#ADHDers

It feels like ADHDers hear "always try your best", and interpret it as "if you're not putting in 100% of your effort, you're not actually trying". But putting 100% into
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Did you know fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of #ADHD? I didn't- I spent over ten years telling people I felt exhausted all of the time, and
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THREAD: #ADHD and emotions This info was helpful to me in my early dx days. It’s about moods vs emotions and why ADHD isn’t a mood disorder--and how/why #RSD and
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The thing about #ADHD is that it’s been researched soooo much and there are very significant impairments that would definitively be seen as a disability. It also is very effectively
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The phenomenon of ADHD people holding off on going to the bathroom until it’s way more urgent is maybe the best example of executive dysfunction. (1/3) We literally need to
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#ADHDers have a "talent" for disappearing.ADHD-ghosting usually happens when RSD is in control; we believe the other person/ppl don't want anything to do with us cuz we made a mistake,
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ADHDers have consequence blindness/ apathy. We can struggle understanding the consequences of our action/ being motivated through it.As such, we benefit from external accountability. I don't want people to repeatedly
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I'm noticing that everyone's executive function is struggling right now. As an ADHDer, it's kind of interesting to watch. People I thought were rock solid organizationally look more like me
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#ADHD isn’t just about attention issues or extra energy.It’s about losing your phone 4 times in 10 minutes.It’s about setting an item down and immediately forgetting that it exists.It’s about
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Inconsistency is a big issue with ADHDers.We can't focus at all sometimes, and at other times, we focus on things for hours, foregoing food and sleep.We seem to have the
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I hate how almost all ADHD-relationships/social advice articles follow this format:- explain that ADHD is real - explain how it affects ADHDers- explain reasons why it’s really hard for ADHD
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As #ADHD is trending, I'd like everyone to know: You don't need to be visibly hyperactive to have ADHD (#ADHDinattentive) Girls/women have ADHD(#ADHDwomen) Adults have ADHD (#AdultADHD) ~80% of adults
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We ADHDers struggle to realize things. As in, some things don't easily occur to us.I wanna say 'we don't notice things' but I feel thats misleading. Its not that simple.Eg,
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Btw, if you're an ADHDer, your "productivity" will fluctuate. You'll have low output phases and hyperfocusy binges when you get 1000 things done. This isn't you failing and succeeding- your
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"You don't have ADHD unless you showed symptoms as a child". 1. Most girls only start showing symptoms at puberty. 2. Parental support can mean ADHD is unintentionally managed3. Kids
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I used to be a "ADHD wouldn't exist outside of capitalism" person. I was wrong. I'm sure that we would describe, understand, and experience ADHD very differently in a world
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