Hummus is the closest stuff to elixir of life we have

It do be like that sometimes

I feel like audio books might help me, but I also really prefer having physical books (one reason is I distrust digital media services).

Yeah I have to do audiobooks too.

I used to be on anti-depressants, and I won't deny they are a great tool to protect yourself. But don't pretend like there aren't cons to taking these types of medications, ADHD meds included. When I finally developed good enough coping skills, and healed past the trauma that caused my depression, I got off the anti-depressants because I did not like how they made me feel (or lack there of). I do not take ADHD meds because I would rather learn how to cope without meds. There are plenty of reasons why someone wouldn't want medication, and it feels more like you are the one shaming people for how they cope. I am on enough medications as is, I do not want another one, and I do not need another one as I am learning to cope without it.

Fr. Methylfenidate is giving me a chance at life. It still takes effort. But instead of near impossible, it is now realistic.

Careful. It's easy to be seen as an enemy in this comm. Once I was banned for saying I didn't know something was an ADHD symptom. I suffer from many of the issues posted here but not all. For me, medication is helping but not magic. But it might be because I went decades untreated and undiagnosed. All that to say don't be surprised if you get jumped on for saying something like you did. I think you're even keeled but I'm not sure a certain mod will

If you don't like ADHD memes, then why are you here?

ADHD is like autism. It's a new diagnosis, but people have likely had the symptoms for centuries. It just didn't have a name until now. This will keep happening as more and more is learned about the brain.

If sounds like you might have ADHD. Whether or not you want to get treated depends upon how badly it affects your life. Personally, my symptoms interfere with my long-term planning, and that has made my life much worse.

That used to happen to me. I found I could only listen to audio books if I was doing something else to use up some extra “processing resources.”

I would describe it to other people as an overloaded circuit. If I applied all my brain power at the book, it would overload and shutoff.

If I was doing some tedious task that required some attention, but not too much, I could divert some of that excess energy away without overloading it. So for me that was, stocking shelves at work, doing the dishes, folding laundry, etc.

Driving wasn’t enough so I couldn’t listen to the book. (Though, later, I did train myself to and now I can do it fine)

Thank fucking God adderall like 95% solved this one for me, because it was getting really embarrassing at work