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Chasing that novelty

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No I am a jack of all trades. I seem to do well at whatever I need to. Thanks to ADHD.
- need? for me it's want. need without want is where the problems come from
  
  At work it starts with a need and then I want to know as much as possible about it. Need is the beginning of the process. Want is just the natural progression.
  
  Oh yeah if somebody else has a need then the want comes naturally. But surely there's days where the need is pressing and the want is out for a stroll on the town?
  
  Less and less as I get older. I got medicated for it and I'm really better at handling, even using ADHD to work for me. I spent a day last weekend redoing a keychain stl for my daughter. Its a show she likes and I spent a good six hours hyperfocused on it and today I'm doing the finishing touches. I would not have been able to do that as quickly ten years ago.
  
  can i have some of your adhd?
  my adhd only does want, and if there's need without want it's torture to start (dishes)
  
  I guess all I can say is give it time and drugs. I'm taking Qelbree right now and it works for me.
  
  i'm trying out medikinet (ritalin/concentra are similar) and it makes me sleepy. i'll test them out for longer but goodness, i hoped for some energy to do things, not being so relaxed i no longer care about the things
  
  Qelbree is a non stimulant and really the only type I can take. Strattera causes me debilitating side effects.
- I don't think I have ADHD however, it was often the norm to try to cultivate a 'jack/jill of all trades' skillset if you weren't born wealthy.
  
  I'm sure thats part of it. My schedule for this week includes preparing eight cisco switches for deployment in a distributed multi vlan environment. Rebuilding my daughters iphone XR and reassembling a 2000 dollar 3d printer with a bad linear bearing and two questionable steppers. On top of that I've finished a remix of a keychain in freecad and started on modifying another fidget for two color printing. I don't think I would know how to do any of those things if I had been born in to money.
  I have a coworker who is in his mid twenties who has undiagnosed ADHD and this is the first job he has ever had. He was hired as a favor to his family. He has never wanted for anything in his life and it shows. He isn't stupid he just hasn't ever had to struggle for anything. Its maddening to me. He thinks I don't like him but in truth I just want him to realize he has ADHD. It wont do any good to tell him if he isn't willing to accept it.

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