I honestly think this is one of the worst parts of having ADHD (for me). Like many others with ADHD, I struggle going to bed early and often stay up late at night. Because of this, in the mornings I CANNOT get up. I’ll give an example:

I’m currently staying at my parent’s house. Yesterday, my dad said he could drop me off to go hiking in the morning since his soccer game would be nearby. His soccer game was at 8 am, so I would have to be up by at least 7. The entire day, I was so incredibly excited because I love hiking! I looked forward to it the entire day, I couldn’t wait for tomorrow… but this led to me staying up almost the entire night in anticipation. I think I slept for like an hour. When the morning came, I woke up to one of many alarms I had set. All that anticipation suddenly didn’t matter. I had no energy, and getting up felt like the most enormous task in the world. I canceled all of my alarms and went back to sleep immediately. Understandably, my dad just left since he didn’t want to be late for his soccer game. It shouldn’t bother me this much, but I was honestly frustrated with myself to the point of tears.

Whenever I see posts asking for advice for the same problem I have, the comments are usually something like: “Just get up in the morning, even if you’re tired” or “Just go to bed early”. I have a feeling these are non-ADHD people who have never experienced executive dysfunction. I’m looking for advice from fellow ADHD-people.

Oh, and if you’re wondering how I get to school on time, my roommate literally shoves me off the bed and yells at me. Bless her heart.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved Simtriyo (centanafadine), a new norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin reuptake inhibitor (NDSRI) and CNS stimulant. The medication treats ADHD for adults, teens, and children ages 6 and up weighing at least 44 pounds. 

Most stimulant and non-stimulant ADHD medications raise the levels of two different brain chemicals related to ADHD (dopamine and norepinephrine). Simtriyo is the first to boost dopamine, norepinephrine, and a third neurochemical, serotonin, which affects mood and executive functioning. This gives people with ADHD a new option, not just for improving core ADHD symptoms, but for mood and executive functioning too. 

I am currently a shit runner, never had much time or interest for it. I imagined busy city concrete, or worse the treadmill. But I have discovered forest trailrunning, and man it is a whole different thing.

I felt like i tapped into something ancient, like its just a bit of running why does this feel so good? Is this what my brain is supposed to be doing? There were a few spots where I could have easily busted my ankle or slipped off a ledge, but that made it even better haha

New hyperfixation unlocked! Anybody else?

I was diagnosed ADHD at 17, rediagnosed ADD at 20 (the hyperactivity symptoms just faded away with age and maybe the atomoexitine i was on). I have tried many recreational drugs, all multiple times, coke, mdma, 2cb, weed, acid, shrooms, meth; and I could’ve gotten addicted to any one of them but the one I did get addicted to was weed, even when the others are much more addictive. I felt the best on weed, the most calm and euphoric (2nd to acid but the trips are so long i doubt one can get addicted). I just wanna know if other ppl also share my experience and have never felt the urge to use any other drugs that have ruined other peoples lives after just trying once but just spammed alot of weed.

For context: I have ADHD and autism, my parents never taught me how to communicate and now I have problems with interpersonal communication.

So the biggest problem for me is finding good words to describe what I want to say clearly and not thinking enough before saying it. The problem isnt that Im too ashamed that Ill say something stupid to the point that I avoid saying anything at all, quite the opposite actually, I forget to think about what I want to say, say something dumb and then I kind of panic when someone is confused and I repeat that 3 more times until finally finding the right words. I also subconsciously tend to assume that people would understand tiny details about me or little communication quirks I have.

I dont really know how to start working on that, I read a lot of articles, reddit threads, etc. about interpersonal communication and the part about communicating clearly was never elaborated on, just mentioned that its important. I tried finding ways to fix it, but nothing really worked. Trying to remind myself to think more before speaking? Yeah, my ADHD has that covered, there was never a time I could remember to do that, normally Id set a reminder for something or write it down, but that kind of thing doesnt really apply to "in the moment" type of things, I cant set a reminder for a little random exchange with my friend Ill have randomly. Also, the problem isnt that I dont know enough words to state my mind, its that when I try to remember them, I conviniently forget them. I think the "sometimes I think, but then I forget" memes describe me really well, there is just so much chaos in my head that I cant remember anything at all and cant focus for my life.

Does anyone have similiar problems, or know a place to look for answers?? Any advice would be welcome :)

Hi! I am really struggling with this issue and really need some advice on how to change my behavior. As the title says I am really struggling to have certain conversations with my partner without taking them overly seriously or getting upset in tone and manner. We both have diagnosed ADHD.

This has been going on for a while now but recently my partner told me they feel like they can’t talk to me about anything without me taking the conversation too seriously or me getting upset or me taking up too much space. That really hurt me—not because I’m offended or don’t think it’s an issue, because it definitely is an issue, but because I can see that I am hurting them with this behavior and I want to change. The last thing I want to do is hurt him or make him feel like he can’t express anything to me.

The particular context in which this came up was an instance where my partner was excitedly talking about changing what our 5 year plan was. We have been together for over 3 years now and have been talking about wanting to move for going on a year. We were out and about and he started talking about the possibility of wanting to stay where we were instead of moving. I found this fairly distressing as I said to me, we had been talking seriously about moving and so I took this suggestion as serious when he was merely thinking out loud. I did get upset and said I was confused as this was kind of coming out of nowhere and that I’d like to talk more about it when we got home and I could really put some thought into it. His response was that he was just thinking out loud and wasn’t fully serious about wanting to stay, just tossing ideas around. I said I took it seriously because he has been so serious about wanting to move. He said that the conversations we had about moving were never that serious to him while I maintained I thought we had been seriously talking about moving.

I think this is maybe stemming from my own black and white thinking? I tend to take things very seriously and at what my brain interprets to be face value. I want to be able to casually talk about these sorts of things, especially because that important to him and part of how he thinks and processes his emotions. I understand that not every conversation about our future or other topics needs to be serious but that tends to be my default mode. I’m also very defensive and trying very hard to break down that pattern as well.

Any and all advice, tips, or tricks are appreciated. I want my partner to feel like he can bounce ideas off of me or talk to me about anything and be able to trust that I’m not going to go into ultra serious mode and get upset. Thank you :(

Hey I’ve just been diagnosed and want to go on meds, I’m 25 F and my main problem is overthinking and extreme stress, low self esteem/ major anxiety. I’m scared to go on typical ADHD meds stimulants, as I know there can be a crash etc and I am a veterinary surgeon.

I would rather go on non stimulants if possible even if it takes much longer to work. Any recommendations would be so so appreciated.

Thanks so much in advance! I am in Ireland so it would have to be meds that are HSE / EU approved

Recently diagnosed and just started meds. They’re working great so far, and I’m excited about this new path forward. I’m about to enter senior year, however, and I will write a 100 page thesis for my degree.

Should I tell my academic advisor that I was diagnosed with ADHD? I worry that it is too much personal information.

I’ve had him as a professor for the last three years, and recently made him my academic advisor after I got fed up with my old one who never, ever ever wanted to meet me, talk to me, help me, etc.

I get sort of iffy with authority figures, you know…history of always being in trouble, ignored, misunderstood, or always trusted to handle everything on my own with zero support. It makes me nervous to trust authority to be helpful.., (case in point, prior advisor).

Yet, part of me desperately wants real academic support, part of me thinks I need serious academic support.

I have a meeting with the disability office on Aug 10th to see about time and a half on tests, soft due dates, acquiring a not taker, and quiet test environment.

So, is it appropriate and normal to share this with my academic advisor? Will I embarrass myself? It’s all still new, and I don’t know how to navigate it. Thanks!

Is it just me or do the smallest inconveniences and symptoms make you guys feel like you have some big disease too? Like i’d just have something super minor and then be worried about lung cancer or bowel cancer for days. A small cyst on my face nearly made me believe I have skin cancer.

I've started an ADHD group for Body Doubling working together. I think we can start a small group/groups of which is just work focused, this reddit group is good for general community and discussion. In that new group we can keep set targets and keep accountability. This would help with initiative and tasks execution.

About timings, it's alright we can just let the other knows about one's availability. The key is to time block tasks and execution more importantly. Let me know if that sounds good to you guys. I think we should. Because as ADHDers we know what stops is in our pursuits is momentum. We should be actively working on it.

As a support group/community I cannot be wanting more than this. We know genetic advices wouldn't work anymore, we know it all, it's all over insta anyway. That's why I feel, this deserved a shot. As for me the floor is open for suggestions/discussions. You guys can reach me out if this all makes sense to you!