Oh Glückwunsch zur Schwangerschaft und dass du sie nun anders genießen kannst. Ich wünsche dir und dem Zwerg alles Liebe!

I found a small hack: after every set, I put one of my 2 rings on the other hand or back. After 4 sets, they are in their original order again.

Unfortunately, my brain doesn’t let me do a lot of things that I feel I really really want. The decision of „is there enough dopamine in that or nah“ is made without me.

…und dem Beruf aufreiben und irgendwann erschöpft im Burnout landen.

Da ist dann jemand der zerstreute Professor, für den Ehefrau und Sekretärin alles managen, die Fehler ausbügeln, mit „dran denken“. Wo jemand dann vielleicht als leicht seltsam, aber auch als Genie wahrgenommen wird. Während die ADHS Frauen in der klassischen Rollenverteilung sich in der Familie…

Absolut!
Und… meinem persönlichen Erleben nach haben neurodivergente Männer, die das Glück haben, intelligent zu sein und einen guten Schul-/Studienabschluss zu haben, dann relativ rasch im Berufsleben und auch Privatleben andere Menschen (Frauen) um sich, die ganz viel für sie kompensieren.

…weekends when I have time and energy to do it and when my partner is there. So I struggled with my solo worknight meals, often going for convenience or buying take-out. These times are gone and I even don’t have to clean a pot! 2/2

Lustig, dass die Person nicht merkt, dass „RECHNUNG SOFORT BEIM AUSPACKEN DES PAKETS BEZAHLEN“ eine typische ADHS Coping Strategie darstellt, die aber im Gegensatz zu „normalen“ 🙄 Menschen dem ADHSler wahnsinnig viel Energie kostet…

…“rich people coping strategy“. 🫣 Well, I recently bought iron& board and can confirm that my brain still doesn’t manage to see enough dopamine in it, even with some Elvanse left in the bloodstream. But at least I‘m able to do some „last minute should’ve left 5 min ago“-ironing again. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #ADHD

Ich bin manchmal ein bisschen traurig drüber, dass ich „ungeoutet“ lebe. 🥺 Habe aber das Gefühl, dass in meinem Umfeld das Stigma und die Vorurteile zu groß wären.

I managed to do something in 5 hours that should have taken me 1 hour. But at least I persisted.

For the record, what I had to do wasn’t complicated at all. But it was a low-dopamine task, embedded in something that will still take A LOT of work, and altogether is something that genuinely triggers my anxiety, so it was a typical task people with #ADHD find hard. And boy, it was hard.

Ich habe heute das Generikum genommen und merke keinen Unterschied, ich hatte aber tatsächlich sonst immer 30/35mg Elvanse und die 40mg von ratiopharm wirken jetzt nicht viel stärker. Sie haben auch kleinere Packungsgrößen, damit kann man es ausprobieren. 😊

I realized that maybe, if I were properly diagnosed as a child, if I had access to medication then, maybe it would have been possible for me to have a real connection with my grandparents. Maybe it wouldn’t have felt that way and this is making me sad today. 6/6

…spent her last years. I tried to remember some of my grandparents stories and felt that I didn’t ask the right questions while they were still alive. All while feeling guilty that I didn’t do better.
Today, I was patiently listening to a lovely elderly patient and a sudden thought hit me.
5/

All of them have passed a few years ago and in the beginning, a part of me was relieved that I wouldn’t have to pay these visits anymore.
Over the years, I started to miss them. I saw my grandparents in my parents and aunts, who are now becoming elderly as well. I wondered how the neighbor had.. 4/

I visited once or twice a year, talked too much about me instead of asking questions and stuffed myself with food until my belly hurt (which, I have to admit , is nothing unusual being at your grandparents). I didn’t ask questions because I dreaded the detailed and long winded answers.
3/