I successfully adulted and closed the bank account for my mom's estate after needing to do so about three years ago and having the tab open since November. Easy, just 20 minutes on hold.

Just another struggle to complete timely for #ADHD #AuDHD #actuallyautistic

Burnout and overwhelm make sensory issues more intense, and they also build up over time, so when you were younger sensory issues may not have been quite as big of a deal.

#ActuallyAutistic #Sensory #AutisticBurnout #AuDHD #Burnout

Bonjour la team #NeuroAtypie bretonne! Je suis à la recherche de psychiatres et psychologues compétentEs pour accompagner la démarche diagnostique d'un jeune patient chez qui on suspecte un #TDAH et un #TSA #AuDHD
Il vit sur Rennes, j'ai pas du tout de noms à lui conseiller mais ça serait cool qu'il ne tombe pas sur des gens qui vont l'envoyer balader avant de vraiment l'écouter...
Si vous avez des noms ça serait top!

merciiiiii

Le repouet est bienvenu 🙏

So many things to do. Not enough brain energy to do them all.

Resorting to desperate measures to try to deal with the emotional slump.

We've taken our regular morning meds as usual (1 x 40 mg lisdex at 07:15; 1 x 20 mg lisdex at 09:15), which allows us to function over the majority of the day.

However, we've also taken:

• 1x 200 mg micronised progesterone capsule.
• 1 x 30 mg codeine phosphate pill.
• 1 x 150 mg pregabalin capsule.

We are finding that pregabalin has very, very strong effects on us, particularly vs something like diazepam. It feels almost a bit like being drunk and/or slightly high. It seems to negatively impact vision (causing blurring) and co-ordination of all body parts, which makes typing more difficult and much slower. It does feel so much like it's calmed us, but rather like it's put a warm, cozy blanket around us, like a shield. And it's very much making us feel drowsy. Without the lisdex, we'd probably be asleep.

Going forward, we may need to only take pregabalin at night when going to bed, based on current effects. The means we'll have to rely on other meds during the day, sadly, for anxiety.

In terms of our regular tolerance to meds:

• Progesterone calms us, but doesn't make us sleepy or drunk, like some get when taking orally.
• Codeine works very well for blocking physical pain (especially in our hands and forehead) and has a calming effect on us.
• Diazepam calms and relaxes us. It doesn't have as strong an effect on us as others. We could pop a 10 mg diazepam along 30 mg of codeine phosphate and still be able to function normally and even drive normally and safely.

We're trying to keep our system stable today, as it feels a little like we've pushed ourselves too much helping, or at least trying to help, those who've asked for our help.

As a result, our system balance is off and we feel more broken; fractured.

The last time this happened, Isabella and Isabelli emerged. We went from a system of 2 to a system of 4.

We don't know what's going to happen. We know we cannot control it either. Whatever happens, happens.

#lisdex #lisdexamfetamine #AuDHD #ADHD #MentalHealth #diazepam #pregabalin #progesterone #plural #plurality

"weltschmerz"

German translation in ALT-text.
deutsche Übersetzung im ALT-Text

#comics #sad #cartoon #weltschmerz #brokenheart #audhd

@actuallyadhd @autistics

I seem to have identified a bug in my systems.
No matter how much time (in hours not minutes) I give myself to wrap my head around prepping & even starting to prep for eventually going to be at or if possible before midnight, I somehow still end up not getting to bed till 02:00 give or take half an hour.

I can feel completely zonked all day or all evening due to short nights of sleep if I have to get up early. It makes no sense. I think I need to start using a metaphorical hammer & somehow persuade myself that the world won't end if I do that thing tomorrow or those things the day after.

It does seem to be because there's that one thing, out of many that's been hanging over me for days, weeks, months or longer & today was going to be the day. So it may be late but this maybe the only time I have a set of spoons the right shape or strong enough to deal with this task. It's now or never.

It can be a small complex task, revamping bullet journal templates in my more app, sorting out all the stages for a future batch cook or a long laborious one involving things I'm not keen on like clearing up cobwebs & bugs 😱 or unidentified spills, dirt & giant dust bunnies 🤢.

I've tried reminders, alarms. I've planned days where everything has all the time I need & more but inevitably this either leads to stagnation because I'm so out of spoons not helped by the side effects of lack of sleep. Alternatively, the ADHD trait of getting sidetracked comes along & nixes my timings & tasks.
I've tried getting up earlier which, unless I have an early enough appointment or planned activity with or for other people generally fail to launch on time or if I survived the important thing in the early hours, I'm then a zombie & spend more time just sitting, gathering dice / spoons by not doing anything.

I keep telling myself I'll figure it out & find a way but I'm not sure I'm wired to ever find a fix for getting myself to bed before midnight.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #TimeBlindness #ExecutiveDysfunction #LackOfFocus #SelfCare #Life #Sleep #SleepProblems

free open session for kids now until 9pm central, come join us! contact info in the google doc

http://tiny.cc/mlcy001

#neurodivergent #parenting #autism #adhd #audhd

Any other late discovered/diagnosed people seriously tired of daily brain discoveries?

Asking for a friend.

#Neurodivergent #AuDHD

Had follow-up with ADHD med provider earlier today. Went very positively.

Sticking with split dose of lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse) at 40 mg then 20 mg (~2 hours apart) daily.

Increasing guanfacine (Intuniv) dose from 4 mg to 5 mg nightly.

The imbalanced lisdex dose is helping more with giving us more of a morning boost, whilst letting us wind down faster in the evenings.

The guanfacine is continuing to help with RSD and baseline anxiety. Also counteracts the increased heart rate and blood pressure of the lisdex.

The meds aren't a miracle fix for everything AuDHD related, but they make it possible to function during continued burnout... and that's saying something.

#ADHD #AuDHD #lisdexamfetamine #Elvanse #guanfacine #Intuniv #neurodivergent #neurospicy #neurodivergence #neurospiciness #AuDHDBurnout