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DominusOfMegadeus @sh.itjust.works

2mo ago

Did anyone "unlock" any cool powers (for lack of a better term. Obviously I want to be super hero) when they finally got treatment?

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I've accepted that I'm a high performer generally but occasionally just get stuck in a lull where I can't do anything. My super power is realizing it's better to just take a nap or go for a stroll when I'm not going to be productive anyways.
- I'm still working on this one
  I've gotten a lot better at it but damn do I have room for improvement (I need to dodge "nap mode" more often IMO)
  I'd say I'm about 60% successful at it currently
  
  As someone with ADHD who has been a developer, a manager, an architect, and a tech lead... I give you permission. It'll actually make you more productive and make work suck less.
  I totally agree that it takes effort to train yourself out of the "Don't be lazy" shame from growing up though.

I was actually really disappointed when I got my prescription, because I went home and tried it, and I felt nothing. From how other people describe it, I thought the clouds were gonna clear, the angels were gonna sing, and I would be reborn a new person. I genuinely thought the medicine wasn't doing anything.
Anyways I then proceeded to play a colony sim for 12 hours straight without getting up or getting distracted even once so I think the medicine did something lmao
- I then proceeded to play a colony sim for 12 hours straight without getting up or getting distracted even once
  That sounds like ADHD hyperfocus to me
- Ah yes, I remember the equivalent moment for me: I was 8, and Mom asked me if I felt different after taking the pills. I told her "I don't think so?" And then 3 months went by and I noticed I wasn't getting yelled at by my teacher for not paying attention anymore, and I wasn't getting in trouble at home for "ignoring" my parents (it took them a while to realize I was genuinely forgetting things they asked me to do 5 seconds ago).
  Looking back, it's wild that it took me so long to notice such a big difference. But I think that's a real testament to how helpful those treatments are: when leveraged correctly, basic behaviors that you would normally struggle with just "click" naturally.

The ability to start and finish a task is pretty cool
The ability walk out of a room to grab something and remember what I was planning to grab is also pretty cool

Yes. Understanding what an asshole I’d been to a lottttta people, & the power to observe myself about to do it & then stop myself before I had Reactions To Things
- Right there with you on this one. It has not been easy.
  
  So WORTH it tho right? Never felt better about my life than now

I can have conversations without people assuming I've finished speaking and moving on when I'm pausing to try and collect my thoughts. That's pretty nice lmao
- This one is amazing. Also super-gratifying because, once again, I had thought this was just me.

Quite a few:
Suddenly I didn't need to rely on last minute panic to get boring stuff done: I could just think "this needs to get done"...and do it. I could clear my whole chore list without taking a break every 10 minutes to hype myself up, then go play games for the rest of the day
I could write a to-do list and actually remember where I put it, and I could even manage to read it!
My reading speed tripled since I wouldn't keep losing my place every 15 seconds.
I wouldn't fall asleep just from sitting still for too long.
Corny as it sounds, after taking a long hiatus from treatment and then starting up again, I felt like I turned into Superman.

A legitimate prescription for meth.... That's a super power, right?
- Never having had meth, not even once, I’m not sure. I do hear it’s a helluva drug. That said, if anyone comes near my Addy
  
  Addy as in Adderall?
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall
  Adderall and Mydayis[10] are trade names [note 2] for a combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine.
  Yeah, that's meth.

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