I’m over here doing both AND while medicated. Though most of the rage comes from bumping heads with people that don’t have ADHD and keep pulling my attention away from shit. Sometimes the normal “hey check this out real quick shit is funny” or to dump a different problem/task on me. Because I am unfortunately the person that has fixed enough weird shit and they seem to refuse to remember stuff I have shown them (time after time after time). Which means I get stuck having to rush all the shit I was doing before the interruptions and end up staying later than everyone else to not forget what I need to do the next day.
I have begun giving a “me warning” to new folks to let them know that I might come across as an absolute asshole and very short with them at times. But that they should just be aware that I am not actually mad at them personally, and to be direct with me right back if I go too far and say something (like “too far man” or similar) as I will actually try to correct myself.
I suffered a job exactly like this for almost a decade. Public facing, helpdesk kind of work. Obviously I was also assigned office-like busywork as well.
So the entire job was just having my brain ripped between “What was I doing?” And “Excuse me fix my problem sir, but let me ramble about how frustrated it makes me for like 20 minutes first because you’re cheaper than a therapist!”
I’m still trying to undo how much that place screwed me up.
cries in high school teacher
I’m trying to get out of the field but it isn’t easy. I chose the wrong career 😆 🤣 😂
Sympathetic hugs for you! 🫂
I feel your pain friend. I’m sure you’re a fantastic teacher though! But I bet the constant focus-breaking and admin side of things puts a serious strain on you!
I found myself teaching a martial arts class regularly as a side thing. (Classes across all age groups), and even though people think I’m “so outgoing”, lemme tell ya…the martial arts part is the least exhausting part of it! 😂
I hope you find something that still feels fulfilling but allows you to work more naturally. :)
Thanks so much for this post! ❤️
I actually did get good at it and even experienced the same via masking. Unfortunately, masking and perfectionism are not sustainable over a whole career and what sucks is that the teaching field tries to (in my experience) keep people within the education discipline via guilt and a lack of training outside of the classroom.
Anyway, I don’t totally regret my career but it’s time to move on. Thanks for the good wishes and response, friend.
Ripping me out of my forced hyperfocus absolutely infuriates me. I worked very very very very very very hard to get into a mindset that will allow me to work, and it is so fragile… please do not interrupt if I ask you not to.
I cant imagine rawdogging life
Are two 64oz mugs a day, a sign I might have ADHD? 🤔 I feel like I get nothing from it, but nice warm feeling.
Man that’s a lot of weed
I’m fuelled purely by anger.
And hard drugs.
caffeine just makes me shake uncontrollably and clench my jaw really hard. so far meds have just fucked me up badly. FML
Can someone explain the anger part to me, because I feel like it resonates with me, but can’t say why.
impulsiveness/less control over strong emotions
Weird…I was diagnosed as an adult and was pretty chill prior to starting meds (especially Adderall). Now that I’m used to my Vyvanse I’ve mellowed back out again.
I smoke a lot of weed though.
it aint easy being mean
Real talk? It’s really not, I hate having a dumbass brain that blurts out stuft too fast and regretting it :c
Fuck me, if I’m angry about something my productivity increased about 10x. This meme is me right now 🥲
I found that once I had my life on track, being diagnosed in my late thirties, it was easier to tackle life without medication. Because methylphenidate is not an easy drug to take. I would swear profusely even when not doing anything and it killed my appetite, which was bad because I rarely ate anyway. It’s just I was hungry but it made me feel sick to eat.
When there are more negatives than the problems it’s fixing I had to make a choice to rawdog life. It just means I have no control over whether I do something. Want to play Minecraft so bad but can’t find the drive, guess we just watching YouTube until Monday then being sad it’s back to work.
Atomoxetine joins the chat. In cases where drugs with focus on dopamine don’t work, such for noradrenaline usually do.
.
Are those the only two you’ve tried? Are you open to stimulants?
.
_
It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad. You just described my life, but without the diagnosis or trying meds.
You sound like somebody I could glean a few good nuggets of wisdom from.
Ask away my friend, I’ll do my best.
Haha it took me a long time to figure out you meant “sweat.” I was busy trying to wrap my head around excessive swearing as a symptom lol
not mention ashwaghanda, citicholine, alphagpc, tyrosine, theanine…
Has anyone tried switching from coffee to caffeine pills and was it the same, better, or worse?
When I was working an early morning shift getting up at 3:30 I found them to be really helpful. It’s a lot more effective in my experience than other methods of caffeine. Though I would recommend the 100mg versus the 200 because popping 400 at once had me feeling like I was gonna die on a few occasions. 300 seems like a solid shot in the arm dose I never experienced. It was either 200 or 400 for me baby, on top of my Adderall. Which basically does nothing for me now.
I shouldn’t probably just try anti-depressants one of these days, that’s why I want so much caffeine lately. It helps.
I was doing half a 200mg when I woke up because otherwise I’d sit in bed for 2 hours before getting up and making coffee. That 100mg helped in that way. Not sure yet about comparing
the truth shall set you freeeeeeeee
I’ve been told I have ADHD by my friends with ADHD, so apparently I’m spec’d deep into anger. Kids, it works!
What’s the deal with the shopped on safety gear?
for me personally, walking into door frames and accidentally breaking ceramic and glass objects
No idea
Yup, I drink 12 cups of a coffee a day. So, there.
That was me when I worked in an office with a fancy coffee maker. Current place I’m down to maybe 2 cups (well, they’re XL, but there’s only 2 of them!)
gotta get those numbers up
Lmao. Working on it.
buy little cups.
./points to temple.exe
All the comments about caffeine doing nothing… I used to have that problem, until I tried NOS. Not sure what the fuck it really does different than, like, Red Bull or Monster or Rockstar, but it perks me up and allows me to harness the power of hyperfocus on anything and not just things I like.
It doesn’t say it has meth in it but… 🤔
Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar are all relatively low on caffeine as far as energy drinks go. Typical is 200-300mg for a can for average ones.
It’s got the same 320mg for a tall can as Monster does. The one ingredient I can see on the label that NOS has that the others don’t is something called “inositol.” Which sounds like something they made up.
Could just be pladebo effect or a mood difference because I actually like the taste more. I got sick of guarana flavor back when Bawls was still around.
Both Monster and Red Bull have inositol in it, at least in Sweden.
Suddenly a lot of my life makes sense.
