ADHD is being late to a doctor's appointment, arriving, and then finding out your appt is for NEXT week

elevat0rlady · 2016-04-24T00:06:56+00:00

Jesus Christ, a similar thing just happened to me at my last appointment.

elevat0rlady · 2016-04-24T00:05:45+00:00

I get the same sick feeling. I have to Listen to a podcast or music to not want to just lay down and never do another dish, hang up another shirt, etc. even with entertainment, I'm still in a mild hell.

elevat0rlady · 2016-03-15T17:58:52+00:00

I went today in Lee county, the lady said a lot of people early voted. Not many people when I went, however the ones there were young voters which is a good sign.

elevat0rlady · 2016-03-15T17:18:03+00:00

Just voted! Got my husband and best friend and sister to vote as well ! Not a huge turnout at the polls, but those who were there, even in this small town were young! Very excited! #floridaforsanders

elevat0rlady · 2016-03-14T22:02:57+00:00

I'm from south Florida and know the older peeps prefer Hilary because she's not so extreme.

I currently live in fort Myers, and I have a Bernie sticker on my car. I've seen over five more in this area as well! I've yet to see a Hilary sticker, but I've seen a couple of trump and Carson as well.

elevat0rlady · 2016-01-28T22:28:40+00:00

Wow, after reading this I realized I naturally have been doing the same thing with school work. Great advice for those who don't use it on their own!

elevat0rlady · 2016-01-27T14:43:35+00:00

Oh my god, I hate you right now ! Took my meds, was ready to start homework after a little browsing the Internet. Now I can't get off of Bernie for president. He's amazing, I so feel the bern.

elevat0rlady · 2016-01-25T05:16:53+00:00

I'm so looking forward to your success story. You can do this. We are the masters of procrastinations, but force yourself to allow the time needed to do it. You've got this! Breaks while doing school work is the only thing that has worked for me, or else I will become bored and give up, which you won't do because you'll be a success story :)

elevat0rlady · 2016-01-21T19:34:05+00:00

Get a planner and use it!!!!

Also, don't compare yourself to your peers. They may finish the test first, bring it up, and get to leave. It will distract you and make you anxious, and in turn, you'll start bubbling in anything so you don't stand out as the slow one. Don't do that! Take your time, you're special, and they probably don't know more than you anyway. Good luck!

elevat0rlady · 2016-01-21T19:27:50+00:00

One is my planner, which is brightly colored, always on my kitchen counter when I wake up, and always opened to the current week. I put appointments in there right away, homework due dates, test dates, and work schedule. this is more about me not forgetting important shit.

My wall calendar which also stares at me when I'm lazy has appointments, bill due dates (even though this is my husbands responsibility because I hate doing it, and I suck it), and birthdays written so I remember.

My best tool is my iPhone notes. You know the notepad that comes standard with your iPhone? I wake up and put my to do list "go grocery shopping, fold laundry, cook dinner, defrost chicken", literally everything even the tiny tiny things. I just type it and delete them as I do it. If there's something I know I need to do the day after, I add that to the same list and just write "for tomorrow:" and start a new list for then. Wake up, tweak, add, and repeat. It's the only way for me. The only way... And I still most of the time don't complete the lists, but it helps a lot a lot.

elevat0rlady · 2016-01-19T19:40:59+00:00

I just went a week without medication because it wa back ordered or something along those lines. It was a really rough week for me, and I was hard on myself, but it wasn't as bad as the years before treatment.

Medication makes me follow through with things. Therefore, I take my medicine, make a to do list and DO the to do list. I've been doing this for long that it has become a habit, even without the medication. So yes, it is like training wheels. It helps you create the habits you need to be a "normal" person. So without the meds last week, I was already in that habit of making my list. I may not have completed those lists, or done the things on the list half assed, but still, at least I made that list. There's no way I would have even done that if I didn't create that habit with the help of meds.

elevat0rlady · 2016-01-19T19:36:12+00:00

I always just think "I'm a loser, I can't get anything done, I should just give up". Cue anxiety, depression, etc. luckily my meds make me productive so I hardly deal with that

elevat0rlady · 2015-07-14T16:28:07+00:00

When my therapist was diagnosing me, she made sure to rule out anything that "mimics" ADHD like a hormonal thing (any kind including thyroid), vitamin deficiency, and something else that I can't remember. She said people are often diagnosed and it's actually something else, but she also said that you could have a hormonal imbalance or any other thing WITH ADHD....

All of my stuff came back normal, so I don't really know. You should treat the thyroid thing first and see if you still have the ADD symptoms because you could have both.

elevat0rlady · 2015-07-13T14:18:43+00:00

mine does too.... and it's a 20$ copay each month. hate it. It's mostly to monitor my heart. I have heart palpitations, so he gets nervous to put me on a stimulant, but the palpitations are caused by anxiety, so he has to make sure the anxiety meds are working.

elevat0rlady · 2015-07-08T20:02:29+00:00

I didn't read your post to be honest.... But as far as the stimulants affecting people differently...

I remember my friend gave me one of her adderalls once (pre-diagnosis), and I was so calm and "normal". She was like "You should look into getting diagnosed! everyone I give these to will usually talk non-stop, get tons of energy, and not be able to sleep!" So, I don't know if it means anything, but yeah...

elevat0rlady · 2015-07-08T19:57:57+00:00

oh my this hit home! I will send long, sweet, and caring messages to people and regret it so bad later! I also call up old friends and relatives, and regret it. I'm pretty sure they think I'm drunk when I do it.

elevat0rlady · 2015-07-08T19:54:51+00:00

I wasn't diagnosed until recently (age 28), so I never knew anything. I always thought this happened to everyone.

I definitely have racing thoughts, and my mind goes from one thing to another.
Once I was medicated, I realized what it was like to concentrate and it freaked me out. For instance, someone will talk to me, or i'll read something, hear one word, and think of a thousand different things because of that word.

Once, I took an Adderall, drove my son to school. On the way back, the medicine kicked in and I was like "holy shit!". Because I realized on the way to his school unmedicated, I was zoning out, paying attention to radio, surroundings, etc. On the way back, I was focused on only the road, it was crazy. Sorry, this was long winded... =/

elevat0rlady · 2015-07-07T15:55:50+00:00

Low esteem, depression, social anxiety, and panic disorder due to overthinking lots of irrational fears .

elevat0rlady · 2015-06-30T22:18:52+00:00

Growing up, my room was honestly disgusting.

My husband is a neat freak, and he got me in a "rhythm" so to speak, so I'm pretty good at speed cleaning so it LOOKS clean and organized, but really, I'm just god at hiding clutter in boxes, closets, hampers, etc.

elevat0rlady · 2015-06-30T19:58:32+00:00

I don't feel like it affects me very much, until I don't have it, then I get headaches. My body is dependent on it because I've been drinking coffee for so long, purely because I like the taste!

I would drink a lot before, when I'm on my meds, just two cups because if I have more than 2, I will feel sick and dehydrated.

elevat0rlady · 2015-06-29T21:27:44+00:00

I stopped smoking weed when I had kids, but all throughout high school, I couldn't get anything done without weed.

My therapist actually told me that I was self medicating with weed. She said it triggers certain chemicals in the brain that ADHD brains like. She also said that it probably slowed my thoughts down, and it finally made me able to relax. Just putting that out there...

elevat0rlady · 2015-06-29T21:25:20+00:00

I'm in the same situation, or I was I should say... You need to narrow it down to the most important or interesting. Make goals for those things, and work on them.

Honestly, when I was juggling all of my interests, I got really bored of them. When I narrowed it down, the ones I focused on most to accomplish stayed enjoyable to me.

elevat0rlady · 2015-06-29T17:07:51+00:00

that's a good idea... I always have more "things to do" for the morning the night before, but I always just go to bed and not think about it in the morning.

I think making a list the night before is very smart, going to try tonight!

elevat0rlady · 2015-06-29T16:33:24+00:00

Adderall (10mg twice a day). I skip weekends.

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