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lothalrebel · 2 years

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Anyone else understimulated but overstimulated

Like I need something or I’m gonna go crazy but I also need everything to stop or I’m gonna go crazy

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walkawaytall · 3 months

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I really wish there was more interest in how to handle ADHD other than just addressing the symptoms that affect the people around us.

Like, the best pharmaceutical treatment we have right now is stimulants, and I agree that being on stimulants 24 hours a day, 365 days a year is probably not good for your body. Hell, I’m on a less-than-ideal dose of my medication from a concentration perspective because the ideal dose had my resting heart rate sitting at a cool 115BPM. I know taking med holidays is important. I know all of this.

But because ADHD isn’t just an attention problem (or may not actually be an attention problem at all at its core), it sucks that the only time period medical professionals seem to be concerned about treating are the “important” times: the length of a school or workday. Forget the fact that ADHD affects executive function, forget the fact that people with ADHD often experience chronic and unending anxiety and/or depression as a result of the ADHD, forget that there are important times that have nothing to do with an 8-hour school or work day, forget the rejection sensitivity dysphoria, the sensory issues that make things like clothing, food, and group situations a nightmare to try to navigate, the household stuff that has to be taken care of outside of the 8-hour school or work day. It feels like none of that matters because it doesn’t affect a group of fifteen or more people.

On top of ADHD, I have been plagued with anxiety-related issues for the majority of my life. I likely have a form of OCD and I have a history with a restrictive eating disorder; both of those conditions are very closely associated with high levels of anxiety. I’ve been on anxiety medications before. I was first given an as-needed medication that took the edge off but also made everything feel a little fuzzy, like there was a pane of glass between me and the rest of the world; I was put on an SSRI that somehow made my OCD-related intrusive thoughts about 50x worse than usual and had me wondering at one point if I should be hospitalized; and I’m currently on buspirone, which is doing what it’s supposed to do without the side effects of the others thankfully. But nothing, and I mean nothing, has reduced my anxiety as much as my ADHD medication.

Two hours after my first stimulant dosage, I just suddenly didn’t feel on-edge any more. I estimate that being on ADHD medication has reduced my anxiety by about 70% (buspirone’s for the other 30%). I started taking it in the summer of 2020 and I remember, in 2021, when I saw my boss in person for the first time since lockdown, he remarked on how much more confident I seemed, how I was more likely to speak up in meetings, etc. And I was like…yeah, man, it’s a wonder what not feeling anxious every second of every day will do for someone.

ADHD affects so much more of my life than just attention and anxiety, too. I have sensory issues with mine, which is pretty common, and they make eating — an already sometimes-complicated task due to the ED history — difficult at times because, while I can eat foods that I don’t particularly like, if something is what I call “the bad texture”, I will gag no matter how hard I work to overcome it (believe me, I’ve tried). And my brain sometimes decides that foods that were previously fine are now “the bad texture” and they may or may not shift back to being okay eventually; I don’t know.

The sensory issues affect me socially. My therapist and I have recently come to the conclusion that I’m probably not actually an introvert, but if I’m around larger groups, that means noise and movement and probably being touched, and too much of that causes my brain to either freak out or shut down. I used to always say, “I love people, but when I’m done, I’m done.” And that was likely because the overstimulation was building and building in the background, and at a certain point, my brain would just be like, “We gotta get outta here.” I was Queen of Irish Goodbyes for a very long time because of this.

And the executive dysfunction affects…well..everything? Not just work, not just school (but also those because if my environment is chaotic, my brain feels chaotic, and it is difficult to maintain a non-chaotic environment if you keep getting stuck on order of operations when picking up a room).

I’m not saying that I want to be on longer-lasting stimulants or that I want to be on the higher dose that I know helps my concentration more, cardiovascular system by damned. What I’m saying is, I wish treatment research had been more holistic rather than just figuring out what would give teachers and managers an easier time despite what the person with ADHD might be dealing with as soon as their meds wear off.

Maybe current research is working on it; I don’t know. I just know that, the older I get, the more frustrated I am with my brain and the more apparent the deficiencies I used to be able to counteract with pre-chronic-illness energy and crushing perfectionism become, and I wish there was an answer to this that actually helped me most of the time rather than forcing me to pick which parts of my day/week is “important” and making sure I’m medicated for those parts.

#adhd #adult adhd #adhd combined #adhd problems #actually adhd #adhd treatment

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my-autism-adhd-blog · 6 months

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The 3 ADHD Types

The Mini ADHD Coach

#adhd #adhd post #adhd awareness/acceptance month #adhd types #adhd inattentive #adhd hyperactive #adhd combined #adhd comic #feel free to reblog/share #The Mini ADHD Coach (Facebook)

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arthyritis · 10 months

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When I say I forget my friends exist sometimes, by the way, I don't mean that y'all have completely vacated from my mind.

It's kind of like a plate in a microwave that the beeping is broken on. It finished spinning but because you're not actively watching it to see when it's done, you forget you were ever making food, usually until you smell it and get reminded that you have food in the microwave.

As for friends, I see the messages, but because there's nothing there actively reminding me, they're just kind of sitting there perpetually. I can think about them, but I've forgotten the act of interacting personally (outside of reblogging posts from one another) exists, basically.

#adhd #actually adhd #adhd inattentive #adhd hyperactive #adhd combined #adhd analogy #adhd forgetfulness #i hope the analogy makes sense i dont write analogies like ever lmao

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maresirenum · 2 years

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Does anyone else who’s autistic w/adhd struggle to recognise where their autism ends and their adhd starts? I constantly see people who see them as being separate from each other, obviously from a medical point of view they are two separate “disorders”, but I always see mine as being together like a jumbled up pair of headphones that you stashed in a drawer and found them a year later. I look at them now all tangled up and think, “Where do I even start? Should I even begin to try and untangle this?”

#look at my reblog before you reblog this #actually autistic #autism #autism spectrum disorder #autistic #autism feels #autistic feels #autistic spectrum #anti autism speaks #adhd #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #inattentive adhd #adhd inattentive #adhd combined #adhd hyperactive #adhd problems #adhd post #adhd feels

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adhd-dog-guy · 2 years

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#adhder #adhd #autism #autistic #learning disabilities #dyscalculia #dyspraxia #mental health #neurodiversity #actually adhd #adhd combined #inattentive adhd #adhd hyperactive

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shifterscribbles · 7 months

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THIS IS WHY I BARELY DO ANYTHING DIGITAL. THIS IS WHY.

I spent FOUR HOURS OF MY LIFE creating an AMV. FOUR STRAIGHT HOURS. 105 HAND-DRAWN FRAMES. And my laptop crashes WHILE SAVING IT and the data gets corrupted.

Shit is SO ADHD unfriendly.

I have to save after I do every single little thing??? If the file gets too big it’ll crash while saving??? I fucking HATE TECHNOLOGY.

Literally have the urge to smash shit right now I am so pissed off.

This is why my youtube only has like, a 3 second animation posted every 6 months. This shit ALWAYS happens to me when I finally have the motivation. This DRAINS THE MOTIVATION FROM ME ENTIRELY. I literally want to cry right now.

#art #artwork #digital art #digital artwork #digital media #animating #animation #animator #vent #venting #crash #program crash #crashes #adhd #adhd combined #adhd type c #adhd c #personal

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matchbet-allofthetime · 9 months

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Just started ADHD meds and... I've never felt this way. I feel like I've been almost, idk, dormant?? For years. Just waiting. Workin at less than 10% of who I am and what I was capable of as a young kid.

If I post a lot of post nothing at all or get sappy, I'm just very overwhelmed (good overwhelmed, but certainly whelmed!!) And I'm feeling a lot

I think my ADHD causes most of my anxiety and taking my medicine for the first time today has solidified a lot of what I figured out kinda on my own.

The medicine is expensive as hell, even with insurance and it shouldn't be... But I feel alive.

I'm not some dormant, sleeping husk that I've felt like for so long. Maybe I can really start to get things done again. Maybe I don't have to be so tired anymore.

Maybe I can be a writer and an artist and a guitarist and rollerblade and study and do everything without worry like I used to.

What if I can really be a person again? What if I can clean and cook and eat like I used to?

What if I'm really okay? Alive again? Breathing and what if it won't hurt anymore? What if my anxiety doesn't cause me searing pain anymore?

Maybe, maybe, what if... So much. So much fear and curiousity and hope. Hope isn't something I really feel much. It's this... Bubble of nerves in my stomach. I'm so nervous and excited. Where will things take me? I haven't been so positive in years.

Maybe I can finally live again. And I'm so scared but so excited because things, as shit as they are, are looking up at least a little. And that's a start. 💖

#ADHD #combined type ADHD #adhd combined #mental illness #dohma.random #dohma.ramble #my brain is working #functioning right #ASD #autism #doesn't mention autism #but i do have it #so #I'm scared #but im still goin #and that's all i need to do #maybe ill go get a treat today #in celebration

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katapotato55 · 1 year

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What do you guys do about harassment and overcoming fear online?

genuine question.

I am an artist. I want to make things and post them. I am scared to make things and post them because I don't want to be canceled over something I didn't even know was a real problem nor do I want people to target me. I don't mind judgement, the real fear is constant dog piling and harassment that stuff may bring. how do you guys cope? do you just ignore them? I am autistic and I barely understand how people work and what is entirely socially acceptable, so advice would be appreciated!

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lothalrebel · 2 years

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Ah, finally. The day is almost over. Now I can stop procrastinating, and start frantically getting shit done

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musingsofanaroace · 4 months

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A Brief Overview of ADHD

What is ADHD? ADHD is an initialism that stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. What is ADHD? ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that occurs in both children and adults. Its exact cause remains unknown but some factors may include the following: 1) being born prematurely, 2) having a low birthweight, 3) smoking, alcohol, or drug use during pregnancy, or 4) genetics.

Now, let’s look at the three types of ADHD: 1) inattentive, 2) hyperactive, and 3) combined. People with inattentive type ADHD display mostly inattentive traits. In the previous edition of the DSM, these people were classified as having ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). People with hyperactive type ADHD display mostly hyperactive traits. These are the behaviors most people associate with ADHD. Finally, people with combined type ADHD display a mixture of inattentive and hyperactive traits. People with this type usually get diagnosed later in life.

What are these traits? Let’s start with the inattentive behaviors first. These people may have a short attention span and be easily distracted. They may make careless mistakes, appear forgetful, and lose things. Also, they may have difficulty organizing tasks, are not able to listen and carry out instructions, and have problems with impulse control. Even though they may become easily distracted and have difficulty completing difficult or boring tasks, they can hyper focus on a special interest for hours on end. This special interest can be lifelong, but it may fall from the wayside when a new special interest is discovered.

Now, let’s look at the hyperactive behaviors. These people may be unable to sit still and have a constant need to fidget. They may engage in excessive physical movement and talking, be unable to wait their turn, have little to no sense of danger, and act without thinking. Besides physical hyperactivity, there can be mental hyperactivity as well, such as racing thoughts, intrusive thoughts, and jumbled thoughts. It can feel like your brain is operating at warp speed and at an ear shattering volume.

Besides the inattentive and hyperactive traits, people with ADHD may also experience sensory processing issues but usually not as severe as someone with autism.

And remember, you don’t need to display all these traits to get diagnosed with ADHD, for each person with ADHD will present differently and have their own unique challenges to face. Also, a person with ADHD can have another comorbid condition, such as autism, dyspraxia, Tourette’s Syndrome, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (children), anxiety, and depression. Note: This is not an exhaustive list.

This concludes my brief overview of ADHD. If you have anything to add, please leave it in the comments. The next topic will discuss asexuality, which I will post on the 22nd of January. Until then, take care and stay curious.

Sources:

1. DSM-5

2. NHS

www.nhs.uk

3. SciGuys Podcast

"The Science of ADHD"

aired: October 25, 2020

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#neurodivergent #adhd #dsm 5 #nhs #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #attention deficit disorder (add)#adhd inattentive #adhd hyperactive #adhd combined #Youtube

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sir-klauz · 1 year

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Okay so this form of ableism reallyyyy gets my goat. People with ADHD get this treatment a lot. It really unsettles me how often as well. Like, why do people so often expect someone with a mental health disorder which specifically surrounds focus irregularities, to focus at the exact same level as someone who’s not got ADHD?

Getting angry at people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for not being able to write/read giant blocks of text on demand is ableism.

We can do it when we can do it, forcing us is much more much distressing than a neurotypical person/someone who doesn’t have focus irregularity would feel, and even those people get distressed at having to do things like this.

I don’t care if you’re annoyed, I really don’t, and even less if you begin ambushing and bxtching about it, then guilt tripping or indirect posting acting like it’s being done to you because “this horrible person doesn’t care”. This is abuse and emotional manipulation to mentally disabled people.

There’s a big reason why many of us suffer in education and that’s because of teachers not being trained to accommodate our needs.

I know you’re not a teacher, and it is not your responsibility to “teach” us anything, but it is your responsibility to not lash out and punish us if we can’t give you big blocks of text, writing, chapters fast enough, big reviews, essays, and completed books/creations on demand. It is also useful if you accommodate us as well, and promotes mental health awareness and accessibility.

Our symptoms literally include the inability to control our focus, meaning it can express by the inability to focus and get distracted (especially under pressure, even with things we really want to do) with big and small tasks which need focus. Unfortunately you’ll have to make peace with the fact it may never happen, or don’t ask someone with this mental health disorder to do this stuff and preform ableist exclusion since you despise our symptoms so irately.

It’s either this, we will hyperfocus and overwork ourselves, completing tasks in an hour or at the very last minute, or doing hundreds of hours of things in massive blocks but still out of our control when this happens. Not to mention adding perhaps excessive information that may not be necessary and be occasionally hard to follow.

Many times we cannot stick with one project, and not one topic for a very long time.

If you have a massive problem with that, and begin to ostracise people for doing this as well, it’s ableism.

Stop targeting people with ADHD with your stigmatic opinions, and stop asking us to do things knowing we have it if you expect guaranteed results.

It’s okay to be privately frustrated, or a little upset it didn’t get done, but you can’t do much about that except learn, educate yourself, and attempt to understand and be compassionate afterwards and take time to realise it’s often not done to spite you or because we hate you. Not forceful and not punishing.

A person with a broken leg isn’t turning down going jogging with you “just to spite you”, or “because they hate jogging/hate how you jog”. It’s because they cannot even walk, obviously involuntarily and they’re not “choosing to not walk” or “just being lazy”. Don’t apply the same theories to people with mental health disorders.

This also stands with anybody, even for people that are neurotypical. If this person does not work for you and isn’t being paid to bring work to your table or finished projects, essays, writings, and more, then you have no right to become vicious/critical when they can’t or don’t want to commit 100% to the request they are asked to do/offer to do for free, or can’t finish it for whatever reason they communicate.

Also this applies between people with ADHD doing it to each other. You can be ableist/have internalised ableism if you’re disabled/have a mental health disorder as well. If anything though, if you do have ADHD, it’s a little questionable if you don’t consider any of this. Though no two persons experience is necessarily the same plus you may have a different type of ADHD/not have combined ADHD, plus, many people are misdiagnosed which would also be another reason you might not get these things.

ADHD is a kettle of fish which is both amazing and difficult to live with, in a world that rarely accommodates us, or especially won’t for free like neurotypical people would receive.

Making it harder and refusing to accommodate us isn’t okay, and condemning us for not being on par with your demands which are often unrealistic, isn’t acceptable. Don’t be surprised if we start to avoid you after this behaviour. It’s offensive and tiring to receive.

We probably have 70 other things we are trying to be doing rn, not to mention juggling a hectic life full of responsibilities whilst trying to commit to fun things, or over committing to too much at once.

It isn’t usually because we don’t want to either, this inability to do things on demand so easily is applicable to things we really want to do as well. Hell, if I can’t open and play a game I’m in love with, idk what to say! But it certainly isn’t on purpose haha.

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jaymartinstudios · 8 months

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ADHD Mind Training Secrets

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maresirenum · 1 year

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my memory is getting quite bad lately…

I’m barely remembering words, which I have noticed are happening a lot more frequently than it used to. Before, I’d lose words maybe, a few times a month and now it’s 2-4 times each week. I’m terrified that one day I may wake up and not remember a damn thing… which may sound overdramatic, but christ it is such an unbearable and quite a frightening feeling to have.

I’ve lost my phone four times today, forgot whether I fed my cat, didn’t remember to eat breakfast and had to scour my calendar to make sure I haven’t missed any appointments because I cannot trust my own mind.

But, alas, adhd is just “quirky”, a trend and something everyone wants to have nowadays/s

#actually autistic #autism #autism spectrum disorder #autistic #adhd feels #adhd #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #adhd post #autism post #adhd culture #autism culture #adhd things #inattentive adhd #adhd combined #adhd hyperactive #adhd brain #adhd memory loss

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adhd-dog-guy · 2 years

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I feel like my ADHD masks my Autism and my anxiety masks my ADHD … does anyone feel this?

#autism #adhd #anxiety #generalized anxiety disorder #asd problems #adhd combined #neurodivergent #mentally ill #not neurotypical #autistic adhd #actually autistic #late diagnosed autistic #late diagnosed adhd #anxious #anxious af #anxious autistic #masking #comorbidities #autism comorbidities

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anxietyfrappuccino · 9 months

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my thoughts just drift like the edges of clouds

#adhd #adhd inattentive #adhd combined #my post #thoughts thoughts thoughts #the fog

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