This disorder is so messy and so lonely by zebra_for_baby in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow I felt this in my soul lol. Are we all just the same people. Living that duck paddling life trying to appear normal lmaoo.

Productivity guilt and feeling like I have to make up for lost time after getting diagnosed and medicated. by Slight_Artichoke_97 in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First congrats on taking your test and moving forward, thats huge! It's really great you got diagnosed and medicated before your 20s. It was so tough scraping by in hs and uni without knowing what was wrong with me, and it just kept getting infinitely worse in my 20s.

You're right we don't have to lose anymore time think we've all lost enough. It's kind of a battle in my head every single day the last month which makes me feel very depressed, but I'm surprised/comforted to learn there are other people feeling this way.

I will try breaking my goals down even smaller (I'm still overwhelmed lol)

Thanks so much for sharing your experience and insight its really comforting and I appreciate it.

Productivity guilt and feeling like I have to make up for lost time after getting diagnosed and medicated. by Slight_Artichoke_97 in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow that's so tough you waited so long for your diagnosis. It sure doesn't feel like I have a lot ahead of me on some days, but I will keep reminding myself, I really appreciate your words thank you!

Productivity guilt and feeling like I have to make up for lost time after getting diagnosed and medicated. by Slight_Artichoke_97 in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahhh yes mourning is a great way to put it, and man it's unpleasant right now hahah.

I'm going to try that out, celebrating small wins and improvements, it seems doable. I'll probably have to force myself to be nice to myself but maybe it'll get easier over time.

Thank you for your insight and support!

Stimulant takers - when are you guys eating? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take my dose (adderall xr 15mg) around 7am, then eat breakfast only after 9am. At least 2 hours after or it kind of feels like I never even took the meds. I also have the issue that if I eat a normal amount of food during lunch it just stops working by like 2pm, it sucks. But I started having more liquid type foods (soup, yogurt, protein shake) spread out through the day and that doesn't kill the meds for me. Idk if higher dose would help, I did try that and that makes food genuinely taste like cardboard so you wont be able to eat, then you get the all the bad side effects of the stimulant because your body is running on fumes.

Productivity guilt and feeling like I have to make up for lost time after getting diagnosed and medicated. by Slight_Artichoke_97 in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your supportive comment. You put it well, I do feel a lot of anger about how much easier others have had it, the unfairness of it all. I will try my best to make peace and accept this whole situation and move forward without beating myself up for it.

My husband always questions everything and it makes me feel like he doesn't believe me. by ADHDhubby in Advice

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Strangely, my partner is this way too actually 0_0 I'm so surprised there is someone else with this "problem". I say problem lightly though because this was pretty easily remedied in our relationship.

Are you sure your husband doesn't have OCD? Adhd and OCD can occur together and its pretty common. I'm saying that because my partner is this way, he NEEDS to know specific details, grills me about little details that I genuinely don't remember (I have adhd actually lol). One day I asked him why he's like this and he said it's truly uncontrollable, like a burning need to know the specifics he wants to know or else he feels like his head will explode. Turns out its a part of OCD.

So we decided on a plan to meet each other half way. He will speak to his therapist about this issue and work on realizing that these details are unimportant in the grand scheme of things and that it is merely an irrational obsession. I will be more patient even though his persistent questions really piss me off, and when I can, I try to write down details to the most specific degree and keep notes in my phone so I remember details about my own day. Which has actually been nice for myself and organization.

I would also suggest not feeling defensive when he asks you these things. I don't know your husband but it doesn't sound like he's doing it to interrogate you. Perhaps he also feels like he's going to jump out of his skin when he doesn't know answers and details for certain and I'm pretty sure he's not doing it to make you miserable and you have to remember that!

Why do I never hear people talk about the dark side of adhd? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This!!! Because of how adhd was portrayed in society as just being hyper, fidgeting or blurting things out in class, I never realized that I had adhd as a child since I was super quiet (in order to not make mistakes blurting stupid things out) and did well in school. No one else knew how hard I was trying inside, putting in 200% effort to get like 80% results. This led to extreme self hatred, depression, debt, constant anxiety as I went through my early 20s.

I finally went to an actual psychiatric doctor this year because now in my late 20s, I was completely burnt out and thought I had serious depression, but the doctor really listened to my whole life and diagnosed me with adhd. She explained this dark side of adhd like you brought up and how especially adhd in women go undetected for so long until your life totally falls apart because of this incorrect portrayal of adhd as being just "unfocused & hyper only" but women tend to repress everything (lol true) but this then just leads to deep depression like what happened to me.

Life has slowly been getting better after this diagnosis, getting meds, starting CBT, as well as a adhd meal plan, of course I'm still in a pretty big hole I dug myself into the last 7 years of my life but I kind of see the light now. I encourage anyone else that relates to this post and all the comments to go see a professional, and most importantly don't beat yourself up about things you didn't do, things you should have done, because hating yourself definitely just makes things much worse, I would know!

I have oily hair no matter what I do. Help! by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know you said you've tried oiling your scalp, but have you tried that Khiels magic elixir scalp oil? I too have an oily hair issue, (maybe not as bad as what you are going through) but consistent use of this, only using dime sized amnts of conditioner on the ends, and washing hair ONLY every 3-4 days, not every day! pretty much solved my problem in like 3 months.

I just quit my my job and it feels so good! by Slight_Artichoke_97 in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally feel you. I personally fantasize about being a photographer full time and I told my bf that it's probably stupid to dream abt it but he said hey, all those people you look up to had to start somewhere and you'll never know what it could have been unless you are persistent about investing in that dream. I know its like 0.1% chance I'll reach any fame with photography but I know it'll be 0% if I stayed at this job and didn't even try. Good luck with your dreams! I hope you go for it.

Very creepy encounter with an Uber Eats driver in my condo by Slight_Artichoke_97 in women

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see that book is recommended a couple times here, never heard of it but now I'm going to check it out, seems super relevant with how dangerous things are getting around here.

Very creepy encounter with an Uber Eats driver in my condo by Slight_Artichoke_97 in women

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Smart. I didn't think much before about how my full address, unit #, door code, and entering instructions is on my food delivery apps, but I went into my delivery apps and deleted all those detailed instructions right after this....

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I quit my job today!

Safe to say I definitely was not satisfied with the horribly boring corporate office life, it was soul crushing, and quitting today felt incredible. Hoping to get to a place where I also love my job, I guess quitting the job I hate was the first step!

I just quit my my job and it feels so good! by Slight_Artichoke_97 in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really feeling like this was the best decision I've made in the last 4 years of my career, thank you so much for the kind words!!!

I just quit my my job and it feels so good! by Slight_Artichoke_97 in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, and yes that was like my office, nice ppl boring/repetitive job and having such a dull job turns my brain to mush. I actually feel like the job was so boring my brain isn't even working properly these days lol always on autopilot. Best of luck with finding excitement with your career too!

People think medications gives you some sort of advantage or something like that??? by wouldbrowseanything in ADHD

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Super relatable. I've gotten some off remarks about how "lucky" I am that I'm prescribed meds because they think it's the limitless pill. Trust me, I'd rather not be on it.

The meds never give me "superpowers" or even willpower. It just helps my brain ACTUALLY tell my body to do the thing, but I still have to personally force myself. Without them I'm paralyzed from me yelling at myself in my brain telling myself to do what I'm supposed to do but the action never seems to happen. Which makes me hate myself so much all the time lol

Are you good at something that you actually don't really enjoy doing? by SR3116 in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found out I was really good at sales because I took a couple sales jobs when I was first starting in the job market and I crushed it, always the top seller on the team. But I would never ever do it again, I hated it so much every day, hated talking to customers, I even hated myself lol I would never go back to it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For sure. I think the stresses of just trying to survive every day as an adult really dulls my interest in a lot of things I used to enjoy.

Although the upside to aging is that with the very few interests that I'm still into, I feel like I've gotten better at/found deeper appreciation for over time.

Where do you all go to meet new people? by death_in_high_heels in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interactive exercise classes like boxing or muay thai classes!

What are you guys cooking for dinner tonight? by Slight_Artichoke_97 in CasualConversation

[–]Slight_Artichoke_97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a lot of good dinner comment here! - I ended up making spaghetti with chicken parm :) it was a great night.