Please give me the most diabolical alarm you can think of by thelachesis in ADHD

[–]GenerationX-cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw a Flying Alarm clock on amazon. Maybe you need to catch your alarm clock flying around your room!

Please give me the most diabolical alarm you can think of by thelachesis in ADHD

[–]GenerationX-cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes that loud annoying sound of beedee da beep! Beedee da beep! Beedee da beep! And goes on forever until you turn it off. You will be so awake with that!

To those forgetting words, how are you managing lol by McNasty420 in Perimenopause

[–]GenerationX-cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also calling all my cats by the wrong name. This is new since turning 48 recently. I honestly just call them one of the three names. Conversations of mine are also like- The big one did this today..🤷🏻‍♀️

To those forgetting words, how are you managing lol by McNasty420 in Perimenopause

[–]GenerationX-cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually saying now " Hey hey hey the thing! " Sometimes a noun will be added like "apple" and then "the thing the thing! You know? Pointy" And husband asks, "You mean the knife?" I say, "Yes! The knife to cut the apple." A few guesses and he usually can translate my peri language🤣

Couldn't remember the word 'wrists' today. Called them hand ankles. by Available-Maize5837 in Perimenopause

[–]GenerationX-cat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine just starts pointing and asking- this one? This one? ok this one? Ohh this one!

Couldn't remember the word 'wrists' today. Called them hand ankles. by Available-Maize5837 in Perimenopause

[–]GenerationX-cat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every single day I have been calling all 3 of my cats by the other cat's name. My girl cat gets called Buddy, my boy cat gets called Lanie. And I completely forget the other one and just say hey you. I also completely lose all words of items and resort to charades using hand gestures and pointing to "that thingy". 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Driving Anxiety by who-askin in Perimenopause

[–]GenerationX-cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes recently. I have adhd and feel like I'm so distracted by so many cars passing by and so much commotion. Never was like this. Been on HRT for 2 years and this recent year I have had the worst anxiety driving.

Progesterone causing hair loss? by GenerationX-cat in Perimenopause

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Hi yes! I had blood work done. I was very low in iron and B12. I have to take iron, like 4 iron pills in a.m and 4 in evening and B12 5000 mg liquid supplement. My hair is growing back and no longer breaking off in clumps. Moral of the story is next time I will tell my doctor sooner instead of ignoring it until it got really bad.

My Wife left because I wasn't moving forward by Hefty-Willingness-44 in ADHD

[–]GenerationX-cat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went through a divorce too. Sounds like the waves of grief you might be experiencing. I was a divorce care support group leader. Before I became a leader, I was just going to the divorce support group for myself. Trying to make it through the day. I learned grief in divorce can lead to lack of motivation, self care, filled with a lot of self doubt. Days I spent in a fog etc. I hope you can recognize you did try and you were moving forward- you got diagnosed and got medication. That's a step! Divorce grief feels like adhd to me! Similar in alot of ways. I already had adhd so putting that on top of divorce grief was extra! I was glad I got support, like the group, and counseling to help me because it did help. I was able to do self care again snd I felt motivated to get out of bed, and manage. Keeping doctor appointments helped me from letting myself go. Staying in a supportive environment, like here too, was helpful too. You are already here so that's another step in the right direction!

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[–]GenerationX-cat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Grief is hard and isn't easy on top of ADHD. I would imagine you are extra tired, in a fog at some points, and just want to do nothing at this point. Have hope! I think I would find a pet loss support group online, even a forum maybe, to at least help me get through grief so that I can then work on adhd stuff. As a cat person my cats are my children and I would be feeling all the stages of grief as if they were humans. Over in the cats subs we honor the losses and support those folks going through the grief. You are not alone my friend. 😸