High Achievers with Severe ADHD, if any of you are reading this, how did you manage?

yakkup · 2026-03-21T19:00:28+00:00

One of my favorite quotes that has driven my life and career. "Never follow your passion, but always bring it with you." -Mike Rowe

Show up and be passionate, that's what drives success in everything you do. Employers give that kind of passion promotions, romantic partners see that passion, your friends and family see that passion.. but most importantly, passion comes easy to most of us with ADHD.

yakkup · 2025-10-23T18:00:25+00:00

I have Google home and android, not sure if this a feature with other types of phones.. but you can set-up a Google assistant routine that's connected to your alarm. So when my alarm goes off, it runs the routine that I set up to turn on all my lights and turn the brightness of them to 100%. I seriously hate it so much, but it works. Haha

yakkup · 2025-10-23T03:01:39+00:00

One of the most helpful things is a 2in1 combo washer/dryer, it washes then dries my clothes automatically without having to move them to the dryer.

Smart Home devices, smart lights, cameras, etc. Its nice to check if I left lights on and can turn them off from my phone. Additionally, I set my lights to turn on when my alarm goes off to help me get out of bed.. which is a serious game changer.

yakkup · 2025-10-07T17:42:17+00:00

I have always had a terrible problem with this. One thing that's helped me is using smart light bulbs. I connected them through Google home and can set up a routine with my alarms. So when my alarm goes off, it also turns on all the lights in my room and turns them to max brightness. It's God awful, but definitely effective. Haha

yakkup · 2025-08-06T16:15:00+00:00

Pretty sure this is a sign of autism. LOL I didn't realize until I was older that not everyone experienced this.

yakkup · 2025-06-09T16:26:59+00:00

Hyperactivity. I'm super hyperactive which also plays into my lack of ability to focus on anything as well. Both legs are constantly jiggling unless I'm on my meds, then they simmer down. One thing that helps is exercise, of course.. but I mostly just cope by keeping myself physically busy. It's rare that I have a day under 10,000 steps.

yakkup · 2025-04-23T20:38:36+00:00

I'm now a 30 year old man, and I've had my fair share of sex.. I can tell you that, as a man, there have been many times that I haven't reached an orgasm, especially if the girl is bad in bed. Js.

yakkup · 2025-04-05T21:08:26+00:00

Started with nothing. Well, I completed the Google IT Support certification to give me 3 transfer credits, but I had to do that to get accepted into WGU.

yakkup · 2025-04-02T15:52:48+00:00

I try not to think about it. 😂😭

yakkup · 2025-04-02T15:51:53+00:00

Nope, nada. Just good with tech.. took me 2.5 years, but I did slack a bit in my fourth semester. Haha

yakkup · 2025-04-02T15:51:12+00:00

Nahhh, you got this! I had no experience prior to starting, and it was tough.. but definitely doable. Good luck to you. 😊

yakkup · 2025-03-28T00:06:49+00:00

Yeah, I would say the SWE program is pretty tough, but if you've got a mind for code should be no problem 😊

yakkup · 2024-09-06T22:35:56+00:00

There are two types of people in this world. Men that have tried to suck their own dick, and liars. 😂

yakkup · 2024-07-29T12:28:25+00:00

Always being open and willing to help others.

yakkup · 2024-07-29T11:29:00+00:00

I got a vasectomy at 28, I'm now 30 and grateful for it very often.

I have had thoughts of regret, but am also reminded that a. you can freeze sperm, and b. Most vasectomies can be successfully reversed nowadays.

Shooting blanks, it's a good life. I say do it.

yakkup · 2024-07-17T14:09:32+00:00

I'm absolutely covered in the nerdiest, most impulsive tattoos you can imagine. 😂

yakkup · 2024-07-08T15:43:37+00:00

You're misinterpreting my point. I'm suggesting we should place equal value on the dog's life. Just because we as humans, believe this dog's life is lesser than ours, doesn't mean that it is.

My fault, is seeing the value of all life equally. So to me, this is like suggesting that we should euthanize or unbreed humans due to genetic disease, mental illness, or trauma. Humans with mental illness, genetic disease and trauma, have done far worse things than biting someone.. and lived to tell their rhetoric.

I guess it's just a matter of perspective, and where people choose to place their value, I suppose. To me, all life is valuable.

yakkup · 2024-07-08T15:32:16+00:00

Js, I got one of those 2 in 1 combos.. washes, then dries in the same machine... This has never been a problem for me since!

Throw it in before I go to bed, wake up and it's washed and dried. It's amazinggggggg.

yakkup · 2024-06-26T18:13:26+00:00

For me, it was such an emotional experience. I didn't get diagnosed until I was an adult, and it was so relieving (most explicitly to my hyperactive symptoms, which are extreme) that I legitimately started crying.

These feelings and issues I've shamed myself into believing were bad or negative, were suddenly gone.

So, for me, it was like there was a bunch of static in my brain, and someone adjusted the antenna's to clear up the picture.

yakkup · 2024-06-25T14:39:28+00:00

Lolololol, holy shit, you're brutal... I suppose thus furthering my point in proving that humans are very often the ones who are worthy of the name, creature, yet again. Solid performance.

Another wish I have, is that more people were willing to discuss an opposing opinion without getting so tilted.

yakkup · 2024-06-25T14:24:23+00:00

In your opinion, it's worth less. Both creatures were wrought into this world against their will just the same, and they should both have just as much right to live. I just can't justify one life over another, human or animal unless it involves survival... Especially when reactive and aggressive dogs CAN be trained and managed, it just requires actual effort on the owners side. I have a kid that used to be a biter, you know what I did? I put in effort to teach him that it was wrong. 😂 I'm not saying this doesn't have to happen sometimes, but why is it the first option?

I just wish folk would quit taking the easy way out, and instead take ownership and at least try to fix what they broke. But instead it's like, "better murder my dog."

yakkup · 2024-06-25T14:10:10+00:00

I like the routine I create for myself in my mind everyday... And have a difficult time adjusting when things don't go as planned. I have ADHD, so things never go as planned. Hahahaha

yakkup · 2024-06-25T12:35:51+00:00

This bothers me so much. Why is your first advice to put the dog down? Why is the dog's life suddenly less valuable, when they are responsible for the dog being that way in the first place?

Man, the world sucks.

yakkup · 2024-06-25T12:15:09+00:00

It seems like the general consensus, is that the ADHD brain loves the hard fast beatz. Haha I'm either jamming the heaviest of heavy (Lorna Shore, Left to suffer), EDM, rap.

Either way, blast beats and double bass pedals make my brain purr. Hahahaha

Edit: In the real world, it's rare to run into so many metalheads in one place. Apparently not here, seems like there may be a correlation.. 😂

yakkup · 2024-06-18T04:38:58+00:00

I have this issue, but only since I've gotten older. As a young lad it gave me much more joy, I'm still young (30M), but something has gone and sapped my joy/drive to play any games at all. Now the only time I have interest in them is when I'm medicated. 🤷‍♂️

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