to own media I care about on physical copies.

Starting ADHD evaluation for the second time next week. I am really stressed out because this is basically my last shot. I am pretty confident that I have ADHD, but since I also have bipolar, they are just assuming that whatever symptom I am experiencing must be that.

Here are a few of mine.

Hi Lemmy!

i cant wrap my head around it

So I've tried both, and they both work, but with different effects. The dex is the only thing that helps with executive function, that kick start to actually initiate tasks. But Ritalin is more effective in muting the mental noise which helps me stay focused longer. It also helps me regulate my emotions much better. I have young kids and life gets hectic, so ritalin helps be keep my cool in this moments. But I'm reluctant to give up the Dex (what I'm currently prescribed) because I need it most work days to get things moving.

Examples:

I’d like to know what anyone is using that they really think is helping them that isn’t taking traditional prescription medication for ADHD. Please make sure whatever it is can be found “over the counter” or readily available commercially. Please keep it to simple items that are easily found separately - i.e. a B vitamin of B6, 12 and vitamin C along with Magnesium glycinate or something. If you notice it helping in a specific area, please say what it is.

The things that get in the way for me are: getting instantly bored with any weight loss strategy, an inability to do things if I'm told I have to, forgetting that I need to lose weight, needing the sensory input of food, inability to recognise when I'm full, hyper-focusing on weight loss for a month and losing a ton of weight and then putting it all back on the next month because I celebrated the weight loss with cake...

Hello fellow neurodivergents,

Results may vary! This is advice from my doc for my specific situation. Generalised, it is a simplification, but not entirely wrong.