• silentTeee@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    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.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    46·
    29 days ago

    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.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      11·
      29 days ago

      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

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        29 days ago

        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.

  • Ashen44@lemmy.caEnglish
    42·
    29 days ago

    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

    • silentTeee@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      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.

    • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      2·
      13 days ago

      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

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    31·
    29 days ago

    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

  • beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    9·
    29 days ago

    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

  • BluesF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    28 days ago

    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