What was this thread about?....oh yeah ADHD...support group? 😅

[Lady2020]

Pretty sure age and too many pms exacerbate add.

 

[Diosax]

I'm curious.
Thinking about the dopamine minefield that it is lit, I wonder what level of notifications people have turned on.

I've slowly figured out that notifications and sounds are a big no for me. I can't have my ringer on bc its too distracting. I have notifications off on most if not all of my social media. Here I don't get email notifications about anything. I only have text messages and email notifications on and I mute certain people sometimes or group chats bc I feel so much pressure to respond right away, I literally have to tell myself I DONT HAVE TO ANSWER rn LOL

Hey!! It's been a while. Good to see you x

Hi! Im not around much these days, good to see you!

For me, my archenemy on my life with ADHD is the clock...
Time moves so slow all the time, yet I am always running...
It appears to me that the clock always plays a trick on me. I have a meeting at 1, and at 12 I prepare for it.
I need to be on time but then, the clock, without any regard from my own state of mind decides at 12:05 that it now should be 1:10... How did this happens? I swear that there is a coworker changing the clock on my back...

(Damn... maybe that is the side kick of my archenemy - impulsiveness... could it be?)

What would be your archenemy on your everyday life with ADHD?

Def have time blindness. Mine is motivation to start tasks, sometimes I have a hard time getting started on things unless i have a deadline breathing down my neck. Is not as bad w medication but it hasn't solve the issue either.

 

[Strixaluco]

Def have time blindness. Mine is motivation to start tasks, sometimes I have a hard time getting started on things unless i have a deadline breathing down my neck.

Me too
And my concentration has also become damn unreliable. I used to have more of it, now my balance is tilting more towards the adhd.

I use some notifications, but almost none in email anywhere. And I prefer soundless, mostly. Except for calendar events, I need my reminders with sound...

 

[Diosax]

How are you adhders doing. How do you know when you need your meds adjusted??

What are your current victories and struggles

 

[Deadbed1968]

I’ve actually cut down on my Adderall recently. I was taking it full strength (2x15mg) every day an noticed than on days I was taking a break from it, my moods would be awful. So I dropped to 15mg total, and feel better

 

[Hypnobitch01]

Hello fellow ADHDers of lit!!!! Let’s all distract each other from that important thing we’re avoiding!!!!

 

[Hypnobitch01]

How are you adhders doing. How do you know when you need your meds adjusted??

What are your current victories and struggles

Just got my vyvanse upped since I was starting to struggle with attention and memory again.

 

[Diosax]

I’ve actually cut down on my Adderall recently. I was taking it full strength (2x15mg) every day an noticed than on days I was taking a break from it, my moods would be awful. So I dropped to 15mg total, and feel better

Interesting!! I've heard this.

 

[Strixaluco]

Not officially diagnosed, thus no medicated for it.

But I've used 2 meds that can also be used for adhd off-label, and though both worked, neither fit. Got on overdrive from both. And with the anti-headache med (Triptyl) I didn't even have normal minimum dose (25mg for that use) but just 10mg and it was already too much. Too little rest, too much doing. Can't understand how in some uses they can take even 100 mg.

 

[Deadbed1968]

Interesting!! I've heard this.

I have heard that you can build up a tolerance to it over time. Maybe it’s more of a dependence as opposed to a tolerance. By cutting back you reduce your dependence, in turn reducing the effect of taking a break

 

[Deadbed1968]

Not officially diagnosed, thus no medicated for it.

But I've used 2 meds that can also be used for adhd off-label, and though both worked, neither fit. Got on overdrive from both. And with the anti-headache med (Triptyl) I didn't even have normal minimum dose (25mg for that use) but just 10mg and it was already too much. Too little rest, too much doing. Can't understand how in some uses they can take even 100 mg.

I remember you saying previously that you are hyper sensitive to pharmaceuticals in general, so I’m not surprised you had such a strong reaction. That’s a shame about Tryptyl. Headaches suck.

 

[Deadbed1968]

Hello fellow ADHDers of lit!!!! Let’s all distract each other from that important thing we’re avoiding!!!!

 

[Strixaluco]

I remember you saying previously that you are hyper sensitive to pharmaceuticals in general, so I’m not surprised you had such a strong reaction. That’s a shame about Tryptyl. Headaches suck.

Thank goodness I seem to have more headaches only periodically, when having more dress. I might be able to use Triptyl for 2-3 weeks when starting a new job (eventually).

But ny sensitivity seems to be especially in regards to anything mental or nerves (whether that's the intended target or mechanism of action). And not even always then... With pain medication - nope. In fact, local anesthesia can even be patchy and tricky, I may need more, and extra time.

And that's probably connected to being neurodivergent, as ND folks often have different reactions to meds. Hypo- or hypersensitive, or different reaction altogether, or...

Oh and the patchy functioning of local anesthesia is probably a HSD or hEDS thing. Which it's also comorbod to neurodivergence - at least there's a very strong comorbodity with autism.