didn’t take my adhd meds yesterday or today and boy howdy does it put into perspective how hard I have worked until this point in life to get literally anything done
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I accidentally took my son‘s ADHD medicine one time instead of my vitamins, both of which I had in my hand. My doctor had been after me for a while to take ADHD meds. I definitely got a shit ton done that day. I need to talk to my doctor again about starting meds.
I got off stabilizers for a while and....it did not go well. I have resigned myself that this is the way it will be forever. Somebody gonna murk RFK Jr. if he fucks with this stuff.
don’t wanna perpetuate the “mentally ill people are dangerous” stereotype but I don’t have the “uuu im so nervous” anxiety, I have the “wild animal backed into a corner” anxiety
Im not sure I'll ever understand how people put their faith in medical advice from a formerly heroin addicted lawyer. Science deniers blow my mind. If something works for you, others should STFU and stay out of it.
I’m more worried that I might not have the choice soon… my meds let me able to be the dad I want to be. My meds let me be the partner I want to be. I may not always need them, but I’m sure as shit better off with them in this moment. I like being able to sleep.
cracked out on caffeine and still having the drill sergeant in my head telling me what a worthless piece of shit I am turned out not to be the best way to have spent the last 18-20 years
I think late-diagnosed adhders should get serious recognition for anything and everything they accomplished earlier in life, working on Hard Mode but blaming themselves for being flaky lazy procrastinators throughout
I see this so much with my late-diagnosed therapy clients! I’m no expert at the ADHD management side of things, but I go hard with them at the trauma to their self-concept of being labeled lazy or stupid all those years
So I’m super lucky because mine didn’t manifest as flakiness or anything like that, mine is more part of being on the spectrum; that being said, it has been a RIDE trying to figure out anxiety and forgetfulness
I didn't get diagnosed until I was 34 because I was much more on the inattentive side over hyperactive, so it was easier to kind of get by. And there's absolutely something about mainlining coffee to he able to pay attention still.
Belts, paddles, and not allowed to do extracurricular activities were the treatments through high school. It was weird that I actually did better in college because I could self medicate with energy drinks.
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i wasn't diagnosed until my 40s
For me the flip side is the cat/squirrel brain I was blessed with does more creative things when I don’t take the prescription speed precursors.
(Nobody else who knows my career etc would possibly think that, but … still)