ADHD memes

Yeah, every time I have to get any other medicine I'm always blown away. The doctor is just like "what pharmacy do you go to?" Like, uh, excuse me? They just phone it in??? I have to physically take a physical piece of paper and physically go to the pharmacy but you're telling me the norm is to just call it in???

That's just an ADHD thing. They can do a line of coke and all it does it allow them to feel like they don't have ADHD for a little while.

This meme literally doesn't apply to you then!

Jokes aside: It was the memes that piqued my curiosity, then got me reading more formal sources, took an ADHD self test which I scored fairly high on but there were a few things I didn't really see in myself. Waited a year to see if it was just me obsessed wiith another idea that would go away like all the others after a week or two.

Well I couldn't shake the feeling and now that i knew some of the symptoms to look for, I was noticing the symptoms I hadn't thought applied to me before.

Anyway, I went to a doctor and a therapist and am now, for the first time in my life, developing positive routines and habits and enjoying things that aren't exceptionally interesting.

tldr: saw myself in a meme, doc agreed, now i take pills that make life easier.

You should probably get diagnosed before medicated. ADHD has overlap with a ton of other mental illnesses. Maybe you're autistic. Maybe you have BPD. Or are bipolar. Or just depressed.

Always see a doctor before taking medication.

Yeah, just posted another comment, but I have my bottle flipping trick. If it's upright before the afternoon, I didn't take it. I take it, and flip the bottle upside down. Then if I see the bottle upside down after noon, I flip it upright.

I still have days where I need to try to mentally piece together, "Did I drink water? How thirsty was I? Was I really thirsty, and just drank to hydrate and NOT take my pill or did I drink to take the pill and forgot to flip it? Did I take it and just forget to eat? How much have I been singing on repeat this morning?"

Pill caddies are great for keeping track. There's a good reason why old people use them.

Poor memory is one of the symptoms of ADHD. We get easily distracted and often have time blindness, meaning it's hard for us to tell how much time has passed and estimate what time it is. I have to take my meds 3 times daily roughly 4 hours apart. If I don't set alarms, I'm screwed.

One of the downsides of adhd is, if left untreated, it can lead to substance abuse. One of the upsides is it's easier to "forget" that you're addicted to something. I once forget to drink caffeine for a few weeks. Just slipped my mind. I still had the withdrawal symptoms. Headaches, low energy etc., but my brain would not connect the withdrawal to the substance, because from my perspective caffeine did not exist. It was a weird experience.

Part of ADHD. You forget things, beneficial or not. I usually realize when I'm on the way to work, then do the math of turning around for it, and how late I'll be if I do.