From the “This is only news to neurotypicals” department
Someone had to carry out a study for that? I thought that’s common with ADHD.
Stress just turns on a switch in the brain which would otherwise be off no matter how much a situation warranted it.
Oh yeah, stress will really amp up my comprehension. It will also amp up the suicidal idealation.
Yeah I’m terrible at normal mundane activities, god forbid paper work or writing a report. But when there is a fire, I turn into Superman. It’s weird. It’s like the chaos fuels me.
I’ve put in 60 or 70 hours of work this week. Productive. I’m a software engineer. In my normal 40 hour week there’s at least one day where I do nothing and then the other days have 2-3 productive hours.
Why? Because the project is falling behind and this one is being led by our CEO. We have like 20 employees. I save his ass, I’ll probably get a raise out of it.
AuDHD here. I got put on Buspar for anxiety once. It worked amazingly well at getting rid of anxiety. Unfortunately, I learned that anxiety was the only way I accomplished anything meaningful. I would have to be anxious that I would disappoint someone or something would result in terrible outcomes if I didn’t do it. When the Buspar got rid of anxiety, I lost my drive to accomplish anything. I remember telling the doc, “I don’t feel like doing anything. I just sit there.” So, I was taken off of it.
My personal psychological intervention for ADHD was military training instilling discipline and increasing anxiety to illicit the military discipline to avoid doom. In other words, I accomplished everything meaningful by pretending I was in war. Accomplishments weren’t accomplishments to celebrate. They were avoidance of harm to feel relieved by. A life full of fear rather than pleasure and pride.
omg I can’t believe I just figured that out rn lol 😆
Isnt that the only way to get things done?
We thrive, yes… But it takes its toll after repeated incidents.
Yeah. I’m like Animal Mother. A piece of shit until stuff goes really wrong then I am a great motivated problem solver.
that’s the only way I ever submitted anything in college lmao
wait what do you mean I’m now suffering from permanent burnout and near adrenal exhaustion and inability to execute on any of my hobbies anymore? No that clearly just means I need more caffeine and to work harder because I’m lazy
Funny, I didn’t remember posting this.
Are you me, and me, you? ??
Just need a professor emailing you that your crocheted sweater is due tomorrow at 8am!
oh god oh fuck i hope i get a good grade on my 3d printing exam
I’m actually taking a weekly course on model railroading! We have homework involving stuff like modeling terrain with plaster and painting landscape layers! I would not get that stuff done if it wasn’t due at the next class!
meanwhile I’m over here breaking down over the possibility that what I say might be misinterpeted as meaning something assholey
edit: and when I get stressed about something that is actually actionable I just get demotivated
Its crazy too becauae I am almost never stressed until SUDDENLY I AM, GOD FUCK I AM SO STRESSED WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED HOW DID I LET THIS GO UNNOTICED FUCK
Don’t worry, keep up the stress and ADHD will break like a neurotypical.
Yup. I rode deadline panick all the way through to a degree and now it feels like adrenaline just doesn’t work right anymore.
Time to get your masters.
Or a Monster… Red Bull… Cocaine…
Hah, for me, this broke down in the middle of my degree lol
Like how I built a tolerance to Concerta?
I’m pretty sure my baseline cortisol levels could kill a small animal. And probably shortened my lifespan by a few years.
My AuDHD is flavored by several varieties of anxiety and crippling depression, the former undiagnosed for most of my life and the latter two only being treated sporadically. I’ve had my episodes of shining in times of chaos (usually at work) but my brain’s go-to response is freeze.
It’s not very effective.
I work in incident management. I feel comfortable when everything is on fire. Look around like it’s surreal that everyone is so panicked.
I wonder if that’s why we’re here? We’re the people that act first when the animals attack the village…
Don’t be fooled, though. It adds up.
It’s a feature.
Seriously. How do people not just stop, look around, and make a decision?
Same reason they ask introverts why they are so quiet.
I’ve always been surprised by people who panic and scream or run around. I don’t get it.
This worked until I developed GAD. Now it’s hard to get motivated and hard to wind down, lol.
What’s GAD?
Probably Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Yup.
Ah that makes sense.
(Also the last few years of my downward spiral till I hit bottom ) Meds have changed my life the last six months.
Yeah, meds have helped, in my case. At least benzos, but I try not to use them since they were explicitly prescribed as a last resort. I gotta book an appointment at a second doctor one of these days… It wasn’t really working out with my previous doctor.
That’s me. Once you remove the pressure I’m a mess
