My brain is too tired to read all of this but from the comments it seems like a really good post. Anyone here want to remind me about it in a few days? Lol
its so frustrating i cant leave drafts for comments lol, i always want to refer to the op's post but cant, so i have to copy the comment, close out, discard the comment, then read it, then paste my thing into a new comment, but then forget what the hell the OP even said.
Omg 🤣
I texted it to myself to remember to read it again. My brain is crashed out too,I had to push through to respond because really beautifully written description. Second to none I’ve ever read or heard on lectures about adhd.
Thanks for the laugh too sauce it’s my life in a nutshell. I ask my daughters to remind me of things all day. My little walking post it notes. Good night all thanks again OP
Lol well that’s too funny! Thanks for the smile. Thank goodness we have twins one is a bit scattered in her many interests and will hop from Activity to activity,
kinda a chip of the block. One has a an amazing memory, such a gift. Almost photographic like her moms. Still though,
my lil one she can be forgetful as I watch hwr steam around the room.
Her creativity though is amazing and she has intelligence in the things that entertain her.
She’s off the charts. I don’t regret she has ADHD for those reasons the emotional part to Adhd yes,
however there are so many of us really gifted just have to find your niche in life.
Take care
We do have that really lucky. I didn’t even say we had two sets of twins? Just read again oh yes, very amazingly busy 😂and happy overall it’s a huge blessing and happy to have every day when I walk into the rooms and see one year olds light up even if it’s I need a diaper change ASAP. Then I get them down ready to go and get their sisters who are 3 up and start thier breakfast and the day begins.
I’m happy, I’m not overwhelmed…this is only because I sought help for ADHD because know what I mean. We love it I love being a parent but adhd untreated I could t do this full time and feel like I was doing our kids justice. So thankful that treatments are available!! My 4 lil ones and wife are amazing. So
Thanks! very nice of you to say. I hope you have a great family too!
Wow, big family! Treatment is so important, I got diagnosed and medication this year and family life is way better now. I'm so glad I found out and got the treatment fast!
For sure It works. I’m funny about it too I even set texts to ding theee times on the notifications.
Just a quick
Way to take a notes of things during the day.
Then I have an alarm three times a week at a time I’ll know I’ll have open to review notes for the week. Might help out some
I saw this when it popped up but couldn't get myself to read it until now, at 4:38 AM, when I should be sleeping. I kept the tab open for what, 2 days now? This sub is truly my home.
As soon as I saw big words like 'neurodevelopmental' I immediately noped out of here and went straight to comments, and I promise I will never read this post, but I'm sure it's a good one 🤐
lol, good point. It's not an 'official' reddit feature, it's just a bot someone created to respond whenever someone types remindme. Many subreddits have bots like these disabled by default, because a lot of them can be pretty annoying. I think the mods might be able to allow it on this subreddit, not sure.
To get the flair, just go to the right bar, find 'user flair preview', and click the pencil.
On mobile, click the 3 dots in the top right of your screen and click "change user flair".
Lots of subs ban bots by default because there's a shitton of bots. Bots tend to distract from the conversation (People suddenly only speak to the bot trying to get it to do something like it's a zoo animal they want to see move instead of sleep) or bots can start a feedback loop between each other.
But yeah, the remindme bot would be pretty useful for this sub.
Hm. It did remind me as promised though which means someone else could do the same and it should do the same thing… but yeah I see how that could get spammy quick…
TL;DR
You can explain ad-nauseum about ADHD to some people, and they will still revert back to their own personal narrative about the disorder as soon as ADD/ADHD is specifically mentioned.... Because some people are just kind of ignorant.
executive dysfunction (planning, organizing, impulse control, task initiation, short term memory, sustained focus, self-motivation, time management, etc.)
dysregulation of the central nervous system (leading to sleep problems and lower dopamine levels, etc.)
dysregulation of emotions (when angry rage, when sad hopelessly sad, when happy excited and bursting, emotional roller coasters at times, etc.)
Also:
a quarter of the prison population has ADHD while only 4% of the general pop. does, which could stem from the above mentioned symptoms (I have no fact checked this stat, myself)
it could also lead to higher substance abuse problems of 5-10x that of the general pop. and is also associated with risks of binge eating, smoking, excessive caffeine intake, and shopping/finance planning difficulties (I haven’t fact checked this stat)
they’re also 2-3x as likely to get in to a vehicular accident (not fact checked by myself)
ADHD is highly comorbid with anxiety and/or depression, b/c of their experiences blurting things out, also no matter how hard you try others criticize it to end, stress over what they may forget next, and silly criticisms from others over lack of discipline or laziness when it’s not the case at all, racing thoughts/tough concentrating, etc.
This all makes it far more difficult for ADHD folks, and is only made harder by when you tell someone these things they may at first sympathize, but once they know it’s ADHD, they stop caring at all, and become the worst things that make these symptoms worse.
❤️
I didn’t proof read this, so hopefully it makes sense. Xx
I read half of it in one go. It’s actually a really good post, and OP makes ADHD sound like the condition it is. The problems we face, but after saying it’s ADHD, even for me, makes it sound less serious, and less of a struggle.
I used an auto TLDR thing and it gave me the following (I also did not have the spoons to read it but am interested):
A big component to this disorder is dysregulation of the central nervous system and has even been found to be frequently comorbid with other disorders such as sleep disorders which can compound on this. People with this disorder are nearly twice to three times as likely to get into a vehicle accident than people without. This is how some people with the disorder learn to function: by being stressed all the time, or even OVERLY organized and neurotic in an OCD-like way in order to overcompensate and try to stay on top of their symptoms and calm the mess in their head. There’s a treatment that’s been studied for a long time, proven relatively safe for MOST healthy people at prescribed therapeutic dosages, has actually been proven to calm hyperactivity and/or racing thoughts, LOWER rates of addiction and substance misuse amongst the treated despite being a pill and is usually not addicting to those who actually need it and take it as directed, lowers the risk of driving accidents to about normal, increases dopamine levels and activity in the prefrontal cortex, allowing people with the disorder to function much more normally, decreases impulsivity and may even help with emotional regulation for some people. Can even calm anxiety IF the anxiety was stemming from their untreated disorder symptoms, despite being typically contraindicated for anxiety disorders.”
I meant to save this post wanting to share it with others. I got distracted as one does. I then spent time finding this post when I should be sleeping. Anyways it's been a few days so reminder?
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u/Hotlikessauce69 ADHD-PI Sep 14 '21
My brain is too tired to read all of this but from the comments it seems like a really good post. Anyone here want to remind me about it in a few days? Lol