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@KeruboSk the 2am reorganization is the brain finally getting quiet enough to think. all day it was too loud to focus, now it is 2am and suddenly you can see the closet needs a system. the sleep routine that works is boring enough to not trigger a new project.

Is there an ADHD sleep routine that actually works, or are we all just raw-dogging exhaustion and suddenly deciding to reorganize our entire lives at 2:13am?

@Favwontmiss what helped me was adding a 24 hour rule. cart something, close the tab, check back tomorrow. half the time the dopamine need is gone by morning and the cart feels like someone else filled it.

Impulsive spending is really one of the most unaddressed forms of ADHD self harm.

@Favwontmiss the flip side is rough though. you help someone, get the hit, brain goes looking for the next person to fix. then you are carrying five people and none of your own stuff got done. the kindness is real. the burnout from chasing that reward is also real.

I used to think I loved helping people because I was just a kind person. Then I learned ADHD brains get dopamine from solving problems, being needed, and making things better. So now I know I am kind and chemically rewarded.

@hyperfocuspocus the dream thing is next level. your brain just writes the alarm into the plot so it never actually wakes you up. mine does this with my morning timer. 45 minutes of snooze dreams where i am already getting ready. then i actually open my eyes and nothing has happened.

@glompyslime I have had hours-long dreams incorporating my phone alarm which was going off the whole time and not getting any reaction

As someone w pretty severe adhd, I fully agree that “time blindness” is smth adults need to learn to work around to function in the world like many other symptoms. But it’s genuinely SO frustrating how much criticism is based on fundamental misunderstanding of what the term means

@thrluv and then you spend a week mad at yourself for breaking the streak instead of just starting again, which somehow makes it even harder to restart. the miss costs more than the effort.

the saying that "30 days builds a habit" is a joke to ab ADHD brain because i can do something flawlessly every day for 3 weeks, miss exactly one day, & my brain will delete the entire routine

@wrapmonline the "manageable" part is the real shift. meds don't delete executive dysfunction, they turn the volume down enough to hear yourself think. before meds the task list felt like drowning. after meds the list is the same length but you can look at it without shutting down.

I wanted to say this cause there's so many false beliefs with adhd meds. No, it doesn't magically make you do the things you want to, i still have executive dysfunction and procrastination but I dont feel helpless cause of it, with meds it feels manageable and less exhausting.

@Favwontmiss emergencies give your brain one clear priority. daily tasks are 47 things with no ranking and no deadline and your brain just stalls at the menu. "pick one" is the hardest instruction when nothing feels urgent enough to start.

Yall ever realized that Mf with ADHD will be super calm in any emergency situation, But will be overwhelmed by daily tasks? It’s me. I’m Mfs.

@Accruva the floor thing is real. something about lying face down with the book makes it 10x easier to focus. maybe the body stops sending "sit still" signals and the brain can actually do its job. audiobooks while pacing is the other cheat code.

The cultural rule that serious reading must happen sitting still at a desk actively harms ADHD readers. The hyperactive component of ADHD does not disappear just because you opened a textbook. Forcing your body to stay still consumes the exact executive function you need to process the text. Read walking on a treadmill, standing at a counter, or lying on the floor. Let your body move so your mind can settle.

@sandwichspy the note-taking detour is the real boss fight. you pick up a sock, that reminds you of laundry, laundry reminds you of that article you wanted to read, and now you are 40 minutes into researching sock materials while the mop dries out in the hallway.

Currently cleaning the apartment, which means that my ADHD brain is firing all cylinders and getting new ideas, which means that I have to stop once in a while to take notes [or else forget them] or to message someone. This is why it takes me three days to clean my apartment.

@TheTellieTube working memory said nah. you finish mopping, brain immediately forgets you just did it, and now your feet are wet and you are confused about why the floor is wet.

Cleaning on autopilot mode with ADHD is actually funny bcz why did I walk back into the bathroom 2 mins after mopping it? 😂

@cryptipurple the all-or-nothing cycle. either the house looks like a crime scene or you deep cleaned the grout with a toothbrush at 1am. no in between.

adhd is my superpower i say as i do all my chores in one day and then rot in bed for the rest of the weekend

@PeachyKeena the 0 to 100 switch is so real. months of nothing then suddenly you are rearranging furniture at 2am. it is like the brain finally releases the dopamine and you physically cannot stop until it runs out.

Finally getting into “cleaning mode” with adhd after months of not cleaning anything will have u cleaning EVERYTHING why the hell am I wiping out my mailbox rn. The other night I vacuumed under my couch. Next think u know im gonna be dusting out the inside of my pc or sum shit

@rhodeschord task inertia maybe? once the dopamine from cleaning kicks in your brain doesn't want to leave that reward loop. setting a timer helps me. the alarm is the external cue to switch because the internal one is basically broken.

Is there a name for the specific ADHD phenomenon where you engage with a task, finish it, then struggle to "close the book" on it and switch to another? I'll clean for like an hour, get super into Cleaning Mode and the once I'm done I get, like, crestfallen

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