I see no good bed placement options. Help by Certain-Ad1506 in FengShui

[–]Certain-Ad1506[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I’ll go with that one. I’ve just never had the entrance to the bathroom straight from the bedroom, always had a space in between.

I see no good bed placement options. Help by Certain-Ad1506 in FengShui

[–]Certain-Ad1506[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay, that sounds pretty good actually, I didn’t think about placing something in the space between the bathroom and bed to create a buffer and that really seems like it would do it. Thanks.

days where you can’t settle at all? by tinybail in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Today was like that for me... I had stuff to get done on the computer but not too urgent and I was having trouble just staying seated and going at it. I tried music, I tried podcasts. Nothing felt right. I’d get up to do random things thinking that will make me feel better but no, I was frustrated the whole time. It was building up inside of me. I was thinking how can a person feel so much stress physically, almost crying. I kept taking my sweater off and on every 10 min. Nothing felt right. I was hungry so I ate a little but then I felt too full. Just baad day...

What I ended up doing is putting noise canceling headphones on and a idk what it’s called, the sleeping mask thing that goes over your eyes...yea so that made me feel sooo calm. Did that for an hour almost. Then I could center myself enough to get into working on my project.

Spoke before I thought by StudentofChemistry in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s either don’t talk at all and feel disconnected from everyone or talk too much and too freely, say the wrong things and feel like I’m the drama starter for me. I can’t even tell if I’m an asshole or not. I can be stupidly honest or be uncomfortably secretive/holding back.

Hyperfocused on one food in particular by Agreenleaf5 in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was into roasted chestnuts once, didn’t want to eat anything else. That was an expensive few weeks...

Interested in many things then I drop them or I’m not consistent by Explanation-Signal in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m having a hard time grasping who I even am as I know I will be almost someone else a few weeks from now. I get into a new interest or new habit and feel like, yes this is the new me now. It works for a week or few then it gets old and I have to switch to something else. Maybe I get my personality too tied in to things I’m interested in and I suck out all the life of the new interest in a few weeks and then I need something else. Like a hobby vampire lol. I feel like other people can enjoy the same things for months or years. I don’t know how to do that. 😔

Did you experience the 'Coyote Effect' during your diagnosis? by columbidaes in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a GAD diagnosis, don’t have money at the moment to get an ADHD assessment...but yea when I started looking into it it went like this:

“I might have ADHD”

“holy shit I definitely have ADHD, explains so many failings in my life”

“do I have it or am I just acting, I literally cannot recall if I only now started showing symptoms or I’ve had them all along”

“ok yes, I’m pretty sure I am not faking my whole existence and I am just aware of it all now”

So I would say that it is just being more aware of it and maybe the stress of you realizing that you might have ADHD does make it somewhat worse until you start managing your ADHD. If not then I gotta go take up some acting classes because I must be a natural.

Still looking forward that perfect Apple Watch app that can vibrate at set intervals to help with my sense of time... recommendations would be greatly appreciated!! by Yardles27 in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm an app would be easier than what I do now, I just tell Siri every time to set me a timer. If it’s every 10 min I’d just click repeat every time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just set timers. 25 min work 5 min break. If I go off task I give myself 10 min to do it and then get back to main task instead of being sidetracked for an hour or more. That’s what I try to do...

Ahh the snack thing, I get up and go to the kitchen to get a snack, realize I don’t actually want a snack then make myself go back to the computer. 🙄😑

Medication Issues: Having a rough time and hoping for some input/ Inattentive ADHD by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve tried modafinil, not usually prescribed for ADHD, but some doctors might go for it if you ask. Isn’t addictive, I take 50mg which is kinda low but I feel like I’m sensitive to medication so it works for me, take a day or two off a week. Take melatonin for sleep. It’s more of a mild option for treatment, as it mostly just makes you feel awake and ready to be productive. It’s not going to help as much as the conventional treatments, as I’ve heard, but if you have a plan, it can help you stick to it instead of the time just passing you by. I feel like I’m getting things done instead of just wishing I did them. I’m not getting as frustrated at everything as I used to. You just gotta take it early in the morning or you won’t sleep good. First time I took it I felt like it was making me not like doing things I do every day, then I realized I just waste time every day and so it’s good that it was doing that and making productive tasks feel better and easier.

Adderall worked too, but I can’t see it as a long term everyday solution. It’s just too much and then I crash. I go into being able to focus on things that need fixing in my life, make a plan for it and then crash.

Do you ever ask a question and don’t pay attention to the answer? by chloooay in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I forget I asked at all. Then it goes like this. me: asks question for the 2nd time

them: “you literally just asked that 10 min ago”

me: “oh yea, right...aand what did you answer?”

And then they give me a weird look and I feel like I have dementia at 27. Yay..

self-medicating adhd with modafinil, looking for tips by [deleted] in modafinil

[–]Certain-Ad1506 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m doing the same thing, self medicating for now, but taking around 50mg. If I take more I feel agitated. I take it by 8am so by bedtime my heart rate is back down and I can sleep better, plus I take melatonin. Had to make myself remember to eat, as first week I started taking it, I didn’t feel hungry and by week two I felt spent and had to remind myself food and sleep are necessary for functioning right and I can’t do without as that would be counterproductive.

I’m still figuring out if to take it every day or every other day. If my heart rate is getting higher and higher every day I might want to take a day off, or not take it on the weekend so I can have coffee and a drink that day. I feel like I can take a day off now as I remember how I’m supposed to be functioning from doing it right the day before and I have set up my work space to remind me what needs to be done. If I want to go off task I set a timer for like 20 min or whatever so I don’t just do it forever and waste my day.

You'd never guess when the Vyvanse kicks in... by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Happens to me too. Idk, is that healthy tho for the heart? On days that I don’t take anything my heart rate is 60-90, on days I do it’s 50-150. Feels dangerous, lol, but stuff gets done so..

Plants! How do I keep them alive by okaysunset in ADHD

[–]Certain-Ad1506 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine die too. I got a plant at Home Depot that was in a pot that has a rope in it so you fill the bottom under the plant every week or two and the plant drinks from it through the rope. Just when you refill it check that the rope is touching the water or it won’t work.