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Yes! Getting out of bed in the morning is just the worst. I would easily sleep until 10am every day if I didn’t have to get up for work.

And even if I do wake up, actually getting up and out of bed for the day is such a chore.

I don't have a lot of trouble falling asleep but waking up ... oh! This is a very big problem. I've been sleeping for more than 12 hours when I don't have to work the other day.

Like yesterday I spent all day drinking coffee, had a can of monster energy at 9 pm, and at 10 pm was I sleeping? Today I woke up 11 am?

ADHD folks, does anyone else go through this?

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that fun adhd thing where i think of something i need to do, imagine myself doing it, then can’t remember if i actually did it or not ❤️

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"if you can't handle minor criticism you're never gonna make it in the real world" yep uh huh yes mhmm yeah agreed absolutely yup I know

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Undiagnosed ADHD child: Sometimes I talk too much in class, lol

Undiagnosed ADHD middle schooler: I always forget things in my locker, so I just keep everything in my backpack all the time, lol

Undiagnosed ADHD high schooler: I’m a big procrastinator, but I just work better under pressure, lol

Undiagnosed ADHD college student: I can’t focus during lectures unless I’m playing on my phone, lol

Undiagnosed ADHD working adult: I’m just a list person - if I don’t write it down, I know I’ll forget it, lol

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UH WHAT

UH...... WHAT.........

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Hi!

I wanted to aak is it possible to have ADHD traits but not be ADHD?

Like having many ADHD symptoms but not enough to be eligible of a diagnoses??

Thanks:)

Hi there!

I'm not sure I'm qualified enough to answer your question fully, but I think I can offer some things to help you think through your experiences.

I'm linking to some older posts of mine where I share info from the book Taking Charge of Adult ADHD (which I highly recommend!).

Yes, everyone can experience symptoms of ADHD, but diagnostic-criteria symptoms are much, much more common in people with ADHD.

Having symptoms of something isn't the same as being impaired by them. Generally for an ADHD diagnosis, your symptoms need to be impairing your life in some way.

HOWEVER

ADHD symptoms are on a spectrum. Some may be minor for you and others may be more pronounced. Whether or not they are "enough" for a diagnosis is for a medical professional to determine.

But I also want to say that I've heard from a lot of people that they worry about this. They worry about not having ADHD "enough" for a diagnosis, which makes them uncomfortable seeking support. But doctors (good ones, at least) are there to help you and support you. Even if you don't have diagnosable ADHD, it's never a bad thing to ask for help.

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Time for Am I Depressed or is it just the ADHD?

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shoutout to all the adhd kids who grew up being called liars when they said they forgot something/didnt understand something/didnt know something/etc and ended up afraid to actually just tell people that they forgot or didnt know as they got older. if ur reading this i love u

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Executive function - ADHD couple 🙂🙃

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Yes! This!

(I thought about this right after I posted the above and meant to reblog and add this. Then I forgot.)

Another way you can have accountability is body doubling. Being in the same space as someone else who is working or reading or studying can motivate ADHDers to do the same. 

It’s harder right now, but if it’s safe for you to do so, working at a cafe or library or even a park--anywhere you can work alongside other people--can be hugely helpful!

Hi! Love your blog!

Do you have any advice on how to overcome freeze mode? I have exams in a few weeks but my brain doesn't want to cooperate at all and every time i start studying i get overwelmed by the sheer amount of things i have to do and end up doing nothing all day. I feel like i'm stuck in a state of constant brain fog...

Sent 21st August~

I’m not usually great at the advice, so this one is mainly open to my followers.

However, I will say: try to break it down. Take it one step at a time—remember that it’s so much better if you do even one page than if you do none at all. Listening to music while you study can help, and caffeine usually helps us ADHDers with focusing.

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Being diagnosed as an adult was life-changing for me. I hope the same is true for you!

I’m a 40 year old woman, and a week ago, I started taking medication for ADHD. This diagnosis did not come as a surprise—I had to push for testing—but my suspicions had slowly been growing.

“But you did so well in school.”

“But everyone procrastinates sometimes.”

“But trauma has the same symptoms.”

But nothing.

Maybe I was just good at masking things. Maybe I always had enough time or deadlines or interest or coping methods to get by. Maybe there’s a reason my trauma symptoms look like ADHD symptoms. Maybe I grew up in a time, a culture, a household, where nobody really thought about digging into mental health. Maybe I was fine.

But it was still hard. And I haven’t been “fine” for a while. Those deadlines, that free time, those coping mechanisms compressed and disintegrated amid parenthood and a graduate program and family crisis and a pandemic, until my window of tolerance for over- or under-stimulation grew so small as to be disabling. My coping mechanisms became less about function, and more about survival.

I’ve been unconsciously self-medicating with caffeine and sugar for a long time. I pick up new hobbies like I’m tasting samples at Costco. I can’t sleep without white noise, or study without music, because my brain is too loud. I’ve always done my best work in the frantic early morning hours before an assignment is due. And I hate it. Have a long conversation with me, and it will fork like a strange and glorious Wikipedia rabbithole. I have to write lists—sooooo many lists. And I forget what I’m supposed to be doing as soon as I open a new browser tab, or walk through a doorway, or have a stray, interesting thought.

I don’t expect medication to magically change all that. I’m still going to be me. I still am me. But it’s been a little quieter inside my head this week. And I can see my window of tolerance opening up around me.

And that’s a terrifying, beautiful thing.

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