Post details
Whoops. Got so excited about my projects today that I forgot to eat. Just ADHD things 😅
Whoops. Got so excited about my projects today that I forgot to eat. Just ADHD things 😅
Attached: 1 image Recipes from the ADHD Cookbook
I'm on Changelog and Friends! (2 mins read).
Announcing my first podcast appearance on Changelog and Friends, talking about salary history, the IndieWeb, ADHD and dependency-management-data, among other things.
Finally started a task I intended to start about ten months ago. I’m cured now right
ADHD is like 50% not working, 50% working frantically to make up for the not working part, 50% thinking about the work I should be doing (but not actually working), and 50% not sleeping (but trying to).
I don't put projects on the back burner. I put them under the floorboards, where the ever-louder beating of their hearts drives me slowly to madness. #ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes
Pro tip: If you want to stop being friends with an autistic ADHDer, you probably need to tell them straight out. Because all this "fading away into the woodwork" doesn't work with people who will often not speak to their friends in years without any of the friendship feelings changing. Not seeing someone doesn't change that we think of them as our friends. So not being in touch with us, doesn't communicate "I don't want to be friends anymore". You're going to have to say it. And don't worry, we'll respect your wishes. We just need to know to understand. #adhd #audhd #actuallyAutistic
Whenever someone tells me their name, I enter my Memory Palace, stand around for a bit, and then say "what did I come in here for?"
the adhd urge to use parentheses in every sentence (you thought of something else that doesn't fit into the previous sentence structure you'd thought up)
The hidden burden of undiagnosed ADHD is constantly needing to invent excuses in an attempt to explain or justify behavior that you don’t even understand yourself.
"You forgot? Must not be important." Listen bro, I can and have forgotten to eat, pee, sleep, cash cheques. I've lost my car by taking the bus home after driving there. Importance is not a distinguishing factor here. The fact a commodore 64 has more RAM than I do is the issue
ADHD is not “can’t sit still disorder” ADHD is “posting in 10 group chats, subreddits and other posting platforms, never using the search function to see incidents of the same question being raised, asking for tips on how to do complex things like feed yourself and do one task. Upon discovering that you just sort of have to do the thing, you close all the tabs. You ignore your previous attempts to find an answer and do the same post a week later in the hopes that someone has come up with the perfectly suited to you way to do one task. You feel shame and embarrassment and anger and often nothing at all, whilst neurotypical people tell you that it’s easy to do one task you just have to want to do it. You want to do a lot of things but even the things that give you joy are insurmountable” disorder :)
How did I only just find out that antidepressants can reduce dopamine? I might try and titrate off my Sertraline, as perhaps my lifelong depression was more about the lack of dopamine that ADHD gives me? (Yes I will be sensible, yes I will consult with a doctor)
@james@strangeobject.space the attempt to unify the diversity of humanity into clinical buckets.
Executive dysfunction really sucks ass on some days. I simply can’t get shit that will take 5 seconds done. I know how to do it. I know what needs to be done. I know it’ll not take a lot of time. I just can’t get it done. @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe
Okay, #ADHD folks - what symptom suddenly makes sense, now that you understand ADHD better? I'm not talking about general stuff, like difficulty concentrating, I'm talking about specific phenomena, like having trouble following a conversation at a party. I always thought I had this problem because my ears are about a foot higher than the people speaking, but now I'm starting to think that the real difficulty is that my brain has trouble turning the volume down on all the other talking in the room. (I will occasionally repost this, along with whatever new symptom I've thought up... Apologies for the repetition) #ItAllMakesSenseNow
Not sure if it's my neurospiciness, but Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix) hits the right spot every time
Yes, I could employ coping mechanisms and strategies to improve my life as someone with ADHD. But I also could not 😌
BREAKING NEWS I just finished a cup of still warm coffee, in one sitting. Please clap. I no longer have ADHD.
I must have magic powers. I can put something down for 5 seconds and then it completely disappears.
Attached: 1 image feeling very seen by @jonthanfielding@mastodon.social at #FFConf i find it easy to see where ADHD holds me back, so it’s good to see where it helps too 💛
Attached: 1 image
Attached: 1 image Having this be the way to provide a free trial for an ADHD treatment is downright predatory.
One of my favorite tools in my productivity toolbox for getting started on things I don’t particularly feel like doing is the inverse pomodoro. It’s basically what it sounds like: a timed work/break cycle, but the work and break times are reversed from a normal pomodoro. I usually set a 5 minute timer, do some work, and then do something relaxing or fun for 15 minutes. I usually find that after doing that once or twice, it’s pretty easy to flip to normal pomodoros.
Annoyed by a company responding to my application with interest because it interrupted my flow writing a cover letter for another job application, in case you're wondering what hyperfocus looks like.
How blogging has affected me, as a neurodiverse person (5 mins read).
How I've used blogging to help with my ADHD.
Does anyone have any resources for managing neurodiverse people at work? I have an autistic+ADHD pal who needs support and adjustments made in how they work (e.g. better ways of tracking hours, trouble with being interrupted during a task, looming existential dread at unplanned meetings and most of all difficulty articulating needs) and it would be great to send them something they can show their manager.
Hyperfocus for hours to get my Linux desktop config just so. Fourth test run, there's an error somewhere that the window manager doesn't log or report. *(faint sound like dry twigs snapping in my head)* Reboot into Windows. #ADHD life
Attached: 1 image Really excited to tuck into this! @adhdjesse@mastodon.social has been one of my favorite voices on ADHD since getting diagnosed as an adult a few years back.
My "pumped" Spotify playlist is my alarm and my "trick my ADHD brain into doing the thing" 😁 I find a few of the artists like Maduk and Fox Stevenson coming on usually do the trick
Episode 128 of The ADHD Adults podcast covers the nine symptoms of inattentiveness in detail, giving examples of what they are. Alex reads the usual 'definitely real' correspondence. Alex get’s Welsh wrong, 'James has a diagnostic screening radiation' and Mrs ADHD thinks her glasses are too good for her eyes... Written by Alex Conner, Samantha Brown and James Brown.Produced by James Brown and JBHD Ltd.Social media contacts: @theadhdadultsMusic by Sessionz Subscribe for extra content Support the charity that the show raises money for
Attached: 1 image
code test at the top of the hour not nervous about the test but brain very much in #adhd mode identified by "there's an important thing today can't think about anything else until that's done"
Content warning: Neurodiversity
I have an entry from July 2003 in my private journal that is titled “ADHD” and is just one line: Could this be what I have? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/2355245 I got distracted y’know …
My wife is away for a couple of days and my ADHD has already completely taken hold. Make me realise how completely chaotic and messy my life would be without someone stable around me. ❤️
Self or private diagnosis for neurospiciness is valid. Especially these days as it's damn near impossible to get help for mental health issues from the NHS right now.
I've not been around much because ✨Life Chaos™️✨, but yesterday the publication of an article and documentary by the BBC about a "journalist" faking ADHD to get a diagnosis has enraged me. I paid to go through a private diagnosis because my undiagnosed and untreated ADHD was destroying my life. The NHS kept rebuffing me and even if I did get referred, it would have taken years because of the chronic underfunding the NHS has received since 2010. #ADHD #BBC #Panorama
Attached: 2 images ADHD brains are different. When you ask someone with ADHD to focus and concentrate on a task they aren't motivated and interested in, the brain looks more like it's asleep than it looks like it's concentrating. It's not laziness. It's neurology. #TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJujMHUB/
Attached: 1 image RT @cyetain Jabe how come you know so much random shit…
Wrote out my todo list; I've 8-9 boring but important things and 1 that'll be fun but is totally optional. Decisions decisions... #ADHDCiaran McNulty (@CiaranMcNulty)Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:14 +0000
Lindsay (@DuncanDsrdrly)Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:46 +0000
i hate having ADHD. i hate feeling constantly overwhelmed by small tasks that i know are easily accomplished by other people. things that shouldn't be hard are so hard all of the time and i really wish my brain wasn't like this
jasminericegirl 🍚 (@jasminericegirl)Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:38 +0000
I don't think I want my next promotion (yet) (5 mins read).
Taking a second to pause and think about what Staff Engineer means to me, and why (right now) I may be looking to stay happy at Senior Engineer.
Man, been on my #ADHD medication for a week now and it feels really fucking nice showing up to stand up and actually having stuff to report. Here's a big ol' list of stuff I was able to focus on and complete. Wild right? I know, who knew I could be this productive.
Happy Birthday fellow Tech Nottinghamite who also is called Jamie! Your blog is actually what inspired me to finally get my ADHD diagnosis and I can't thank you enough for that ☺️. Have a great day!
Jamie C (@Themolian)Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:05 GMT
You're currently viewing page 1 of 3, of 108 posts.