adhdLondon

"The Paradox of Focus: Make the most of one opportunity and more opportunities will come your way. Moving boldly in one direction causes more paths to unfold before you. To get more, focus on less." –@JamesClear

@SeaAir_Ugh @adhd_al Or maybe just someone making women's clothes that are actually functional?

Anyone with ADHD believe that they don’t have a proper defined fashion sense? I buy clothes for comfort and out of necessity, that’s literally it really 🤷🏾‍♂️

@commaficionado Bring back shaming! Wtf?

@scorpiho111 @AdhdAngsty My answer: yesI have, but only since I went on the meds...

@AdhdAngsty I told someone that I’d finally be starting adhd meds. They disapproved & asked “have you tried meditating for 30 minutes a day?” I stopped talking to them lol. I still don’t have the meds after 2 months cause of my insurance & it hurts that I’m so close to gaining control 🙃

There's so much stigma about this, so I just want to say: ADHD meds changed my life for the better.

Well I lost my dad this year and now won't be spending Xmas with family, but otherwise it's all good.

@ADHDnMe Almost feel bad saying this but meds pretty much exactly facilitated this for me. Keep trying!

#ADHDThoughts I want to know how to use my hyperfocus. Not be used by it.

@GSharpeMajor Lol... thanks I guess! Nerve damage probably. Might try quitting (again) in the new year.

@GSharpeMajor Owee. And mine are better than they usually look 😞

@AdhdMayhem @justmichaelaz Of course not! 😂

@justmichaelaz @AdhdMayhem My parents used to tell me that my hands would stop regenerating skin if I kept doing it 😮🖐️

@AdhdMayhem Do you sometimes think that by continuing to chew off the rough bits it will somehow look smoother and get better? I think that's an unconscious belief I have.

@ADHDdesigner @AdhdMayhem It's not painful then? Whenever someone helpfully suggests I put any sort of moisturiser on my ravaged fingers I just wince - most ointments on skin that has been chewed raw stings like mad

@AdhdMayhem Adding this tweet from yesterday, because this stuff is literally a godsend for skin pickers/biters. twitter.com/ADHDdesigner/s…

@AdhdMayhem I'm the same. Started age 5 and I think the longest I've managed to avoid doing it was about 4 or 5 months when I first started ADHD medication. I once did it so badly in a meeting that I bled all over my notes 😞😞

@GSharpeMajor Same. 😞

This really surprised me, but having meetings happen over Teams/Zoom etc has completely cured my fear of speaking in them. Anyone else?

@lucykhobbs Whaaat?

Seems bonkers they won’t accept electronically signed forms either! Such a hassle. Have to post to my support worker to then post on. No leniency even in COVID times 🙄 enough to drive anyone bonkers! #accesstowork

1/1 Thanks Access to Work for taking up my afternoon and sending my forms back for the third time! First time date was wrong. I was claiming a a couple of days before I had the coaching (my bad) but didn’t make any difference whatsoever

@MaxineFrances Yup

@AdhdLondon Good to know! 😊 Are you on 50?

[cw: food/appetite] 50mg of Elvanse is definitely the point where eating lunch becomes un-fun. Have thoughtfully been given a script of half 40 and half 50 to mix up and compare/contrast over a month.

@jfksafk @jameselliker

@jameselliker We just call em rolls in America, what else could you possibly call them

Just learned about chip buttys, which is an English food that is literally just French fries in between two slices of bread. This is just making me so irrationally angry

@AdultingADHD I've said these exact words. On balance I'm ok with it, as long as I don't suddenly switch back.

Not sure whether I’m desensitized or traumatized