Anybody have tips / tools to cope with ADD symptoms, specifically in getting schoolwork done?

I got diagnosed fairly recently and am struggling badly in University - the content is easy but sitting down and doing work feels impossible.

Don't know why I didn't ask Tumblr before. I guess I didn't realize I could actually get people to see my posts?

Drinking expired milk #adhd #adhdfeels

i never understood that #adhdfeel of listening to two songs at the same time but they're playing becky hill at the gym while i was listening to pitbull... pause button? don't know her !!!

If I say I like a movie, please don't expect me to remember anyone's names.

I can watch it like 10 times and I might remember one actor, seriously, I forget my own name, I can't even remember how old my brothers are 😂

I saw a screenshot of a tweet last week that went something along the lines of “Washing your sheets is a very risky investment because from the time they’re taken off your bed it’s an unbeatable race against your Executive Dysfunction and the smallest miscalculation will Fuck You Up and result in you sleeping on a bare ass mattress for a week.”

I laughed, liked it, and moved on. That afternoon, having already forgotten the tweet, I washed my sheets.

And now I’m mad because I just remembered that cursed tweet and I’m laying on my bare ass mattress just like I’ve been for the last fucking week. My sheets are right there! Still in my laundry basket! Literally sitting beside the foot of my bed!

Rather than trying to stunt and dope-up ADHD kids with meds, why don't we as a society just learn to accept and accommodate them?

That's not even getting into the fact that sitting in a sterile room for hours on end can be tough even for kids without ADHD.

me: idk... maybe I'm faking my adhd....

*chugs a monster energy*

*conks right the fuck out an hour later*

Traveling with ADHD can be full of fun surprises!

You might be sitting down for a hearty Irish breakfast at your Dublin Airport layover and for some reason your brain takes you back to your suitcase and not just your suitcase but that moment you were packing nine or ten hours ago and thought “I only have one formal work meeting on this trip so I only need one dress shirt” and two casual ones and then you’re hit with the certainty that at that moment when you were supposed to then pack two casual shirts you got distracted by toiletries or maybe it was the dog or maybe it was your husband reminding you you’re traveling on the busiest travel day of the year so you’d better hurry up well whatever it was you’re pretty damn certain there is only one shirt of any kind in that duffle bag and then you choose not to be shitty to yourself and instead revel in the fun surprise that this work trip will require shopping.

i'm back!! life update

hey!! I'm back!! very exciting news to share with y’all: I finally am getting meds for my add. it took a pandemic for my mom to realize how much I was struggling to do basic tasks. I’ve been taking adderall for two days and it’s not perfect but I was able to get most of my chores done!! :)) it’s also made me calmer and I haven’t started any fights at home which is a big plus. I'm still scared to tell ppl that I'm taking meds cause I know there is a stigma that comes with it, especially with a drug that is abused by so many, but I'm truly so happy!!

The smell of peppermint always helps me focus and stay awake. I'm curious if it does that for everybody with ADHD or if it's a person by person kinda thing?

ADHD feel when you have to play it cool at work while suppressing that SUPER hyper energy just buzzing through your skin because you forgot to take your meds today.

that ADHD mood when you’re just hyper fixating on productivity techniques and therefore not getting anything done because you’re on your tenth TEDtalk of the day and have download 20 different to-do list apps and made 5 new bujo spreads and gotten 0 practical things done 

Tadhdfw: I'm uncomfortably angry and I can't stop it

Day 6 588.35958 of being alive and still can't function like a normal human being 😂😭

Adhd is:

Needing to sleep so bad your body is screaming at you to let it rest. Your eyes are heavy and burning, your head pounding, sending spikes of pain into your eyes. Your muscles literally ache, your limbs too heavy to move but too pained to be still. Your joints throb, your stomach cramps, your body weighs much more than it had hours ago.

And somehow you’re just.....too bored....to sleep...??

That ADHD feel when

My leg is itchy.

COMMENCE EMOTIONAL MELTDOWN IN 5....4....3....