Literally need dragged to shower. Must go to work, zero energy: zero inclination. Been ‘putting my phone down’ for twenty minutes. And yes, I do know it is 9:05 and I am already more than half an hour late. #auADHD

Today I am tired of being ND me. A common #auADHD response to a busy morning in which I said the wrong thing to someone, passed on a piece of news to someone I shouldn’t have and forgot to do something I meant to. It was only 3 hours at work!!! And I know any of these things could happen to anyone. It’s just completely normal for me to mess up continuously like this. It’s a *disability*, not a bad morning. Time to hide in my dolls house.

#ThreeGoodThings
1) I dropped my phone in the street outside a client’s house. I realised when driving away that my Bluetooth wasn’t picking it up. Turned round the car and the client was in his leathers getting on his bike to bring it back to my house.
2) I avoided being late for a service by setting an extra alarm for myself for leaving the house.
3) I lost my car keys. I had left them in the car, which was unlocked all night as a result, but nothing bad happened!
#auADHD #3GoodThings @threegoodthings

My lack of motivation makes me angry, and then my anger makes me angry. Meh #ahdh / #autism sick #AuADHD life

@TarkabarkaHolgy I understand that must be very frustrating but some people struggle daily with their timings: Things I can’t do and it’s because I am #neurodivergent estimate time and budget time. #auADHD Google Maps can’t cure this however often I check it.

Just saw my #psychiatrist and he’s always so helpful and supportive. He has altered my prescription a little and that’s super helpful. #auADHD. He then gave me a feedback form to fill out which I did with pleasure. We really need our #NHS.

Shared a thing in the wrong window with someone I'd already told about it. (We have an ash tree that needs to come down. The arborist offered to leave the wood on the property and I said "yes please" and I will pick up a lathe and turn it into bowls and leave it with a note that it's from a tree when we move in forever for the new owners.)

I realised upon their response that I already told them and I was in the wrong window.

Now, here's the thing. They treated it like this was new information. They didn't go "Ryn, you already told me." They know that I have ADHD and my memory of who was told what when for a new shiny idea is basically throwing at a dartboard.

So their thinking is this: If I tell her she already told me, she might second guess whether she's told me something in the future and I might miss out on the weird, fantastic, new, funny, bizarre shit her brain comes up with.

And that, my Mastomates, is how you be a friend to someone with ADHD.

Coming right up!

Waking up
My mind yearns
For something
To sink its teeth in

I'm sent hunting
Every day
Just a lackey
Being told what to do

#Poetry #ShortPoem #SmallPoems
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AuADHD #ADHD

Coping via distraction never works...
Why is this maniac in charge again?

I'm always proud of myself when I remember to refill my prescriptions on time. I haven't forgotten yet, though I've come awfully close to the wire. Not bad for someone with untreated ADHD, hm? I do, however, keep forgetting the names of the meds and keep having to look them up. #ADHD #AuADHD

Today's "oh yeah, that's a thing that makes sense" brainwave...

Putting together my planner, going through the grocery circular for the week to meal plan and grocery list...

"I should put a little color-coded * next to the items I need for the various meals so if I can't find it, I can substitute or change the meal entirely."

Because yeah, there have been times where I've gone "oh, none of the peppers look good. I don't remember what I wanted it for, so must not have been critical and then I was surprised Pikachu when I didn't have the main ingredient for stuffed bell peppers.

I find advertising to be abusive to people and I'll never be convinced otherwise. But I find it to be especially abusive to neurodiverse people.

I have AuADHD (Autism and ADHD for people not in the know). And having something constantly attacking my focus makes doing anything extremely difficult.

I think this most certainly also falls under abelism.

Cool new cookbook out for autistic people who have trouble with food! It's called Color Taste Texture by autistic author and chef Matthew Broberg Moffat!
It's published by the same people who published Neurotribes for Steve Silberman and it's so well done! It's also on sale!
Check it out and spread the word!!!

https://www.amazon.com/Color-Taste-Texture-Recipes-Aversion/dp/0593538595/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1669933165&sr=8-1

A life-changing diagnosis helped yoga instructor and acrobat Aileen Ferris realise who she is - and create a yoga class to help other neurodivergent adults with the sometimes-tricky task of checking in with their bodies.

Your writer went along to find out more - and ended doing a long stretch of his own!

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41488892.html

New Instance, Old Me.

#introduction post for the new place

Hi! I'm Ryn! No, not that one, the OtherRyn.

Hobbies include (but are not limited to):
#knitting #boardgames #videogames #crossstitch #sewing #reading #audiobooks #gardening

A little about the meatsuit I pilot: #AuADHD #T1D #hypermobile

2024 Household includes:
Polecat Ferret 1 - Kivalina
Polecat Ferret 2 - Nikiski
Irish Wolfhound Mix - Basti
Human (Spouse) - Augs

Other locations on Mastodon: @OtherRyn@mountains.social

Info to be added as I remember and my brain deems it important.

Learning more & more about what it means to be AuADHD. I can cope with a lot more stimulation & “peopling” than many autistic folk, but not as much as my partner, & yet there are times when he is awfully impatient & has no spoons for peopling. Very inconsistent. @actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic #AuADHD

Arvo, Toots - so I didn’t do the legal paperwork today - instead having to work on household budget (for related reasons) and oh dear dog, I do not do maths well at the best of times. Have I ever mentioned that I came top of my school in 3 Unit English, and bottom of the school in Vege Maths? I stopped understanding maths in about 6th grade, and this was a source of conflict between me and Mum, who. - yep, was a maths and science teacher!
And having almost worked out the budget - just a few more things to add in - the $%&^*! Internet provider has just announced their pricing is going up $5 a month - and this after dumping email services last year? If I had any spoons left I’d change, but right now, when it would mean organising a new modem/router and … nope. Guess I’m paying a loyalty tax for a little while.
ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!
But still… #FixingMyLifeOneStepAtATime #AuADHD #MECFS #NoSpoons

@alexpsmith @nando161 And some of us need the manned checkouts for exactly the same reasons - on low spoon days, I cannot do the self-checkouts, so I’m glad of the option. Good to have the choice! #introvert #MECFS #AuADHD #Neurodivergent