When the damn eyeliner applicator decides that you’re going full goth today.

Using their fluffy feet as fluffy hands. Fluff!

I love this!

Take meds with first alarm, get up and eat within 30 min.

And this may sound extreme but I promise it’s not that bad: best way to get going early is a cold shower right to the cooch.

When I dont want a full morning shower I still get in and squat down (to avoid wetting my legs as much as possible), turn on the shower and immediately aim it at the open crotch before the water heats up. Exhale hard at the point of impact (to not wake the whole house by yelping). It’s a quick 30 sec wake-up-and-rinse-off routine. Try it! Works similarly with cold water face washing, but after the shower you might as well put on your day clothes and your halfway ready.

A setback doesn’t negate the progress you’ve made. You have progressed and are progressing, but it goes up and down.

Right now you’re down and it feels like you’re back at square one, and nothing has changed and will never change. Those thoughts are incorrect, and I think a part of ADHDs lack-of-recall: Wherever you are right now feels permanent, like that’s your whole past, present and future. Because when you’re down you forget how it felt last week; where you were last month; how much progress you made when you were up.

You’ve accomplished a lot, even though you may not recall it. Your down is not permanent. You’ve taken steps forward, you can take them again.

It’s okay to take breaks (or allow breaks to happen when they happen), rest for a moment, and then start making progress again. Rest is a human, and managing ADHD is a draining activity.

I think that trying to improve, learn new things and practice our skills, is the most meaningful human purpose. Opportunities for this we have in abundance with ADHD…

“The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”

I unfortunately couldn’t find the artist. Do you know who it it?

What I do is set an alarm for a few minutes before my stop (in case the transport is early) and only then chevk google maps and start paying attention to stops etc. No need to exhaust myself checking and worrying the whole way when I know there’s 30 minutes left.

The artist: Darya (dariiqwr)

Haha wow! The duality of Bird and Cat

A small cat is kinda the size I see when I picture “owl”, but I’m slowly correcting it to “between a big fist and a small cat”.

That’s so cool. And yeah, those paint-jobs look awesome!

Ooh, you should post it! And maybe crosspost to any crafting communities here.

(If you did already I’m sorry I missed it.)

P00ptart for every question that you want to answer “no, because <specialized system that took years to figure out>”, instead answer “yes, which is why I have to <specialised system that took years to figure out> just to manage”.

I’m unclear on if it was the owl or the tree trimmer that called (screeched?) for help… but it was the right thing for either of them to do so it still holds up!

I’ve never enjoyed beige before, but those wings are just a perfect kaleidoscope of lovely calm beiges.

Damn, that’s cool.

I’m continually impressed by your knowledge and dedication to these owls. Keep it up! Spoon-feed us info like meat-spaghetti through a tounge hole!

Spaghetti for owls.

This gave me a visceral reaction. Gross, but funny so worth it!

Ask your doctor to start you on a lower dose. Everyone I know started on 18mg and adjusted up until they got a good effect.

When I went up in dose and had some side effects, I mamaged it by going out for a run in anticipation of the meds kicking in. It’s a lot easier to deal with sweating, heart pounding etc if you’re exercising and I think it helped to have somewhere to put the extra energy boost.

It’s also important to make sure to eat breakfast before or within 20 min of taking the meds, and to get sufficient meals, snacks and water during the day so you don’t feel like shit when the meds wear off.

I now split my dose (not split the literal medicine, I don’t think they’re made to split) to take one part with breakfast and one part a few hours later with a snack or an early lunch. It staggers the onset and outset effects to not be as big.

There are also several other type of meds to try if stimulants aren’t your thing.

It must feel good to have some hard data to back it up with now, even if it’s just one small study it’ll make it easier for people to understand.

You will function without meda as you are functioning now without meds. It may feel like a bigger hurdle when you know things can be easier, but as long as you keep up your strategies for functioning you will not lose anything. You’ll only gain better days - even if they are not every day.

Plus grief is a lot easier to deal with when you have better emotional regulation, like with meds.