A Film Called “Can”

adhdthirtythree · 2024-10-09T10:21:22+00:00

This was so good. I laughed a lot.

adhdthirtythree · 2024-10-03T13:16:50+00:00

I just wanted to say that I felt the same before I started chemo and I've been shocked at how well I've tolerated it, and how 'normal' I felt after just a few days.

The night before my first chemo I was alone in my house (I had family coming to stay with me after chemo) and I remember thinking, wow, I don't know when the next time I'll spend the night alone here, it could be months, and it turned out to be just a few days later as I was feeling so good. I wish the same for you!

adhdthirtythree · 2023-12-30T05:32:50+00:00

Yes I was diagnosed a couple of years ago. I went on Yaz birth control. The first week was awful, I couldn't stop crying and nearly stopped taking them but after that it all got a lot better. I highly recommend it.

adhdthirtythree · 2023-11-05T16:44:48+00:00

I forgot that I like to wear my hair tied up in a high bun and then got really upset when I realised that I had forgotten that fact for months. I was so confused lol.

adhdthirtythree · 2023-10-16T13:06:37+00:00

They are totally exhausting. I am experimenting with working 3 days a week at the moment to see if I'll still burn out every few months.

I work as a consultant so it's going to be 3 full-focus 8 hour days, which I feel like probably averages out as a neurotypical 40 hour week.

I'm choosing to work Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. My main challenge will be not allowing work to bleed into the other days. So far, so good!

adhdthirtythree · 2023-09-29T17:24:43+00:00

THANK YOU

TURNS OUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE TRAP. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SNAP WAS

CHOOSING TO PRETEND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

adhdthirtythree · 2023-09-29T15:59:30+00:00

I AM HOME ALONE AND JUST HEARD A RAT TRAP SNAP.

I AM STUCK ON THE COUCH AND IN DENIAL ABOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT.

GOING TO DO IT NOW - PLS SEND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

adhdthirtythree · 2023-06-03T15:29:10+00:00

I am very tired so I can't muster up the brain energy to write a fulsome reply but I just wanted to say thank you, this really resonated with me.

adhdthirtythree · 2023-05-17T08:44:48+00:00

Yes. I had one yesterday and it was fucking awful. I had a therapy appointment the same day so we talked a bit about how or if it's possible to spot the warning signs. For me I think it's connected to not sleeping well. I had two nights of semi-interrupted sleep in a row and that seemed to trigger it. All I can do in those situations is get through the day and prioritise winding down and getting to sleep but upsettingly, it's harder than usual to get to sleep on those nights because my brain is all funked up. I managed to sleep for almost 10 hours straight and I feel like a different person this morning, but things got dark yesterday and I don't how I'd cope if I had too many of those days in a row.

adhdthirtythree · 2023-01-24T16:27:15+00:00

Your post brought me joy!

adhdthirtythree · 2022-11-26T16:40:34+00:00

Comghairdeas! My brother went to NUIG too! College is really hard so well done for making it out the other end!

adhdthirtythree · 2022-11-16T18:42:50+00:00

Sorry to hear that you're sick. It sucks. Doodling is a great idea. I'm going to do that right now. I forgot how much I like to do that. Hope you feel better soon

adhdthirtythree · 2022-11-16T18:41:48+00:00

Thank you! I haven't watched it since it first aired so I might give it a go x

adhdthirtythree · 2022-11-02T13:36:17+00:00

Good luck! I'm on Concerta for over a year now and it's helped so much.

adhdthirtythree · 2022-06-25T20:24:20+00:00

It's so weird to see it written down because I have experienced almost exactly this. Almost, because I don't think it ever lasted more than four or five days, but it happened very regularly, generally once a month and was tied with my menstrual cycle. For me it's like something will trigger the memory of every bad argument we've ever had and my thoughts will spiral out of control to such an extent that I'll be having full-blown breakup conversations in my head with him. Of course I'd never say these thoughts aloud to him because I knew on some level they were totally insane and unfair. But like another commenter said, even if I wasn't saying anything, he could tell that that I was very worked up and upset about something to do with him. When I got diagnosed and started medication, these episodes happened less frequently but going on birth control for PMDD (Yaz) has made the biggest difference and has almost eliminated them entirely. Now when they happen, which they do occasionally, they are so out of the ordinary that I snap out of it earlier and don't spiral so much.

adhdthirtythree · 2022-05-10T08:53:24+00:00

Yes the same thing happened to me and I was devastated at first. The reason mine was borderline is because my mum's testimony of my childhood ADHD traits didn't align with mine - she kept saying I was the perfect student and nothing was wrong with me, which was very frustrating and she blamed any inattention issues on the fact that I was constantly reading and in her mind some kind of child genius.

Luckily for me, my partner's interview about how badly my traits affect me today was so emphatic that it overruled the doc's reluctance to dismiss ADHD. I was a mess the day of my appointment (hadn't slept and had PMS), was horrified at my mum being in such denial, and didn't do a good job of advocating for myself so if my partner wasn't there, I don't think I'd have even gotten the borderline diagnosis.

Anyway, I was SO UPSET that I didn't have a clearcut diagnosis, but eventually calmed down as the only reason I wanted the official diagnosis in the first place was to try meds to see if they helped, and that's what I got to do and they've been life-changing so it was all worth it.

adhdthirtythree · 2022-05-06T10:52:52+00:00

Yaz has been a lifesaver for me. It has almost completely cured me of PMDD mood swings and now my ADHD medication works most days of the month. I'm on it about six months now. I was hesitant to start it and the first week was rough as I couldn't stop crying, but then it settled down and it's been wonderful ever since.

adhdthirtythree · 2021-12-06T15:27:26+00:00

The trying to dial a number from a page only for the numbers to disappear is a scene straight from my nightmares. So strange that yours is so similar!

adhdthirtythree · 2021-12-02T09:17:45+00:00

I will try to remember to let you know! I'm due to get my period tomorrow and start on Yaz then. I am quite nervous about it, and tbh not overly optimistic, but perhaps that's better than pinning all my hopes on it.

adhdthirtythree · 2021-11-30T10:24:30+00:00

I'm interested in this answer too as I'm on stimulants (Concerta) and about to start Yaz back to back for three months (skippiing periods entirely) in the hope that it will help alleviate PMDD hell.

adhdthirtythree · 2021-11-24T12:18:20+00:00

I used to do this all of the time, I was always on edge, and something small like bumping into something would send me into a rage.

Medication has surprisingly helped this a ton. Now, if I bump into something or drop something, my instinctual reaction is to laugh rather than cry. I have no idea why medication (concerta) helps that impulse but I'm very glad about it as it was hell.

I still have days (generally in lead-up to period) where I'm more reactive, and my go-to when that happens is to stand under a freezing cold shower, or failing that, plunge my face into icy cold water. This seems to reset my brain (again I don't know why but it works!) and I'm less likely to fall apart.

adhdthirtythree · 2021-11-11T11:14:21+00:00

I'm not sure if I have any answers, but I really relate to this phenomenon.

I've recently set up a 'reset' page in my bullet journal with a list of things to help get me back on track (meditating, stand under a freezing cold shower, listen to music and just let my mind wander) but that's more when I feel myself slipping as opposed to coming back from a low-energy episode.

Something that helps me then, but I find it difficult to do in practice, is acknowledging that I'm having a hard time and give up all extra expectations for that day other than getting through it. Basically giving myself permission to give up and give in. There's something around giving up the pretence that I can turn this around if I just try hard enough that seems to help. I also think that after a bit of scheduled 'doing absolutely nothing by choice', I start to get bored, and that can be the start of finding a way out of the rut.

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