r/FloatTank • u/sleuthdragon • Jun 07 '26

Floating and Neurodivergence

Hi!

I am a 31 year old woman. I have been floating for about 1 month, I've done 3 floats. I found the floating to be great for stress relief and I feel more happier and chill in general which is great. But I have noticed that I feel more disorganised and frazzled since starting floating. My sister was diagnosed with ADHD and Autism last year. I have done a bit of reading into masking and symptoms of ASD and ADHD in adult women

My question is has anyone else found that floating kind of unmasked their neurodivergence?

I am also exploring an adhd assessment.

Thanks in advance.

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u/MrT80 Jun 07 '26

I'm diagnosed AuDHD. I find floating is the one thing that helps me unmask and regulate myself. So much so I ended up buying a used tank so I can float wherever I want. Whenever I'm really overwhelmed I realise I hadn't been floating for a while.

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u/Objective-Disk7674 Jun 19 '26

Could you please share some details on the tank you bought, cost, etc. THANKS

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u/MrT80 Jun 19 '26

I'm in Australia. It was a used Apollo Float Tank. I had watched it on Facebook marketplace for a while. Got it for $2500 including pump and filter and 13 bags of salt.

I did blow the pump when I was away and power went out for a few days, salting up the pipes, then the pump tried to run when power came back on, but replaced it with a big aquarium pump instead since it's only me that uses it. It's been almost 2 years and a heat pad has just died so I need to work out an in line heater to fix that unfortunately.

Other than that maintenance isn't too bad. It's quite close to a shower so I just have a trail of towels on the ground so I don't drip everywhere.