Part of coming to grips with my #ADHD has been accepting that sometimes my brain’s only gonna get that big important task done from 1-5AM the night before it’s due… and that that’s not the end of the world.

This message brought to you by the hundreds of megabytes of PDFs and excel spreadsheets I just put together as part of a diligence process for [redacted cool thing I’ll be able to talk about soon]. I probably do need to go back to my doc for a med adjustment though; switched from Adderall to Vyvanse earlier in the summer and frankly I think it works less well for me. Brains! How do they even work. (Not very well, sometimes).

@leigh Oof, I feel this *so* hard. Sometimes I'm most productive either right before deadlines, or late at night, and I also am considering adjusting my meds; have been using Ritalin, but was chatting to my doc today about potentially trying Dexamphetamine because it seems like the Ritalin isn't doing its job any more. All a learning experience!

@mattcen @leigh Hey, me three! 😁

I am still not comfortable with fact that the only 100% reliable motivation I know of is externally sourced urgency (from the palette of "ICNU", a model that I fit well).

However, as you say, it's not the end of the world if that turns out to be the motivator that gets us through sometimes!

@leigh the Adderall / Vyvanse thing isn't just your imagination, some people definitely find Adderall more helpful. especially when it comes to the drive to get started working on tasks 😤
@leigh this first paragraph is the least surprising thing I've read today 🤣
@bea lmao Sharrow used to give me shit when I’d sign off on irc… “see you in 15 minutes” 🤪

@leigh One of my most helpful takeaways from therapy was that procrastination is part of my process and I just have to plan for it.

"Complete it in manageable chunks over time" is a great strategy, but it's not a strategy that works for everyone.