Adhd is not being able to read all that
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Jokes on you, my doctor prescribed me 15mg of Dexamphetamine and now I can like a real normal attention span having person
Forgot a word in there buddy. Time to bump the dose. /s
Bummer :(. But at least I picked up an old project and finished half, so that's progress
You finished half? That's better than I usually do (and I am pretty sure I don't have ADHD so you are doing way better on that front now :D)
Trouble recalling commonly used words is a big one for me. Also I use other words as placeholder who are adjacent in my head, like dishwasher and washing machine. Followed by frustration that people don't have the same association and immediately understand what I mean
"Thingy," "that thing," "thingamabob," and "whatchacallit" are all valid ways that myself, my friends, and my family refer to items. Sometimes there's an adjective or relative descriptor used to clarify, like "that spiky thing," or "the blue thingy next to the TV."
Do you also sometimes go through the alphabet when trying to find a word? Usually if I can figure out what sound/letter starts the word I'm looking for, I can find the rest of it.
I feel terrible for my kid. It's really rough to every day see jokes about how doomed he is.
I'd like to note that users here are adults, a lot of whom didn't get ADHD support as children. Some of us weren't diagnosed until adulthood. Others of us were diagnosed, but had parents who "don't believe in" insert-scientific-fact-here. Many of us are behind in life now due to a lack of support during crucial years. These memes aren't an end-all, be-all of ADHD, but a way for all of us to find humor in our predicaments.
As someone who had parents in denial, I hope it brings you comfort to know that acknowledging and supporting your child is giving him a huge leg-up compared to many of us here. You won't mislabel your kid as "lazy" and burden him with poor self-esteem about it, the way many of us were treated. Add in the benefits of tech, like having programmable timers, alarms, and reminders, and your kid already has tons more support than many of us did growing up.
You're doing good, Mom/Dad/Parent. You're providing your kid with the what he needs to do better than the generation before him. That is progress, and that is awesome.
Oh man, the item loss do be relentless.
If you wanna make sure you never see something ever again just let me hold it for a minute
No, give it to me, I'll put it somewhere safe. You'll never see it again, but it'll be safe.
Just like the screws I need to reassemble my weed whacker.
sometimes i think to myself "where would i put the thing if i had it right now" and sometimes it's in one of the 3 spots i think of, those days are nice
Yeah, all....gestures vaguely....that.
You just gestured to all of me!
but also hypersexuality makes us gods in bed.
is that what it is, the ADHD!? everyone I've slept with acts like I'm some kinda sex maverick and I'm just like "idk wtf I'm doing uhhhhh glad y'all into it"
The inability to focus mixed with the forgetfulness is my Achilles heel.
Like, I'll put the butter in the microwave for TEN SECONDS to softe it, then forget I've done so until it beeps and now my butter is a puddle. Ten fucking seconds.
A lot of these just seem like specific, downstream effects of a handful of the symptoms. It doesn't seem like a "hidden" aspect of having ADHD.
Don't forget having a fat ass and being right all the time /s
There's already one comorbidity mentioned here, depression, but obviously there's room for more like autism. If I had the skills I might've made a "slaps roof on car" meme version here, so you'll just have to use your imagination. (Tough sell for someone with aphantasia).