Mr. SpockJan 30
How do #Audhd adults deal with the need to change something you do since you were a child?
I found out I'm #neurodivergent less than a year ago (though I guess I always knew), and recently high colesterol prompted changes in diet. My breakfast AND dinner have been chocolate milk and bread since I was a kid, and now I need to reduce those to a minimum.
I'm feeling exhausted trying to find suitable alternatives, not having my routine is making me nuts.
Show threadFlesh & bone by the telephoneJan 30

@npspock I find that I have an easier time making changes like that if I make it a bigger change.

Like, making a chance to my entire diet, and reorganizing everything about how I eat... That is often easier than making a small change.

I think it is because my ADHD side needs the novelty to get excited, and it has to be big enough to hyperfocus on for a while.

Then, my autistic side will help turn that into a routine.

That probably isn't very helpful... Sorry.

Show threadMr. SpockJan 30
@minego It is helpful. Honestly, just having someone understand this struggle is more than helpful.
And I'm doing exactly that, I'm rearranging every part of my diet, and hyper focusing on it has been helping with managing the lack of chocolate (what can I say, I'm addicted to chocolate and it's not even a figure of speech, I really struggle without it). But man, it's tiresome, especially the lack of that familiar safe routine I had.
Show threadI. L. Villiam

@npspock @minego

Could it help to keep everything else as stable as possible while you change your diet? (For me, routine is a need in itself.)

Jan 30 at 5:24pmWeb
Show threadMr. SpockJan 30
@Drude Yeah, for me it is too. And everything is more or less stable right now, except for the new dietary needs, and the damn Portuguese weather that lately is nothing but all shades of rain.