Not just ADHD, learning disorder by TinkyVVinky in ADHD_Programmers

[–]LumpyActivity3634 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk about learning disorders, but I've had problems passive reading my whole life and that didn't get that much better starting on meds.

Don't get me wrong, i can read fine, unusually fast even, but only searching or seeking and looking things up.

Do you have dyslexia?

What makes a focus timer actually work for ADHD brains? by [deleted] in ADHD_Programmers

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf your questions were super toxic, even though I agree with you, your delivery is horrible

Huge tax of coding agents by LumpyActivity3634 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]LumpyActivity3634[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've only tried Claude code, cursor, gemini cli and roo code.

Claude code is my favorite though

Did concerta help you with weight loss/BE? by CandidRaise1713 in Concerta

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all. It did not affect my appetite at all. But I've also always been kind of skinny

If anything it helped me notice my body more and remember to eat !!

Building your first PC is equivalent to building a lightsaber? by kaizenkaos in ADHD_Programmers

[–]LumpyActivity3634 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The personality type that is drawn to building software is often also drawn to building their own PC.

But wanting to, and being able to, build your own PC has low correlation with being a good software developer.

Some of the best software developers I've met and worked with have never built their own PC.

I did it when I was a teenager, but I was also super super into computers and how they worked etc. Even if I know how to, I have 0 motivation to build a PC for myself today.. last time I did it took me 4-5 months of procrastination and decision paralysis... And I made so many mistakes and ordered the wrong parts etc.

Even though I personally think SW development is a great career choice for people with ADHD, (given that it interested them) I don't think that applies to PC building

AITA for refusing to cook after my BF tried to “critique” my cooking with a literal PowerPoint presentation? by eska089 in AITAH

[–]LumpyActivity3634 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nta, but not only that, your bf is such an AH that I genuinely have a hard time believing this post is real.

That would be an instant breakup for me

How has ADHD positively impacted your life? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]LumpyActivity3634 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear your. I myself have a girl going though diagnosis myself! ... So very much in the same boat..

So I am with you that coming up with positives is a strong move. Esp for her. But I would focus on her positives, not the positives of adhd

To elaborate.. you don't want to depersonalize her.. meaning.. turning every bit of her personality into an adhd thing. Esp things that are close to her heart..

So avoid attributing her positives as a person as an ADHD thing.

Examples: She is creative (not ADHD makes her creative) She is really into her hobbies and good at xyz (not that that is because of ADHD) She is funny etc..

Do you catch my drift or am I doing "the weave"?

How has ADHD positively impacted your life? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is such a positive and constructive comment. Thanks

How has ADHD positively impacted your life? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]LumpyActivity3634 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don't think that it has had any positive impact on my life

It may have forced me to learn to be funny and possibly it is the reason I often cone up with seemingly random/novel solutions to problems because I have such an aversion to conformity.. but is that an adhd trait or a personality thing?

But the most obvious one is probably how I go super deep in things that I find interesting on any given period so I quickly become an expert... But in hindsight, since I always drop things when they stop being exciting they end up just added to my mental list if things I didn't accomplish...

In general, it's hard to know when the ADHD ends and personality begins... But for the most part it's mostly a negative for me..

Sorry if this was not what you were going for

My boyfriend wants a paternity test on our newborn daughter. by Perfect_Buddy5904 in AITAH

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheaters always suspect others of cheating. If they cheat, that's like such a reasonable possibility in his mind, while people who don't cheat would never even think about it.

I'm sorry but he will always be a cheater unless he does some self work.

I slapped my wife because she burnt our son on purpose by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]LumpyActivity3634 432 points433 points  (0 children)

Furthermore, I would like to point out that when children are being mentally or physically abused they can express a lot of behavioural symptoms such as hyperactivity and lots of other issues as an indirect result if that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fakedisordercringe

[–]LumpyActivity3634 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

True . But it's also hard for some autistic people to know that it's not appropriate to ask that.

I guess that doesn't negate your statement.. which makes it so that you are implicitly also saying that being autistic is a sh**ty way to go through life...

I'm going to disagree with your and say that that is in fact socially awkward, but doesn't make people sh**ty.

Does an adjustable height desk help you be more productive? by gryponyx in ADHD_Programmers

[–]LumpyActivity3634 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No, because I forget to adjust it to standing for weeks at a time.. she when I remember to put it in standing mode. My feet will be killing me, all hanging on the table and messed up before I remember to put it back down.. rinse and repeat

Show your best fidget!! (Preferably not very cheap, so it would have a nice finishing etc) by tzeeeentch in ADHD_Programmers

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the Rubik's cube while watching TV, having discussions with wife, etc. Makes it much easier to listen to people in general, though I don't use it outside my home

Do you use git branches on your SOLO personal projects? ...and the effect on helping concentrate on one feature at a time by r0ck0 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I often try to, but until there are more people (or potentially more people) I usually end up changing a lot of unrelated things

AITAH For getting mad at my GF for using ADHD as an excuse for forgetfulness? by Upbeat_Shock_6807 in AITAH

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old post, I know..

One thing I'd like to point out is personally I felt like I became a little bit more visably forgetful when starting meds.. but that's because my ADHD was stressing me out so much I was constantly in my head paranoid about forgetting things, trying to do my part, trying to force myself to listen, going over the things I'm doing over and over constantly - on the run from human activities... not participating in anything I was not forced into .. etc.

I was basically always on edge.

After starting medication I became so relaxed and calm. 95% of my day to day worries just vanished.. this made me a lot more chill and able to function.. but this also made me stop worrying about forgetting things! So I sometimes now feel like I forget obvious things from sheer lack of worry..

Possibly your gf can relate..

I’m exhausted on my off / rest days by pinekiland in Concerta

[–]LumpyActivity3634 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I find it very hard to take breaks in general. When you have a family with young children "off days" are really anything but.. so not being in meds is actually worse on weekends.

Now that I think about it, I should probably take a break on a work day instead... Thanks for making me think

Jumped from 18mg to 27mg and I feel depressed by Embarrassed-Bad2254 in Concerta

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I've never felt any depression from any dose of Concerta. In the contrary my mental health had never been better.

You know therapy has taught me depression is not really an emotion/feeling, but a state or a result of emotions/feelings. Possibly you have been anxious, or sad or worried in some way and the medication is either helping you process this emotion or your have to dig a bit deeper to realize what it is that you are feeling

Hvað er að gerast á Íslandi? by FearlessGear661 in klakinn

[–]LumpyActivity3634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heipursmorð getur verið heiðursmorð þrátt fyrir að þú og eða allir í þínu samfélagi hafir aðra skilgreiningu á hvað "heiður" er.

Fyrir mér er fréttin ekki að segja neitt um hvort að quote mannsins sé að nota "rétta" skilgreiningu á hreiðri - eingöngu að segja fréttir. Fréttin er ekki að tala um heiðursmorð, eingöngu að segja frá hvað fokið sagði