Structured Success

A lot of late-diagnosed ADHD'ers (and especially women, I'd wager) may not "look ADHD."

We've learned to present a life where we meet most of the expectations placed on us, but behind the scenes everything is actually held together with chewing gum and silly string

Jul 1 at 10:29pmWeb
Show threadVrrroooom (gravy era)2d ago
@structuredsucc aye
Show threadMiakoda2d ago
@structuredsucc I was diaged early and that's still what my life was like till recently. These days, i'm out of gum and string
Show threadStructured Success19h ago
@hellomiakoda Oh no. That sounds like there might be a burnout coming. I hope I'm wrong because burnout is awful :(
Show threadMiakoda18h ago
@structuredsucc Oh, I've been scalp deep in an ocean of burnout for a while. It WAS worse. Like dangerously worse... forced to work and drive while melting down. Don't drive in meltdown, that's a bad idea. But I had to, else lose my home. Thankfully, SSDI was approved.
Show threadMiakoda18h ago
@structuredsucc Masking is GONE! I had no choice in the matter. I can't mask at all.
So, I guess I'm just quite visibly autistic now. I'm fine with that part. Masking sucks.
Show threadMiakoda18h ago
@structuredsucc
Meltdowns were bad enough a little halloween get together my roommates had going on set off a meltdown bad enough I ended up head bashing myself into a concussion.
It was not good at all. ...and my roommates (at the time, there has been turnover since) are not particularly caring and I just kinda spent the night stumbling and not making sense. But, I didn't die, so that's good. I seem to have most my brain cells left.
Show threadMiakoda18h ago
@structuredsucc I was having moments suddenly foegetting how to opperate a car - just baffled by the controls.
There were also times I was confusing not-road and road.
I think the only reason I managed to not crash was the fact I spent 7 years on the road 8 to 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, so driving is second nature for me. Had I a more average amount of experience, I'd have probably wrecked real bad.